Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
Jan. 17, 1914 – The Masonic Temple at the corner of Jefferson and Indiana avenues in LaPorte is nearly completed. Practically all the rooms on the first and second floors will be in possession of tenants by February 1.
Jan. 17, 1964 – A car-truck collision kills Donald Clifford Cramer of Springfield Township. The state police jail the tanker truck driver.
Jan. 17, 1989 – The Supreme Court rules that judges may not bar reporters and the public from jury selection in a criminal trial.
Jan. 17, 2004 – The Indianapolis Colts are out to win the Super Bowl and the hearts of Indiana.