Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
Aug. 7, 1913 – A hobo beats and cuts a Lake Shore brakeman this morning.
Aug. 7, 1963 – The LaPorte Community School Board is asking for an 89-cent tax rate increase for next year.
Aug. 7, 1988 – LaPorte entrepreneur John Diedrich brings in Tom and Dick Smothers and Pat Paulsen to entertain 800 friends and business associates at the Silver Palace.
Aug. 7, 2003 – Thirty hot-air balloons kick off the opening of the Indiana State Fair with a race.