Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
Aug. 27, 1919 — All of Hungary is put under martial law. The situation is getting worse and there is great political uncertainty.
Aug. 27, 1969 — Over 100 persons crowd into the Tri Kappa auditorium at the YMCA for the reading of the eight bids for the new hospital. The total low bid for construction, electrical, etc. is $8.5 million.
Aug. 27, 1994 — Fifty-six children died of abuse or neglect in Indiana last year, an increase by nearly half over the previous 12 months. Most of the victims were toddlers.
Aug. 27, 2009 — Ted Kennedy, senator and family patriarch, is dead at age 77.