1825 – Two men were hanged near Pendleton for the murder of nine Native Americans. A third man had his noose removed at the last minute as Governor James Brown Ray arrived with a pardon.
1865 – The 70th Indiana Regiment, led by Brigadier General Benjamin Harrison, mustered out of service in Washington, D.C. The men were welcomed home two days later at the Statehouse by Governor Oliver P. Morton.
1891 – Cole Porter was born in Peru, Ind. He became one of America’s most popular composers for Broadway and motion pictures. “Night and Day,” “Begin the Beguine,” and “I Get a Kick Out of You” are just a few of the many cherished Cole Porter tunes in the American Songbook.
1922 – Herbert Hoover, United States Secretary of Commerce, was a guest at the Diamond Jubilee Luncheon at Earlham College in Richmond. He explained the economic policies of President Warren G. Harding. Hoover would be elected President six years later.
1940 – Janet Scudder died in Massachusetts. Born in Terre Haute, she was a well-known sculptor who studied and worked in Paris. She was one of three women sculptors who created statues for the Indiana Building at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.
1999 – Evangelist Billy Graham conducted a four-day crusade in the RCA Dome in Indianapolis. Nearly 200,000 people attended the events which had involved over 600 churches in the planning. This would be Graham’s last crusade in Indianapolis.