Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
July 26, 1913 — LaPorte Mayor Lemuel Darrow returns after being in charge of his oil properties in Kentucky for several weeks.
July 26, 1963 – It is estimated that over 1,000 are dead in an earthquake in Yugoslavia.
July 26, 1988 – AM General will close its South Bend plant and lay off 550.
July 26, 2003 – It was a sad day at the LaPorte County Fair harness races. A horse got away from its rider, got tangled in the rail, and had to be put down by a veterinarian.