Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
May 16, 1913 – The man who was to become assistant manager of the Rumely Hotel upon its opening was killed in an automobile accident today.
May 16, 1963 – Astronaut Cooper goes for 22.9 orbits.
May 16, 1988 – Lakeshore Communications, LaPorte’s cable TV company since the service first appeared in April 1983, is being sold to Prime Cable Income Partners.
May 16, 2003 – The Small Foundation honors the late Herald-Argus Publisher Clem Otolski.