Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
June 17, 1913 – The city of Gary leads in the table of per capita wealth in Indiana. LaPorte is 36th.
June 17, 1963 – Saying the Lord’s Prayer in school opening exercises is held unconstitutional.
June 17, 1988 – In less than a decade, Americans should be able to travel between cities in an aircraft that flies as an airplane and lands as a helicopter.
June 17, 2003 – Last year there were nearly 10.6 million American children whose mothers stayed at home, up considerably in less than a decade.