December
December 4 – 10 Ryan White is born
December 11 -17 Indiana Statehood
December 19 – 24 Lew Wallace speaks to the Loyal Legion
December 25 – 31 Kin Hubbard's death
November
November 1 – 5 Gatling Gun receives patent
November 6 -12 Battle of Tippecanoe
November 13 – 19 D.C. Stephenson found guilty
November 20 – 26 Launching of the USS Indiana
November 28 – Dec 3 Release of Michael Jackson’s Thriller
October
October 2-8 - Death of Nancy Lincoln
October 9-15 - Centennial Highway Day
October 16 - 22, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
October 23 - 29 - Treaty of Mississinewa
September
August 28 - September3 - Pigeon roost Massacre
September 4 - September 10 - Siege of Ft. Harrison
September 11 - September 17 - Death of Carol Jenkins
September 18 - September 24 - Ambrose Bierce Reported Missing
September 25 - October 1 - Indianapolis News Ends
August
July 31 - August 6 - Oliver Morton is Born
August 7 - August 13 - The Hoosier Dome Opens
August 14 - August 20 - Dan Quayle Nominated Vice President
August 21 - August 27 - Soldiers' Monument Cornerstone is Laid
July
July 3 - July 9 - McCormicks Creek
July 10 - July 16 - Morgan Raid
July 17 - July 23 - Capture of Newburgh
July 24 - July 30 - USS Indianapolis
June
June 5 - June 11 - Cole Porter is born
June 12 - June 18 - Fort Benjamin Harrison
June 19 - June 25 - Garfield the Cat debuts
June 26 - July 2 - Elvis's Last Concert
May
May 1 - May 7 - Corydon Becomes Capitol of Indiana Territory
May 8 - May 14 - 157th Regiment Musters into Service for Spanish American War
May 22 - May 28 - May Wright Sewall is born
May 29 - June 4 - Ran Harroun Wins the First Indianapolis 500
April
April 10 - 16 - Palm Sunday Tornado
April 17 - 23 - Ernie Pyle Dies in Pacific Theater
April 24 - 30 Lincoln Funeral Train Arrives in Indy
March
February 28 - March 5 - Inauguration of President Benjamin Harrison
March 6 - 12 - Indiana Eugenics Law Signed by Governor Handly
March 13 - 19 - The Bowen-Merrill Bookstore Fire
March 20 - 26 - The Fall Creek Massacre
March 27 - April 2 - Prohibition Begins in Indiana
February
January 31 - February 6 - IND House passes Pi Bill
February 7-13 - President Lincoln Visits Indianapolis
February 14-20 - Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial Established
February 21-27 - The British Surrender at Fort Sackville
January
January 3-9 - 28th Indiana Regiment
January 17-23 - Indiana University Established
January 24-30 - Blizzard of 1978
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