Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
June 20, 1915 — Bella Westervelt will give a $3,500 pipe organ to the Presbyterian Church of LaPorte as a memorial to her parents and brother.
June 20, 1965 — A head-on collision between vehicles driven by Joseph Flitter, a prominent LaPorte businessman, and his son Ronald, 17, resulted in the death of the father.
June 20, 1990 — A quake in northwestern Iran kills 1,900.
June 20, 2005 — Local veterinarians say heartworm prevention is the key to canine survival in the deadly days of summer.