Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
June 24, 1915 — LaPorte Democrats, headed by the City Band, will go to the big district meeting in South Bend on Saturday. Special cars will be attached to the 12:42 train.
June 24, 1965 — South Vietnam severs relations with France against U.S. advice.
June 24, 1990 — The Slicers are once again the baseball champs of Indiana.
June 24, 2005 — “60 Minutes” commentator Shana Alexander dies at 79.