Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
March 7, 1915 — LaPorte will have another millinery store. Mrs. Smiley will open a business at 702 Lincoln Way on March 20.
March 7, 1965 — A judge sets a sanity trial for Lee Harvey Oswald killer Jack Ruby on March 29.
March 7, 1990 — John Mellencamp’s song “Small Town” will take center stage in Indiana’s summer tourism campaign.
March 7, 2005 — Robin Williams takes the role of Fender, a red robot with a coffeepot for a head, his first animated role since “Aladdin.”