Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
May 30, 1913 – Panic at the Idle Hour Theatre in New Carlisle after a film reel burns, causing injury by contact with glass, while men shout and women scream.
May 30, 1963 – no paper (Memorial Day)
May 30, 1988 – New Prairie’s co-valedictorians Karen Howath and Jody Livinghouse share a moment at the podium during graduation ceremonies.
May 30, 2003 — LaPorte County spelling champ Nektarios Vasilattros misses “trumeau” in the sixth round of the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.