Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
May 28, 1915 — More than half of the population of the world is at war since Italy joined the great European conflict.
May 28, 1965 — Michigan City attorney Jack G. Ford will serve on the bench of the county’s new superior court beginning July 1.
May 28, 1990 — Radical reformer Boris Yeltsin triumphs over opposition from Mikhail Gorbachev to win the presidency of the largest Soviet republic.
May 28, 2005 — “Green Acres” star Eddie Albert dies at 99.