Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
Jan. 6, 1917 — A bill for the abolishment of capital punishment in Indiana will come up at the new session of the legislature.
Jan. 6, 1967 — Pope Paul VI appeals to Communist China rulers to “reason over peace” with him.
Jan. 6, 1992 — Minutes after giving birth to a girl in a parking lot, the mother brings the newborn into the LaPorte Hospital emergency room in a dirty cardboard box.
Jan. 6, 2007 — More than 20 LaPorte residents wake to find confusing messages written on their garage doors with blue magic marker.