1794 — General Anthony Wayne led United States soldiers in victory over Native Americans in the Battle of Fallen Timbers. Fought near the present city of Toledo, it was the last major conflict in the Northwest Territory, which included what is now Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and part of Minnesota.
1840 — The first meeting of the Indiana Horticultural Society was held at the Statehouse. The organization was inspired by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, then pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church. Farmers came to the capital to show their produce and to discuss new ideas and practices in growing crops.
1913 — The Hotel Severin opened in Indianapolis across from Union Station. Equipped with the latest innovations and furnished in the most elegant manner, it was called the finest hotel ever built in the city and one of the best in the nation. Designed by Vonnegut and Bohn, the historic landmark is now the Omni Severin.
1923 — Chris Schenkel was born in Bippus (in Huntington County.) He became one of the most famous sports broadcasters of the era. Working primarily for the CBS and ABC television networks, he was a familiar voice for football, basketball, boxing, golf, horse racing, bowling and the Olympics.
1953 — Ruth Copeland of Muncie was in San Francisco to greet her son, Corporal Harry Copeland, who had just been released from a North Korean prison camp. There were eight other Hoosiers on the same transport ship. They had been among the thousands who had served in the Korean Conflict, which had ended in an armistice a month earlier.
1968 — Louis B. Russell, Jr., an Indianapolis schoolteacher, received a heart transplant at the Medical College of Virginia. He continued his teaching career and became an inspiration to all around him. When he died in 1974, he had been the world’s longest living heart transplant patient. Indianapolis Public School #48 was named for him in 1976.