Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
Sept. 18, 1914 – Frederick W. Klocksiem, Walter L. Peglow, Ernest F. Schafer and L.L. Kemper organize the Apollo Male Quartet locally.
Sept. 18, 1964 – Citizens for Goldwater headquarters will open Monday in LaPorte’s Hotel Rumely.
Sept. 18, 1989 – Hurricane Hugo heads to the Bahamas. Fifteen are dead and thousands are homeless in its wake.
Sept. 18, 2004 – To some Chesterton residents, the Oz Fest has lost its ruby-red luster.