Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
Jan. 14, 1915 — LaPorte Police have a double murder mystery. The bodies of two Italian ice harvesters were found stone dead, riddled by 10 bullets, at the entrance to Fox Park, one last night, one today.
Jan. 14, 1965 — If the owners of the Tipton Terrace dance hall correct physical problems in the building, they will probably get a permit to operate the establishment.
Jan. 14, 1990 — The nation marks the 61st anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birth. His dream of “We shall overcome” remains unfilled.
Jan. 14, 2005 — A Detroit woman may be the oldest living person in the world at age 119, but she has no documents to prove it.