Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
Feb. 27, 1915 — After closing for a month, the Haskell-Barker Car Plant at Michigan City will resume work on Monday, giving immediate employment to several thousand men.
Feb. 27, 1965 — LaPorte Mayor Thomas E. Boyd estimates the snow removal expense yesterday and last night is about $700.
Feb. 27, 1990 — Exxon faces criminal charges and possible fines in the massive Valdez oil spill.
Feb. 27, 2005 — Roskoe’s restaurant on the shore of Pine Lake is razed. Owner John Diedrich says he saved over $20,000 by demolishing the restaurant before a March 1 tax deadline.