Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
Aug. 9, 1914 – Germany is to send a million men into France. The stage is being set for battle at Namur.
Aug. 9, 1964 – Herbert Hoover, the 31st president of the United States, enters the tenth decade of his life today.
Aug. 9, 1989 – Westville Correctional Center, Indiana’s largest prison, is getting a new superintendent. Thomas Richards will start his new duties on Wednesday.
Aug. 9, 2004 – A teenager from California wants to buy out the manufacturer of a gun that left him a quadriplegic.
