Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
July 3, 1913 – The body of a man found along railroad tracks will be sent to his home by the Decker undertaking establishment. The coroner believes the victim was a typical specimen of the genus hobo.
July 3, 1963 – American Home Products will construct a plant on the east side of LaPorte.
July 3, 1988 – An 830-page report apparently exonerates U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese of any criminal wrongdoing.
July 3, 2003 – LaPorte Hospital’s plans to create a continuous parking lot on a vacated portion of Chicago Street got a final OK from the LaPorte Board of Public Works & Safety.