Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
Aug. 14, 1913 – A brakeman falls under the cars of a train and goes to his death near the little town of Union Center in this county.
Aug. 14, 1963 – Saturday and Sunday have been designated as political days at the LaPorte County Fair for Republican and Democratic candidates.
Aug. 14, 1988 – The 34th Republican National Convention convenes to nominate Ronald Reagan’s vice president, George Bush, as the GOP standard-bearer for the fall campaign.
Aug. 14, 2003 – LaPorte is forced to borrow $2.4 million. The property tax delay is at fault.