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Hoosier Dome

Hoosier Dome The Hoosier Dome opened in Indianapolis on May 3, 1984. Later named the RCA Dome, it was torn down in 2008 and replaced by Lucas Oil Stadium. This photo is from June 2008.(Photo by Joanieofarc / CC BY)

Santa Claus, IN

Santa Claus, IN In May 1856, a post office was established in the newly-named town of Santa Claus in Spencer County. A sign welcomes visitors to the Spencer County town of Santa Claus, which was renamed from its original name, Santa Fe, in 1856.(Photo by tengrrl / CC BY)

Lafayette, IN

Lafayette, IN William Digby, a river boatman and adventurer, established a new town on the Wabash River in 1825; he called it Lafayette. The Tippecanoe County Courthouse in downtown Lafayette is displayed in August 2013. (Photo by Scutter / CC BY)

Purdue University

Purdue University In May 1869 the Indiana General Assembly, under the Morrill Act, accepted land and money from John Purdue to establish a school for the study of science, technology and agriculture. (Purdue University) - Learn More About Purdue University

Eli Lilly

Eli Lilly Colonel Eli Lilly opened a laboratory on Pearl Street in Indianapolis in 1876. His firm grew to become one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Shown here in 1926, two Eli Lilly and Company wagons with two horses each are waiting to be on their way with their goods. The drivers are already on their seats ready to pull away. There are several boxes in both wagons they are marked Lilly and list that there are four one gallon jugs in each box. (Indiana Historical Society) - Learn More About Eli Lilly

Ford visits Indy

Ford visits Indy In April of 1976, President Gerald Ford visited Indianapolis to drum up support for re-election – seeking the Republican nomination against former California Gov. Ronald Reagan. Ford would win the nomination in a tight race before losing the general election to the Democratic nominee, former Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter. Four years later, Reagan would come back to win the presidency in 1980. (Indiana Historical Society)

Earhart statue

Earhart statue Purdue President France A. Cordova and Susan Bulkeley Butler unveil the sculpture of former Purdue faculty member and famed pilot Amelia Earhart during an event on April 16, 2009. The 8-foot-tall sculpture is at the entrance to Earhart Dining Court on campus. Earhart was at Purdue from 1935 to 1937. (Owen Hall)

Technology center

Technology center The groundbreaking ceremony for the Herman and Heddy Kurz Purdue Technology Center in West Lafayette, Ind., took place April 7, 2008. The building, which opened in 2009, is part of the 725-acre Purdue Research Park. (Owen Hall)

Grand Prix race

Grand Prix race The 2008 Purdue Grand Prix winner Jon Laski trails 2007 winner Liz Lehmann into a turn during the 51st running of the race April 19, 2008. Lehmann, a Purdue senior majoring in management from Fort Wayne, Ind., finished third. (University News Service)

Owen Hall

Owen Hall This photo of Owen Hall at Indiana University (IU) in Bloomington, Ind., was taken in April of 1993. The building was named after Richard Owen, who became Indiana State Geologist and an IU professor in 1860. Owen served as Purdue University’s first president, while still maintaining his professorship at IU. (Indiana University)

Old Crescent

Old Crescent This aerial photo of the historic Old Crescent section of Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind., was taken April 25, 1994. (Indiana University)

Airport fire truck

Airport fire truck This old fire truck at Weir Cook Municipal Airport was labeled to reflect the airport's name at the time, "Indianapolis Municipal Airport" in this 1972 photo. (Indiana Historical Society)

Syracuse

Syracuse A Snowy street in Syracuse, Indiana, March, 1960. That month saw 20 consecutive days of temperatures that never rose above freezing (weatherspark.com). (Syracuse-Wawasee Historical Museum)

Anderson YMCA

Anderson YMCA The YMCA located at 12th and Jackson Streets in Anderson, circa 1922. Local businessman, John Brant, donated $125,000 seed money to build the Y, in March of 1915. Although it was originally for men and boys only, the YMCA today offers aquatics and fitness programs for everyone. (Bass Photo Co. Collection, Indiana Historical Society)

Crispus Attucks Basketball Team

Crispus Attucks Basketball Team The Crispus Attucks team celebrates its championship in March 1956. The Attucks Tigers team defended its 1955 title by finishing the season 31-0, becoming the first undefeated team to win the IHSAA crown. (Indiana Historical Society)

Purdue University

Purdue University The view from Krannert School of Business building at Purdue University after a March 2013 snowfall. This is the view looking west down State Street, toward the Memorial Mall. (John Feister)

Indiana State Capitol

Indiana State Capitol On March 11, 1813, the Indiana General Assembly approved the State Capital Act, allowing the capital of the Indiana Territory to move from Vincennes to Corydon. This photograph of the Old Statehouse in Corydon was taken by Heimberger & Sons Photography of New Albany, Indiana, circa 1890-1900s. (Indiana State Library)

Bob Griese

Bob Griese On Feb. 3, 1945, Bob Griese was born in Evansville, Indiana. He became a star quarterback at Purdue University before leading the Miami Dolphins to two Super Bowl victories in 1973 and 1974. (Purdue Athletics)

Calvin Fletcher

Calvin Fletcher On Feb. 4, 1798, Calvin Fletcher was born in Vermont. As a young man he moved to Indianapolis, where he became a successful attorney, banker, legislator and community leader. (New York Public Library)

Jesse D. Bright

Jesse D. Bright On Feb. 5, 1862, U.S. Sen. Jesse David Bright, D-Indiana, was expelled from the U.S. Senate over a note he wrote to Confederate President Jefferson Davis in March of 1861. In the note, Bright recommended an inventor friend who, he said, had achieved “a great improvement in fire-arms.” The note was sent before war broke out between North and South but discovered later, after troops were fighting. In that context, Bright’s critics successfully argued that the note to Davis amounted to disloyalty. With his career damaged in Indiana, Bright moved to a farm he owned south of the Ohio River and served in the Kentucky legislature from 1866 to 1871. Pictured here is a house where Bright resided in Madison, Indiana, from 1840 to 1857. (William Lackner)

Benjamin Banneker School

Benjamin Banneker School On Feb. 10, 2008, the Indiana Historical Bureau placed an historical marker at the site of the Benjamin Banneker School in Bloomington, Indiana. Opened in 1915, the school served African American students and was segregated until 1951. Pictured here is a United States Postal Service first-day-of-issue envelope bearing the stamp honoring Benjamin Banneker, the school’s namesake. (Courtesy of David Kingsbury)

Emma Christy Baker

Emma Christy Baker On Feb. 10, 1865, Emma Christy Baker was born in Salem, Indiana -- the community to which her parents moved in the 1830s from South Carolina. Her family relocated when she was a child to Indianapolis, and Baker later became the first African American woman to work as an officer of the Indianapolis Police Department. (Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, Lichtenberger History Room)

Edwin Booth

Edwin Booth On Feb. 23, 1882, actor Edwin Booth appeared on stage at the Academy of Music in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was playing the lead role in Shakespeare's “Hamlet.” Booth was forever ashamed of the actions of his brother John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. Coincidentally, Edwin Booth is credited with once saving Robert Lincoln, the president’s son, from serious injury or worse when he grabbed the young man from falling off a train platform. Here, Edwin Booth is seen in his role as Hamlet. (U.S. Library of Congress)                   

Hanover College

Hanover College On Jan. 1, 1827, five miles west of Madison on a headland overlooking the Ohio River, the Rev. John Finley Crowe founded Hanover College – today Indiana’s oldest private liberal arts college. Hanover, which began as an academy to train Christian youth for gospel ministry, retains a Presbyterian affiliation but has expanded over the years to offer a wide-ranging liberal arts curriculum. (Hanover College)

Mark Twain

Mark Twain On Jan. 7, 1885, Mark Twain performed at Plymouth Church in Indianapolis. A newspaper reporter wrote, "The drollery of his appearance and manner invests in the commonplace and wearisome a freshness and comicality that is irresistible.” The writer’s real name was Samuel L. Clemens, but he was better known by his pen name. This photo by Mathew Brady, taken in 1871, depicts a 35-year-old Twain before his thick hair matured into the snow-white mop prominent in later images. (Wikimedia Commons)

Record Cold

Record Cold The City of Indianapolis recorded its lowest-ever temperature – minus 27 degrees Fahrenheit – on Jan. 19, 1994. Just a few miles south, the statewide record for cold was set on that same date when thermometer readings in New Whiteland dipped to minus 36 degrees Fahrenheit. The bitter freeze was part of a continent-wide cold snap. The wintry weather depicted in this photo of Indianapolis comes from more recent times. (By Qsthomson, own work, [CC BY-SA 3.0 (//creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons)

Dan Quayle

Dan Quayle At age 42, Dan Quayle took the oath of office on Jan. 20, 1989, to become the 44th Vice President of the United States. Serving under President George H.W. Bush, he was the fifth Hoosier to become Vice President – following in the footsteps of Schuyler Colfax, Thomas Hendricks, Charles Fairbanks, and Thomas Marshall. In November of 2016, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence was elected to become the 6th Hoosier to occupy the office. In this photo, Quayle is seen in 1991 speaking at a rally in support of U.S. troops participating in Operation Desert Storm. (U.S. Defense Department)

Birch Bayh

Birch Bayh On Jan. 22, 1928, Birch Bayh was born in Terre Haute. After serving in the Indiana General Assembly, he went onto become a three-term U.S. senator before losing to Dan Quayle, the future U.S. Vice President, in his bid for a fourth term. Bayh is the only person not from the generation of the Founding Fathers to author two amendments to the U.S. Constitution. One of his two sons is Evan Bayh, who served as Indiana Governor and – like his father – in the U.S. Senate. In this photo, Birch Bayh is shown in 1962 with his son Evan, wife Marvella and an unidentified woman. (Birch Bayh Senate Office via Wikimedia Commons)

Bill Peet

Bill Peet Children’s book illustrator and story writer Bill Peet was born Jan. 29, 1915, in Grandview, Indiana. He joined Disney Studios in 1937 and worked on many classic animated films, including “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” (1937), “Pinocchio” (1940), “Fantasia” (1940), “Dumbo” (1941), “Cinderella” (1950), “Alice in Wonderland” (1951), “Peter Pan” (1953), “Sleeping Beauty” (1959), “101 Dalmatians” (1961) and “The Jungle Book” (1967). After leaving Disney in the 1960s, he worked as a writer and illustrator of children's books. Shown here is a scene from “101 Dalmatians.” (Disney Studios)                    

Gilbert Van Camp

Gilbert Van Camp On Dec. 3, 1894, Indianapolis businessman Gilbert Van Camp started selling cans of pork and beans door-to-door. Within 10 years, his company was a multi-million-dollar enterprise with six plants around the nation. Shown here is a circa-1900 label from a can. (By Van Camp via Wikimedia Commons)

Phone lines in Indianapolis

Phone lines in Indianapolis On Dec. 6, 1877, the Indiana District Telephone Company began installing phone lines in Indianapolis. This photo shows telephone operators sometime between 1914 and 1917. The location at which the photo was taken and other details are unknown. (Library of Congress)

Edward Eggleston

Edward Eggleston On Dec. 10, 1837, Edward Eggleston was born in Vevay. He wrote some of the earliest novels about life in Indiana, including “The Hoosier Schoolmaster,” which was first published in 1871. This paperback issue of the novel from Indiana University Press is a reprint of the original, including the illustrations by Frank Beard. (Bill McCleery/Indiana Office of Technology)

Statehood Day

Statehood Day On Dec. 11, 1816, President James Madison signed a congressional resolution admitting Indiana to the Union as the 19th state. Madison, one of the authors of the “Federalist Papers,” was the fourth president of the United States. Dec. 11 is now known as “Statehood Day” in Indiana, which in 2016 celebrates its bicentennial. (Painting by John Vanderlyn, 1775–1852, public domain)

Veto of moving territorial capital

Veto of moving territorial capital On Dec. 16, 1811, territorial Governor William Henry Harrison vetoed a bill that would have moved the territorial capital from Vincennes to Madison. The territorial capital stayed at Vincennes until moving to Corydon, the first state capital. Harrison’s career, meanwhile, culminated with his election as U.S. president on Dec. 2, 1840. He served in that office one month before dying of pneumonia. This postage stamp was issued in 1950 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Indiana’s becoming a territory. (U.S. Postal Service)

Sherman Minton Bust

Sherman Minton Bust On Dec. 21, 1956, the bust of Sherman Minton was unveiled at the Indiana State House. Governor George Craig led the ceremony honoring Minton, the only native Hoosier to serve on the U. S. Supreme Court. Before serving on the Supreme Court, Minton served in the U.S. Senate and as a U.S. federal judge, among other roles. (Bill McCleery/Indiana Office of Technology)                      

Eugene V. Debs

Eugene V. Debs On Nov. 5, 1855, Eugene V. Debs was born in Terre Haute, Indiana. He was a peace advocate, socialist activist, pioneer in industrial unionism and five-time Socialist candidate for president. Debs was elected as a Democrat to the Indiana General Assembly in 1884. He garnered national recognition as a union organizer for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and the American Railway Union. He cofounded the American Socialist Party in 1900 and helped form the Industrial Workers of the World in 1905. Debs campaigned from a prison cell during the 1920 race after being sentenced to 10 years in 1918 for violating the Sedition Act. President Warren G. Harding commuted his sentence in 1921. Debs died in 1926. Debs’ Terre Haute home, which he and his wife had built in 1890, was mocked by some critics as a display of wealth by someone reputed to champion the working class. Today it is a National Historic Landmark and houses the Eugene V. Debs Museum. Pictured here is a 1904 Debs campaign poster. (Public domain)

Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur On Nov. 12, 1880, Harper and Brothers published Crawfordsville resident Lew Wallace’s novel “Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ,” which became one of the best-selling books of the 19th and early 20th centuries. “Ben-Hur” later provided inspiration for a successful stage adaptation that ran from 1899-1920 -- including a staged chariot race using real horses on treadmills. Film adaptations came to the big screen in 1925 and 1959. The latter film earned 11 Academy Awards – a record at the time -- including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor. Learn more about “Ben-Hur” and its run at Indianapolis’s English Theater via the Indiana Historical Bureau’s Blogging Hoosier History. Wallace’s multifaceted career also included service as a Union general during the Civil War and as governor of the New Mexico Territory. The General Lew Wallace Study in Crawfordsville remains a testament to his creativity -- designed by Wallace in an eclectic combination of Greek revival, Romanesque, and Byzantine styles, and built it in 1895. The study and its grounds are now a museum. This image shows an 1899 poster promoting the Broadway premiere of “Ben-Hur” at Manhattan Theatre in New York City. (Wikimedia Commons)

Janet Flanner

Janet Flanner On Nov. 7, 1978, prolific New Yorker columnist Janet Flanner died. She was born and spent her younger years in Indianapolis and was the daughter of Frank Flanner, a founder of the long-respected Flanner and Buchanan Funeral business. Flanner attended Tudor Hall School for Girls (now Park Tudor High School) and wrote for the Indianapolis Star as a cinema critic. In her 20s, Flanner moved to France, where she began publishing her "Letter from Paris" series for the New Yorker under the pen name "Genêt." Her nearly 700 letters, written between 1925 and 1975, provided sophisticated and insightful commentary on European politics and culture— from the exciting Parisian art scene in the 1920s to the rise of Hitler in the 1930s. Flanner also introduced readers to notable figures, such as Pablo Picasso, Albert Camus and Edith Piaf. Learn more about Flanner's remarkable career via the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame. In this photo, Flanner is seen with fellow writer Ernest Hemingway. Both are wearing U.S. military uniforms as war correspondents covering the liberation of Paris at the end of World War II. (Wikimedia Commons)

Billy Sunday

Billy Sunday On Nov. 19, 1862, famous baseball player and evangelist Billy Sunday was born near Ames, Iowa. After his father’s death in the Civil War, his mother sent Sunday and his brother to an orphanage. As a teenager he supported himself as a farmhand and firefighter, playing baseball recreationally. In 1883, Sunday was signed by the Chicago White Stockings as an outfielder. He wowed fans with his diving catches and bold base running, eventually gaining national renown. In 1891, Sunday accepted a position at Chicago’s YMCA, turning down a lucrative baseball contract. He began preaching in tents and tabernacles across the country, including Indianapolis, eventually preaching to 125 million. His evangelical visits became national front-page news as he captivated crowds with one-liners and slid across the stage as though going for home plate. A Prohibitionist, Sunday built this home in Winona Lake, Indiana, where he headquartered his ministry from 1911 until his death in 1935. (Winona History Center, Grace College)

Jim Thorpe

Jim Thorpe On Thanksgiving Day 1915, All-American footballer and Olympian Jim Thorpe (1887-1953) joined the Villagers, a football team in Pine Village, Indiana, in a game against the Purdue All-Stars. Armed with Thorpe, the Villagers beat their opponent 29-0. The Pine Village team was an important precursor to modern professional football organizations and helped form the Indiana Football League in 1917. After World War I, the Villagers played intermittently until 1927. Thorpe, a track-and-field gold medalist in the 1912 Olympics, played professional baseball, football and basketball. A mixed-race American Indian born in Oklahoma, Thorpe has at least one other connection to Indiana. Among his various coaching stints, he served as an assistant football coach at Indiana University for the 1915 football season, working with the backfield and kickers. This image shows Thorpe as depicted on a 1933 Goudey Sports Kings football card. (Wikimedia Commons)

John Gibson

John Gibson On Nov. 7, 1816, at age 76, John Gibson left his office as secretary of the Indiana Territory as part of Indiana’s transition to statehood. Gibson served in this position during the entire life of the territory from 1800 to 1816 and served as acting governor on multiple occasions. As a soldier, Gibson was a veteran of multiple wars, including the American Revolutionary War. One of his first acts as secretary was to conduct a census of the territory that found the population to be just under 5,000. Gibson was known for having strong relations with Native Americans and serving as an interpreter during treaty negotiations. The territory’s first governor, future U.S. President William Henry Harrison, did not start his duties until 1801. For nearly a year preceding Harrison’s arrival, Gibson served as acting governor. After the War of 1812 began, Gibson once again became acting governor as Harrison focused on military responsibilities. Gibson worked during this stint to oversee moving Indiana’s territorial capital from Vincennes to Corydon. Gibson, who died in 1822 at age 82, is the namesake of Gibson County. Though its authenticity has been the subject of discussion, this portrait is believed to depict Gibson. It is owned the Grouseland Foundation, which operates Harrison’s home in Vincennes as a museum. (Grouseland)                       

Saint Theodora Guérin

Saint Theodora Guérin On Oct. 2, 1798, Anne Therese Guerin was born in Brittany, France, and entered the Catholic congregation Sisters of Providence of Ruillé in 1823. She led a mission from France to establish schools and orphanages in the Indiana wilderness, arriving at Terre Haute in the fall of 1840. Here, she established the Sisters of Providence, who endured harsh frontier conditions and anti-Catholic sentiments. In 1841, Guérin opened a female academy, the predecessor of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, which continues to provide women with educational opportunities (and recently began admitting men). By her death in 1856, she had directed the opening of 11 schools in nine Indiana towns. Pope Benedict XVI canonized her in 2006, naming her Saint Theodora Guérin. Learn more about this Catholic reformer from Blogging Hoosier History. (Oil painting base on 1855 daguerreotype; artist unknown; public domain via Wikimedia Commons)

1850 Constitutional Convention

1850 Constitutional Convention On Oct. 7, 1850, the Constitutional Convention convened in Indianapolis, attended by 150 delegates selected by Indiana voters. After four months of deliberation, the delegates drafted a new state constitution -- ratified in 1851 -- that “was not a radical revision of the original document nor did it significantly alter the existing form of state government,” but “addressed numerous concerns and problems that had emerged during the formative years of the state.” The Constitution serves as “the cornerstone of Indiana's government and society, serving as a symbol of political continuity, tradition, and popular democratic government in the modern age.” Learn more with David G. Vanderstel’s article via the Indiana Historical Bureau. In this photo is an original front page of the 1851 Constitution that hangs in the Governor’s Office. (State of Indiana)

Charity Dye

Charity Dye On Oct. 15, 1849, Charity Dye was born in Mason County, Kentucky. She moved with her family to Indiana, where she graduated from the Normal School of Indianapolis. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago and taught in the Indianapolis Public Schools system for 37 years. Dye was prominent in suffrage and in 1915 served as the only woman on the Indiana Historical Commission, established to coordinate the state’s centennial activities. She produced historical pageants and organized a statewide letter exchange among schoolchildren. She died in 1921. Shortridge High School’s library was named in her honor in 1928. Learn more about Dye from the Indiana Historical Bureau. In this photo, Charity Dye (second from right, bottom row) is seen with other Indiana Historical Commission members. (Indiana State Library)

Harvey Wiley

Harvey Wiley On Oct. 18, 1884, Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley was born on a small farmstead near Kent, Indiana. He attended Hanover College and served briefly in the Civil War in 1864. Wiley moved to Indianapolis, where he got his Ph.D. from the Medical College of Indiana and taught at Butler University. From 1874 to 1883 he taught chemistry at Purdue University, developing an interest in adulterated foods and beverages, a topic which was slowly gaining the attention of American consumers. In the coming decades Wiley would become the most visible public face behind the growing pure food movement, administering governmental testing of food, beverages and ingredients, most famously via the “Poison Squad” experiments. As Chief Chemist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wiley led a nationwide movement that culminated in the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 and the establishment of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Learn more about Dr. Wiley via Blogging Hoosier History. (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)

Hardin’s Defeat

Hardin’s Defeat On Oct. 19, 1790, Col. John Hardin and his 180-member Kentucky Militia, along with U.S. Army Captain John Armstrong and his 30 men, were routed by Native Americans in the Fort Wayne area. Miami leader Little Turtle reportedly led the native group against U.S. forces in what is known as Hardin’s Defeat. This was one of a series of battles comprising the Harmar Campaign, in which the U.S. Army attempted to subdue Native American resistance in the Northwest Territory. Harmar’s Campaign resulted in overwhelming victories for American Indian inhabitants, increasing tension between the two groups. Learn more about Hardin’s defeat with the Indiana Historical Bureau’s historical marker and corresponding report. This photo shows part of a plaque displayed in the Genealogy Department of the main Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne. Read more about the plaque at this Fort Wayne History Center blog. (Courtesy of the Fort Wayne History Center)

Indianapolis Museum of Art

Indianapolis Museum of Art On Oct. 25, 1970, the Indianapolis Museum of Art opened at its current location at Oldfields, the Lilly Family estate at Michigan Road and 38th Street. The museum’s activities began in 1883 at the English Hotel on the Downtown Indianapolis Circle with the opening of an exhibit organized by the Art Association of Indianapolis. Suffragette May Wright Sewell, her husband Theodore and a small group of other art enthusiasts spearheaded the early efforts. Pictured here is the museum’s main building with the LOVE sculpture by artist Robert Indiana in the foreground. (By Serge Melki from Indianapolis, USA (Indianapolis Museum of Art - IMA) [CC BY 2.0 (//creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons)                        

Abe Martin

Abe Martin Book Cover On Sept. 1, 1868, Brown County (Indiana) cartoonist Frank McKinney “Kin” Hubbard was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio. Hubbard’s father was a Democratic newspaper editor and often discussed the events and characters he encountered in the workplace with his family. These stories – along with Hubbard’s experience working for the Indianapolis News and traveling with the 1904 campaign of Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan -- provided the inspiration for Hubbard’s character Abe Martin. Hubbard’s roughly-sketched character was a Brown County native who spoke with a local twang and made wisecracking witticisms. (Example: “Now an’ then an innocent man is sent t’ th’ legislature.”) Hoosier literary fans of Abe Martin included George Ade, Meredith Nicholson, and James Whitcomb Riley. Hubbard died Dec. 26, 1930, at his house on North Meridian Street in Indianapolis. Learn more about Hubbard via the Indiana Historical Society. This photo shows a book cover featuring the character. (Photo courtesy of the “Vintage Irvington” website, maintained by William Gulde)

Beatles

Beatles at fairgrounds On Sept. 3, 1964, British music sensation the Beatles played two shows at the Indiana State Fair. The group performed at 6 p.m. in the Coliseum and at 9:30 p.m. in the Grandstand, playing songs such as “Twist and Shout,” “All My Loving,” and “A Hard Day’s Night.” The group was supposed to stay at Indianapolis’s Essex hotel, but because of a proliferation of fans, ended up staying at a hotel near the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where they were taken on a ride around the track. According to David Humphrey, author of All Those Years Ago: Fifty Years Later, Beatles Fans Still Remember, George and Ringo Starr “really loved Indianapolis.” (Photo courtesy of Indiana State Fair)

Arsenal Technical HS Treadwell Hall

Arsenal Technical HS Treadwell Hall On Sept. 12, 1912, Arsenal Technical High School opened on the grounds of a former Civil War Army Arsenal in Indianapolis. An Act of Congress established the arsenal in 1862 on a 76-acre tract of land. Buildings were constructed of limestone from southern Indiana in order to house artillery, arms and munitions until just after the end of the Spanish-American War. As a result of student overcrowding, the former arsenal was converted into a school in 1912 as part of the Indianapolis Public Schools system. The school has produced notable alumni such as artist Robert Indiana and Congressman Andre Carson. Learn more about the school’s history and view yearbooks via the Indiana Public Library’s Digital Indy website. This photo shows Arsenal Technical High School’s Treadway Hall. (Photo from Wikimedia Commons)

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass On Sept. 16, 1843, as part of the "One Hundred Conventions" movement, Frederick Douglass and other black advocates spoke about abolition in Pendleton, Indiana. During the speeches, more than 30 men armed with stones and brickbats demanded that the speakers leave. In the assault that followed, Douglass and others, including a Westfield man, were injured and carried to safety by local supporters. Despite injuries, Douglass spoke the next day at a nearby Friends meetinghouse. The rioters went unpunished. Learn more about the abolitionist mobbing via the Indiana Historical Bureau. (Photo courtesy of Indiana Historical Society)

Crown Hill Cemetery

Armed forces memorial at Crown Hill Cemetery On Sept. 25, 1863, Crown Hill Cemetery was incorporated as a “non-profit, non-denominational, and non-sectarian” institution. Lucy Ann Seaton was the cemetery’s first burial in September 1864 and in 1865 Josephine Jones was the first African American interned at the cemetery. Property located behind the Gothic Chapel was purchased in 1866 by the federal government for reburying 707 Union soldiers from City Cemetery and is currently the resting place of 2,135 soldiers. Several political, commercial and literary leaders have been buried at Crown Hill, including 10 Indiana governors, poet James Whitcomb Riley, President Benjamin Harrison, and Indianapolis Motor Speedway co-founder Carl Fisher. Crown Hill Cemetery is designated as a National Historic Place. This photo depicts an armed forces memorial at the cemetery. (Photo from Wikimedia Commons)

Army ammo plant

Army ammo plant By September of 1940, construction was underway for a WWII Army Ammunition Plant in Charlestown, Indiana. The federal government, in collaboration with E.I. deNemours DuPont Co., first recruited labor locally in southern Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky, before expanding the search nationwide after a labor shortage. More than 27,000 workers, including women, African Americans, and German POWs, poured into Charlestown in a period of five years, transforming it from a quiet farming town to a thriving worksite. The facility, comprised of three separate plants, won several Army-Navy “E” Awards for production of smokeless powder. Learn how the plant transformed the sleepy Indiana town via Blogging Hoosier History. The plant eventually was closed down, after which this photo was taken. (Photo courtesy of Sherman Cahal)                         

Henry S. Lane

Henry S. Lane A special election on Aug. 3, 1840, put Crawfordsville's Henry S. Lane, a Whig, into the U.S. House of Representatives. Lane helped unite diverse people into the political faction that would become the Republican Party in order to oppose such Democratic policies as the extension of slavery into U.S. territories. Lane helped secure the presidential nomination of Abraham Lincoln at the 1860 Republican National Convention. That same year, Lane was elected governor and served two days before the Indiana General Assembly elected him to the U.S. Senate. (Image from glass negative, circa 1855-1865, Library of Congress)

Sarah Bolton

Sarah Bolton On Aug. 4, 1893, Hoosier poet and women’s rights activist ">Sarah Bolton died. Born Sarah Tittle Barrett in Newport, Kentucky, around 1814, she later moved with her family to Madison, Indiana. In 1831, she married Indianapolis Gazette editor Nathaniel Bolton, and the couple owned and operated a tavern on the National Road. Sarah Bolton authored more than 150 poems during her lifetime, many of which were featured in newspapers across the country. Most famously, Bolton penned "Paddle Your Own Canoe" and "Indiana." In 1850, she aided social reformer Robert Dale Owen in the fight for women's rights to personal property. Learn more about Bolton at the Indiana Historical Bureau's Blogging Hoosier History. (Image from the Indiana Historical Society)

Jonathan Jennings

Jonathan Jennings On Aug. 5, 1816, Indiana held its first election for state officers. Voters elected Jonathan Jennings as the first Governor of the State of Indiana. Jennings's opponent in the election was Thomas Posey, then the Territorial Governor. Jennings actively campaigned for governor in private, but under traditions of the time, he sought to avoid giving the public impression that he was actively seeking the office. His election was formally recognized by the newly-elected legislature on Nov. 7, and Indiana officially gained statehood on Dec. 11. (Image courtesy of the Indiana Historical Society)

Friends Meeting House

Friends Meeting House On Aug. 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect when Tennessee became the last state needed to ratify this change, granting women the right to vote. Indiana ratified the amendment the previous January after a long battle led by Hoosier women to gain suffrage. Reform-minded Congregational Friends, perhaps better known as Quakers, organized Indiana's first women's rights convention in 1851 in the town of Dublin in Henry County. Pictured here is the Dublin Friends Meeting House. (Image courtesy of The New Association of Friends.)

Ryan White

Ryan White On Aug. 26, 1985, AIDS patient Ryan White, 13, attended his first day at Western Middle School in Russiaville via telephone communication. White was diagnosed with AIDS in 1984 after receiving a contaminated blood transfusion. Some people initially opposed White’s physical attendance at school with other students. White's family in 1987 moved to Cicero, and he attended nearby Hamilton Heights High School in Arcadia. Before his death on April 8, 1990, White became a national spokesman and activist for persons with HIV/AIDS. In this photo, White faces members of the media as he returns to Western Middle School in Russiaville in February of 1986 before a court injunction later that same day again delayed his return. (Image courtesy of the Kokomo Tribune)

Anthony Wayne Flag

Anthony Wayne Flag On August 30, 1923, an affidavit was taken regarding the provenance of the Anthony Wayne Flag (Greenville Treaty Flag), which dates to 1795. The flag has been described as the oldest U.S. flag to be kept within the State of Indiana. Owned by the Indiana Historical Bureau, it is currently on loan to the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art in Indianapolis. Dr. Perry G. Moore testified that he obtained the flag from descendants of She-Moc-E-Nish, chief of the Miami Nation. "George Washington ordered Anthony Wayne to have the flag made," Moore testified, "and after the Treaty of Peace was signed, to present it to the Chief of the Miami Nation (She-Moc-E-Nish) and say, 'Keep this flag in sight, and as often as you see it, remember we are friends.'" (Image from Indiana Historical Bureau)                          

Science Hall at Indiana University

Science Hall at Indiana University On July 12, 1883, lightning struck Science Hall at Indiana University.  Fire destroyed the building and contents, which included university records and a 12,000 volume library. This photo is from 1875. (Indiana University Archives)

Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart On July 2, 1937, the last radio contact occurred between U.S. Coast Guard officials and Amelia Earhart, who with crew member Fred Noonan was flying a twin-engine Lockheed Electra airplane owned by Purdue University in an attempt to circle the globe. No remains of the plane nor its two occupants were ever found. At the time of her disappearance and presumed death, Earhart was a Purdue faculty member. This photo shows a Lockheed 5B Vega in which Earhart flew alone across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932 and later nonstop across the United States. Both were firsts for a woman. Displayed at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, this plane is a different model from the one in which Earhart and Noonan disappeared. (Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum)

Indiana Rural Electric Membership Corporation

Indiana Rural Electric Membership Corporation On July 20, 1935, the Indiana Rural Electric Membership Corporation formed to bring electricity to farms and homes outside the reach of municipal power plants. Here, power lines run along a typical paved country road in Marshall County. (Derek Jensen via Wikimedia commons)

Jennings County Courthouse

Jennings County Courthouse On July 6, 1921, an all-female jury, believed to be the first in Indiana and among the first in the nation, sat for a trial in the Jennings County Courthouse in Vernon. Shown here is a recent image of the Jennings County Courthouse, which was built from 1859 to 1861. (Photo by Ralph Cooley/provided by Jennings County Historical Society)

Ron Glass

Ron Glass On July 10, 1945, actor Ron Glass was born in Evansville. He majored in drama and literature at the University of Evansville. He is best-known as Detective Ron Harris on the TV show "Barney Miller", which ran from 1974 to 1982. He is shown here in 2005. (Raven Underwood via Wikimedia Commons, licensed for public use under //creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)

Indiana Motor Vehicle Police

Indiana Motor Vehicle Police On July 15, 1921, the Indiana General Assembly created the Indiana Motor Vehicle Police, the first agency to have statewide jurisdiction to enforce state laws.  The organization evolved into today’s Indiana State Police. Pictured here is an unidentified Indiana State Police motorcycle trooper in the 1930s. (Indiana State Police Museum)                                

Camp Atterbury

Camp Atterbury On June 2, 1942, the first official order was issued from the new Camp Atterbury Training Center near Edinburgh. The facility, a training base of the Indiana National Guard, was named for Indiana native Gen. William Wallace Atterbury, who had served as a staff member to Gen. John G. Pershing in World War I. This photo, taken Aug. 31, 2010, shows U.S. Army Pfc. Joseph Guzman, 1st Battalion, 181st Infantry Regiment, preparing to drop a 60mm mortar to launch at fixed targets at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center. The Massachusetts National Guard unit was training to provide security to roughly a dozen provincial reconstruction teams across Afghanistan. (John Crosby/U.S. Army)

Col. Richard Owen

Col. Richard Owen On June 9, 1913, this bust of Col. Richard Owen was unveiled at the Indiana Statehouse. A gift to the state from Confederate veterans, the bust honors Owen for his "kindness and courtesy" as Commandant of Camp Morton, a Civil War prison camp in Indianapolis. The last Confederate prisoner of war was released from Camp Morton, which occupied 30 acres in what is now the Herron-Morton neighborhood, on June 12, 1865. Owen eventually served as state geologist, Indiana University professor and the first president of Purdue University. (Bill McCleery/IOT)

Knox County

Knox County On June 20, 1790, Knox County became one of two original counties of the Northwest Territory. It covered a huge area, embracing all or parts of Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin. It was reduced to its present size in 1817, after Indiana became a state the previous year. The county's population was 38,440 in 2010. Vincennes -- Indiana's original territorial capital - is the county seat. Pictured here is a staircase inside "Grouseland," the elegant Georgian/Federal home in Vincennes completed in 1804 and inhabited by Indiana Territorial Governor William Henry Harrison and his family. The house was the first brick home in Indiana and is a National Historic Landmark. Harrison was elected the ninth President of the United States in 1840. (Vincennes/Knox County Visitors and Tourism Bureau)

Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon On June 24, 1971, President Richard Nixon visited Jennings County to help dedicate the placement of an Indiana Historical Bureau marker indicating the birthplace near Butlerville of his mother, Hannah Milhous Nixon. At left in the light-colored suit standing next to Nixon is Indiana Gov. Edgar Whitcomb. (Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum)

Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's Home

Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's Home On June 15, 1867, the Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's Home opened in Knightstown as a facility dedicated to care of the children of Civil War veterans. This photo shows the historic administration building that stands at the site, which is now used by the Indiana National Guard as the Hoosier Youth ChalleNGe Academy (HYCA), which is a quasi-residential program designed to provide structure and life skills to students aged 16 to 18 who have dropped out of high school. (Nathan Riggs/INDOT)

Whitewater Canal

Whitewater Canal On June 8, 1839, the first boat on the Whitewater Canal reached Brookville from Lawrenceburg. Over the length of its 76-mile route through occasionally hilly terrain, the canal dropped 491 feet. To enable transportation over this steep grade, the canal's builders installed 56 locks and seven dams. Pictured here is Gordon's Lock, also called Millville Lock, in Metamora. (Public domain)

Janet Jackson

Janet Jackson Singer Janet Jackson was born on May 16, 1966, in Gary, Indiana. She is the youngest of 10 children, who include the late pop icon Michael Jackson and several other siblings who became famous in the music business. She had seven brothers. Her two sisters, La Toya and Rebbie, also were born in May (sharing a birthday, in fact). Janet Jackson's music career now has spanned more than 30 years, and she is one of the world's most awarded artists. She has sold more than 160 million records and is ranked one of the best-selling artists in the history of contemporary music. (Amy Leiton via Wikimedia Commons)

Indiana agriculture

Indiana agriculture On May 27, 1851, the Indiana State Board of Agriculture was organized with Governor Joseph Wright as its president. The board eventually evolved into the Indiana State Department of Agriculture. In this photo, young corn plants sprout in rows in a field near the Clinton-Tippecanoe county line. (Thomas S. Campbell/Purdue University)

Riley boyhood home

Riley boyhood home The childhood home of poet James Whitcomb Riley in Greenfield was opened to the public on May 16, 1937, after restoration by the Riley Old Home Society. Born in a nearby cabin in 1849, Riley was around 4 years old when his parents moved their family to this larger house that his father built. Known for such works as "Little Orphant Annie," "When the Frost Is on the Punkin'" and "The Old Swimmin'-Hole," Riley became one of America's most famous personalities. As an adult, he eventually settled in Indianapolis but bought his boyhood home when he was in his 40s - maintaining it for relatives and as a place where he could spend quiet getaways. He died in 1916. (Brigette Cook Jones/Greenfield)

National Road

National Road On May 2, 1829, construction of the National Road - now U.S. 40 – crossed into Indiana at the state's eastern border near Richmond. The segment stretching through Indiana was completed in 1834. This photo is taken from a pedestrian island in the middle of U.S. 40 in front of Earlham College in Richmond, looking east toward the Wayne County Courthouse in downtown Richmond. (Nathan Riggs/INDOT)

1966 Indianapolis 500

1966 Indianapolis 500 Many remarkable stories have emerged from the Indianapolis 500 over the years, but the race from May 30, 1966, remains one of the strangest. Eleven of the 33 starters were taken out by a first-lap crash. By the end, only seven cars – the fewest ever – were still running. And to this day there remains controversy over whether Graham Hill was rightly declared the race winner or whether officials inadvertently failed to score a lap completed by second-place Jim Clark. This photo, taken in 2011, shows Hill's winning Lola-Ford T90 "Red Ball Special" from 1966. (Andrew Basterfield via Wikimedia Commons)

Robert Kennedy

Robert Kennedy Robert Kennedy campaigned extensively through Indiana during the 1968 election season, trying to secure the Democratic Party presidential nomination. On Monday, May 6, 1968, Kennedy began his day in Evansville, flew to Fort Wayne and then traveled to LaPorte and Lake counties. He is seen here on top of a car speaking to supporters in Hammond at approximately 9:45 p.m. Kennedy the next day defeated sitting Indiana Governor Roger Branigin and Minnesota Senator Eugene McCarthy. Respectively, the three candidates received 42.3 percent, 30.7 percent and 27 percent of the votes. (Bill Eppridge/Life Magazine)

2008 presidential primary

2008 presidential primary 2008 presidential primary – With its May primary, Indiana's voters sometimes go to the polls in the spring with the presidential nominees already decided, for all intents and purposes. In 2008, however, the Democratic race between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton went down to the wire. Here, then-Sen. Barack Obama campaigns for president in Bloomington, Indiana, in the weeks preceding Indiana's May primary. With Indiana's 2016 primary Election Day on May 3, the presidential primaries for both the Republican and Democratic nominations remain in the balance. (WFIU Public Radio, Creative Commons license)

Telegraph

Telegraph Telegraph – On May 12, 1848, the first telegraph signal was sent from Indianapolis. The message was received at the telegraph office in Dayton, Ohio. This photo of telegraph instrumentation was taken at the General Lew Wallace Study & Museum in Crawfordsville, Indiana, and represents equipment that would have been used during the Civil War. (John Schanlaub via Wikimedia Commons)

Crosley automobile

Crosley automobile On April 26, 1939, the first Crosley automobile was sold. Manufactured at plants in Marion, Indiana, and Richmond, Indiana, the tiny two-door convertible weighed less than 1,000 pounds and was priced at $250. The Crosley shown in this photo is a later and larger model, a 1952 station wagon from the brand's last year of production. (Rick Verbanec via Wikimedia Commons)

Indiana's Civil War effort

Indiana's Civil War effort On April 15, 1861, three days after the shots fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina, Gov. Oliver P. Morton sent a telegrama> to President Abraham Lincoln offering 10,000 Indiana soldiers to enforce the laws of the United States. Lincoln had called for a total of 75,000 volunteers to put down the rebellion. Indiana ultimately sent more than 200,000 men to fight for the Union during the Civil War. Some 25,028 of those Hoosiers lost their lives -- 7,243 from battle and 17,785 from disease. This photo shows re-enactors portraying Union soldiers in a battle scene staged in Florida. (Robert W. Mann via Wikimedia Commons)

Kennedy speech

Kennedy speech On April 4, 1968, while running for president, U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy announced the death of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to a crowd gathered at 17th and Broadway streets in Indianapolis. Kennedy had planned on making a campaign speech at the location but instead delivered an concise eulogy after hearing of King's assassination. This sculpture near the spot where Kennedy spoke, called “Landmark for Peace,” commemorates the occasion. (Doug Waggoner)

Stagecoach mail delivery

Stagecoach mail delivery On April 10, 1824, Hoosiers saw the start of U.S. mail delivery by stagecoach between Vincennes and Louisville. The stagecoach in this photo - part of the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum display – comes from a few decades later. It is an 1851 Concord model. (National Postal Museum)

Hoosiers aboard the Titanic

Hoosiers aboard the Titanic On April 24, 1912, Indianapolis resident Ellen Toomey returned to her home at 112 Bates Street, after surviving the sinking of the Titanic. She was one of at least eight Hoosiers aboard the ill-fated ship when it struck an iceberg on April 14, 1912. John Bertram Crafton of Roachdale was among the 1,503 people who lost their lives when the large ship sank. (Painting by Karl Beutel via Wikimedia Commons)

University of Southern Indiana

University of Southern Indiana On April 16, 1965, the Indiana General Assembly legislature made the University of Southern Indiana a separate state university. The school had been a regional campus of Indiana State University. This photo shows “the cone,” a distinctive architectural feature of a building known as the University Center. (Mddaumas via Wikimedia Commons)

Cardinal

Cardinal The Indiana General Assembly adopted the Northern cardinal as the official state bird on March 2, 1933. (Ryan Sanderson)

Tulip Tree

Tulip Tree On March 3, 1931, Indiana lawmakers adopted the tulip tree as the official state tree. A tulip leaf was already on the border of the Official State Seal. (Bruce Marlin)

John Dillinger

John Dillinger On March 3, 1934, bank robber John Dillinger escaped a jail cell from this building located in Crown Point, Indiana, by threatening guards with a fake pistol carved from wood. He used the sheriff's car to drive to Illinois, where he was fatally shot by FBI agents on July 22, 1934. The jail from which Dillinger escaped, in the same building that contained the sheriff's residence, is open for tours part of the year. Read more about the story on the Visit Indiana website. (Public domain photo at Wikimedia Commons)

Peony

Peony On March 13, 1957, the peony was adopted as the official state flower of Indiana. Earlier state flowers had been the carnation, tulip blossom, and zinnia. (Anita Mazur)

State Song

State Song On March 14, 1913, the Indiana General Assembly adopted "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away" as Indiana's official state song. This photo was taken from the bank across the river from the George Rogers Clark Memorial in Vincennes, the state's oldest city and first territorial capital. See more about the state song, including lyrics. (Indiana Department of Natural Resources)

Indianapolis Public Library

Indianapolis Public Library On March 24, 1916, the cornerstone was laid for the new Indianapolis Public Library to be built on land donated by poet James Whitcomb Riley. A chorus of 1,000 children sang at the ceremony. In this photo, the section of the library begun in 1916 is seen in the foreground with a more modern section rising behind it. (Serge Melki/Indianapolis Public Library)

Norman Bridwell

Norman Bridwell An author and cartoonist most famous for creating a big red dog named Clifford, Norman Bridwell was born Feb. 15, 1928, in Kokomo, Indiana. He died Dec. 12, 2014, in Massachusetts. This photo of Bridwell and a costumed companion was taken Sept. 24, 2012, in New York City at an event celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Clifford character. (Scholastic)

Studebaker

Studebaker On Feb. 16, 1852, Henry and Clement Studebaker opened a blacksmith shop in South Bend, Indiana. Their company manufactured wagons, carriages and eventually automobiles. As patrol cars, the Indiana State Police and other law enforcement agencies sometimes used Studebaker Marshals, a version of the Studebaker Lark. This 1962 model is featured in a Studebaker promotional photo. (From the Collection of the Studebaker National Museum, South Bend, Indiana)

Brown County

Brown County Brown County was officially organized by the Indiana General Assembly on Feb. 4, 1836. Its name is a tribute to Gen. Jacob Brown, who led U.S. forces to victory at the Battle of Sackett’s Harbor in the War of 1812. Though especially renowned for its fall foliage, Brown County is a place featuring natural beauty throughout all seasons – as evidenced by this wintertime scene. (Brown County Convention and Visitors Bureau)

Ball State University

Ball State University On Feb. 5, 1965, Indiana Gov. Roger Branigin signed legislation making Ball State Teachers College a university. The university’s original five colleges were the Teachers College, the College of Sciences and Humanities, the College of Fine and Applied Arts, the College of Business, and the College of Architecture and Planning. Pictured here is the sculpture “Beneficence,” Ball State's institutional icon. According to Ball State’s website, the artwork “symbolizes the generosity of the five Ball brothers whose land donation to the State of Indiana allowed Ball State to flourish. ... Finished in 1937, ‘Beneficence’ was the last commissioned work of sculptor Daniel Chester French, creator of the Abraham Lincoln statue in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.” (Public domain)

Wendell L. Willkie

Wendell L. Willkie On Feb. 18, 1892, Wendell L. Willkie was born in Elwood, Indiana. Willkie worked as an attorney and businessman – never holding elected office -- and was a Democrat until 1939. That made him an unlikely prospect for his next role – the 1940 Republican nominee for U.S. president. He received 45 percent of the popular vote and carried 10 states against the victorious incumbent, Franklin D. Roosevelt. (Harris & Ewing/public domain)

Indiana State Library

Indiana State Library On Feb. 11, 1825, the Indiana General Assembly approved an act establishing a state library. The Secretary of State was designated as librarian. This photo was taken in the library’s Great Hall. The artist J. Scott Williams designed the massive stained glass windows. (Bill McCleery/Indiana Office of Technology)

Auburn Automobile

Auburn Automobile Famous for its advanced technology and eye-catching designs, Auburns first drew the notice of car-buyers in the early 1900s when the automobile itself was still a recent innovation. On Jan. 9, 1932, the Auburn Automobile Co. in Auburn, Indiana, introduced a new 160-horsepower model powered by a V-12 engine. The company built a total of 2,230 V-12 powered automobiles during 1932 and 1933. The victim of financial pressures, the company ceased production of automobiles in 1937. This photo depicts a 1932 Auburn 12-160 V-12 sedan (Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum)

Depauw University

Depauw University The State of Indiana granted a charter on Jan. 10, 1837, for the founding of Indiana Asbury University in Greencastle – which in 1884 would change its name to DePauw University. Notable graduates include Fox News journalist Bret Baier, businesswoman Angie Hicks (founder of Angie's List) and former U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle. This photo shows Reese Hall. (Depauw University)

Lane Place

Lane Place On Jan. 14, 1861, Henry Lane took the oath of office to become Governor of Indiana. The Republican Party, however, appointed him to fill a vacant seat in the U.S. Senate two days later. Lane at that point resigned as Governor, resulting in a promotion for Lieutenant Governor Oliver P. Morton. This photo shows Lane's home in Crawfordsville, which is still maintained as a historic attraction. (Montgomery County Historical Society)

Women's Suffrage

Women's Suffrage Governor James P. Goodrich called a special session of the Indiana General Assembly on Jan. 16, 1920, to ratify the Women's Suffrage Amendment of the U. S. Constitution. In this photo, Porter County suffragists unfurl a “Votes for Women” banner as they parade in a horse-drawn wagon in 1919. By the late teens, growing numbers of women were delivering speeches and gathering petitions for the cause. (Indiana Historical Society)

Oliver Tractor

Oliver Tractor On Jan. 17, 1876, the Oliver Company in South Bend opened a new factory that employed 400 workers. Each day, 50 tons of metal were cast into 300 of the firm's famous 'chilled' plows, which retained their sharp edge and required less cleaning in the field. By 1958, the Oliver Farm Equipment Corp. factory was producing the Oliver Super 99 GM Diesel tractor – such as the one pictured here. Almost all Oliver tractors were manufactured in Charles City, Iowa, at the Hart-Parr tractor plant, but the 'Super' series of Oliver tractors was produced in South Bend. (The History Museum of South Bend)

Sugar Cream Pie

Sugar Cream Pie On January 23, 2009, the Indiana Senate passed a resolution honoring the sugar cream pie as the state pie. Made from a simple recipe, the pie has been popular in the state since pioneer days. This photo shows a homemade specimen from Hancock County. (Bill McCleery/Indiana Office of Technology.)

Apollo 8

Apollo 8 Apollo 8: On Dec. 24, 1968, astronaut Frank Borman - a native of Gary, Indiana - commanded the Apollo 8 as it became the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon. In this photo, the Apollo 8 crew stands in the doorway of a recovery helicopter after arriving aboard the carrier U.S.S. Yorktown, recovery vessel for the historic mission. In the left foreground is Borman. Behind him is astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., and on the right is astronaut William A. Anders. (NASA)

Battle of Mississinewa

Battle of Mississinewa Battle of Mississinewa: The U.S. Army clashed with British-allied forces on Dec. 17, 1812, at the Battle of Mississinewa in Grant County, Indiana. The engagement was the first victory for the U. S. Army in the War of 1812. This photo shows a re-enactment that took place in October of 2015. (Jerry Palmer/ www.mississinewa1812.com)

Lincoln's Boyhood Home

Lincoln's Boyhood Home Lincoln's boyhood home: On Dec. 2, 1816, Thomas Lincoln and his family began making their home along Pigeon Creek in Spencer County, Indiana. President Abraham Lincoln lived here from age 7 to 21. This cabin, erected here in modern times to be representative of the time period, stands on the grounds of the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial - just a short distance from where the original Lincoln home once stood. The site is operated by the National Park Service. (NPS/Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial)

Statehood Day

Statehood Day Apollo 8: On Dec. 24, 1968, astronaut Frank Borman - a native of Gary, Indiana - commanded the Apollo 8 as it became the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon. In this photo, the Apollo 8 crew stands in the doorway of a recovery helicopter after arriving aboard the carrier U.S.S. Yorktown, recovery vessel for the historic mission. In the left foreground is Borman. Behind him is astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., and on the right is astronaut William A. Anders. (NASA)

Milton-Madison Bridge

Milton-Madison Bridge Milton-Madison Bridge: A toll bridge over the Ohio River opened Dec. 20, 1929, connecting Madison, Indiana, and Milton, Kentucky. This photo shows the most recent rendition of the Milton-Madison Bridge, a modern structure that just opened in 2014 and which no longer requires a toll. (INDOT)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr.: On Dec. 12, 1958, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to a crowd of 4,000 at Cadle Tabernacle in Indianapolis. At the event, he said, 'We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.' This photo, originally part of The Indianapolis Recorder's archives, shows King on another occasion. Information with the photo does not specify a date or location, but the poster pertains to an insurance publicity campaign launched in 1963. (Indianapolis Recorder Collection, Indiana Historical Society)

Toyota in Indiana

Toyota in Indiana Toyota in Indiana: Production at Toyota Motor Manufacturing's plant near Princeton, Indiana, began on Dec. 10, 1998, with the Toyota Tundra full-size pickup truck line. The first Tundra ever built was built in Indiana. While Tundra production was later moved to Texas, Toyota in 2015 was building the Sequoia full-size sport utility vehicle, the Highlander midsize SUV and the Sienna minivan in Indiana. Here, a Highlander moves along the assembly line. (Toyota Motor Manufacturing)

James Hinton

James Hinton On Nov. 2, 1880, James S. Hinton was elected to the Indiana House of Representatives. The Civil War veteran and Indianapolis Republican was the first African-American to serve in the Indiana Legislature. (Kyle Helmond/Indiana Interactive)

Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison On Nov. 6, 1888, Benjamin Harrison won the presidency by defeating Democrat Grover Cleveland. He did nearly all of his campaigning in front of his Indianapolis home on Delaware Street or on a platform at University Park. The home – known officially as the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site – is shown here. (Susan Fleck)

Hoosiers

Hoosiers The world premiere of the movie "Hoosiers" occurred Nov. 10, 1986, at the Circle Theater in Indianapolis. The movie “Hickory High School” basketball team is loosely based on the 1954 state champions from Milan. During the 2015-16 season, the Indiana Pacers periodically are wearing “Hickory” jerseys as a salute to the film’s 30th anniversary. The historic gym featured here, located in Knightstown, served as Hickory’s home gym in the movie. (Brigette Cook Jones)

Indiana World War Memorial

Indiana World War Memorial Governor Paul V. McNutt led dedication ceremonies for the Indiana World War Memorial on Nov. 11, 1933. The cornerstone had been laid in 1927 by Gen. John "Black Jack" Pershing. In this photo, the memorial is seen behind Obelisk Fountain and to the left of the 100-foot-tall obelisk in the foreground. (Indiana War Memorials)

Coke bottle

Coke bottle The Root Glass Co., then located in Terre Haute, received a patent on Nov. 16, 1915, for its design for the shape of the Coca-Cola bottle. The bottle became one of the most recognizable objects in the world. Here, John S. Root – a descendant of Root Glass Co.’s founder -- holds an oversized replica of the famous Coca-Cola bottle designed a century ago. He attended festivities in July of 2015 at the Vigo County Historical Museum. (Jim Avelis/Terre Haute Tribune-Star)

Greensburg Honda Plant

Greensburg Honda Plant On Nov. 17, 2008, Honda dedicated a new manufacturing plant in Greensburg, Indiana, for the production of the company’s Honda Civic. The facility, which occupies a 1,600-acre site, is Honda’s seventh plant in the United States. (Honda Manufacturing of Indiana)

Columbus Fire Station

Columbus Fire Station The Central Fire Station opened in Columbus, Indiana, on Nov. 30, 1941. In such national venues as “Life” magazine, the station gained attention for its unique features, which included rounded glass corners and a circular hose tower. (Capt. Michael Wilson/Columbus Fire Department)

L.S. Ayres

L.S. Ayres Lyman S. Ayres opened a new store at the southwest corner of Meridian and Washington streets in Indianapolis on October 2, 1905. Here, crowds gather in front of the store in 1954. (Indiana Historical Society)

James Whitcomb Riley

James Whitcomb Riley The "Hoosier Poet," James Whitcomb Riley, was born on October 7, 1849, in Greenfield, Indiana. This scene shows Brandywine Creek in Riley Park on Greenfield's eastside. Riley wrote about a location south of this spot in his poem "The Old Swimmin'-Hole." (William Eccles)

Lanier Mansion

Lanier Mansion The James F. D. Lanier Mansion in Madison became a state memorial on October 9, 1926. During the Civil War, Lanier loaned money to the state to prevent bankruptcy. The mansion is operated by the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites. (Lanier Mansion State Historic Site)

Covered Bridge Festival

Covered Bridge Festival The Parke County Covered Bridge Festival first occurred on October 11, 1957. This year it runs from October 9-18, 2015. This photo shows the Bridgeton Covered Bridge – rebuilt in 2006 after being destroyed by fire in 2005. The original bridge was built in 1868. Also shown in this photo is the Bridgeton Mill, the oldest continuously operating mill in Indiana. (VisitIndiana.com)

Samuel Ralston

Samuel Ralston Indiana Governor Samuel Ralston died October 14, 1925, at age 67. As the 28th Governor of Indiana, he led the state during its 1916 centennial and the start of the state park system. (Bass Photo Co. Collection, Indiana Historical Society)

Angel Mounds

Angel Mounds Angel Mounds near Evansville was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966. (Angel Mounds State Historic Site)

Levi Coffin

Levi Coffin On October 28, 1798, Levi Coffin was born in North Carolina. In 1826, he moved to Newport, Indiana -- now known as Fountain City. In this home (pictured), he operated what has become known as the "Grand Central Station" of the Underground Railroad, a system via which slaves escaping from bondage made their way north to freedom. (VisitIndiana.com)

Indiana Dunes State Park

Indiana Dunes State Park On Sept. 2, 1925, Indiana Governor Ed Jackson bought 106 acres of land that would become part of the Indiana Dunes State Park. (Indiana Department of Natural Resources)

Col. Sanders

Col. Sanders On Sept. 9, 1890, Harland Sanders was born near Henryville, Indiana. He developed a popular recipe for frying chicken in a pressure cooker, becoming famous as the Kentucky Colonel of KFC restaurants. In this undated photo, Sanders is shown at a dinner meeting for Kentucky Fried Chicken. (Bretzman Collection, Indiana Historical Society)

Jeffersonville

Jeffersonville On Sept. 13, 1803, a post office was established at the Ohio River settlement of Jeffersonville -- named for then-President Thomas Jefferson. (Jeffersonville Main Street Inc.)

WOWO

WOWO The WOWO radio station in Ft. Wayne, which launched in 1925, began an affiliation with the new CBS radio network on Sept. 18, 1927. The "Hoosier Hop" radio show, depicted in this undated photo, was broadcast during the 1930s and 1940s. Hear recordings from the show here at Indiana University’s Archives of Traditional Music. (Indiana Historical Society)

Allen County Courthouse

Allen County Courthouse The new Allen County Courthouse was dedicated in Fort Wayne on Sept. 23, 1902, at a cost of more than $817,000. It is now a National Historic Landmark. (Allen County Courthouse Preservation Trust)

James Dean

James Dean Actor and Fairmount, Ind., native James Dean, 24, died on Sept. 30, 1955, from injuries sustained when he crashed his 1954 Porsche 550 in California. This photo, from the website Little Indiana, shows an exterior wall of the Fairmount Historical Museum. (Jessica Nunemaker, Little Indiana)

Marengo Cave

Marengo Cave Two children, Blanche and Orris Hiestand, discovered Marengo Cave in Crawford County on Sept. 6, 1883. The cave nowadays is open for tours and exploration. More information is available MarengoCave.com. (MarengoCave.com)

Oliver Morton

Oliver Morton Oliver Morton was born in Wayne County on August 4, 1823. The first Indiana governor to be born in the Hoosier State, he was chief executive during the Civil War and later served as United States senator. His statue stands on the east side of the Indiana Statehouse. (Bill McCleery/ Indiana Office of Technology)

USS Indiana

USS Indiana The USS Indiana arrived at Pearl Harbor on Aug. 9, 1943. The third battleship to be named for the Hoosier State, it earned nine battle stars for service during World War II. (U.S. Navy)

Beck’s Mill

Beck’s Mill On Aug. 28, 1808, corn was first ground at Beck’s Mill in Washington County – one of the early mills in the Indiana Territory. Settlers from nearby Pigeon’s Roost were some of the first to come to the mill. The mill was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. (Photo by C. Bedford Crenshaw/Wikipedia Commons)

Dan Quayle

Dan Quayle Vice President Dan Quayle and President George Bush made their first campaign stop in the 1988 presidential election campaign in Huntington on Aug. 19, 1988. Vice President Quayle is shown speaking at the Anti-Defamation Conference in February 1989. (George Bush Presidential Library and Museum)

Indiana Bicentennial Train

Indiana Bicentennial Train The State Fair runs from Aug. 7-23 and celebrates the Year of the Farmer. The “Year of” designation began in August 2007. The Bicentennial Train, created by the Indiana Historical Society, will be at the fairgrounds. (Indiana State Fair)

Indiana State Fair

Indiana State Fair Enjoy treats from the Dairy Bar during the State Fair, which runs from Aug. 7-23 and celebrates the Year of the Farmer. The S’mores milkshake will be one of the featured foods at the fair. (Indiana State Fair)

Indiana quarter

Indiana quarter Produced by the United States Mint, the Indiana quarter was unveiled on Aug. 8, 2002, in a ceremony in Indianapolis. Indiana was the 19th state to receive a unique quarter. It features the state motto ‘The Crossroads of America’ and a picture of a race car. (US Mint)

Shelley Long

Shelley Long Actress Shelley Long was born in Fort Wayne in August 1949. Long went on to become a member of the comedy troupe Second City and then starred in “Cheers” on NBC. (NBC/Paramount Studios)

Bobby Helms

BobbyHelms Bobby Helms was born in Martinsville. He became a popular star of early rock and roll, recording the hit song ‘Jingle Bell Rock’. (Decca Records)

Rolling Stones 1972

Rolling Stones 1972 The Rolling Stones performed at the Indianapolis Convention Center on July 12, 1972. The band returns to Indianapolis on July 4, 2015, for a concert at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Pictured here, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards share the microphone during the 1972 tour. (Flickr/Irog)

Rolling Stones 2015

Rolling Stones 2015 After performing in the city in July 1972, the band will be back in Indianapolis on July 4, 2015, for a concert at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. A special car was painted to commemorate the concert. The band has performed seven previous concerts in Indiana, with the most recent occurring on Aug. 8, 1994. (Indianapolis Motor Speedway/Joe Skibinksi)

Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong Landing on the moon seemed far-fetched until Purdue graduate Neil Armstrong became the first person to step foot onto the surface on July 20, 1969. An estimated 530 million people heard Armstrong declare, as he stepped out of the landing craft, "...one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."(NASA)

Pres. George W. Bush

Pres. George W. Bush The Black Expo, an annual celebration of African-American culture and heritage, honored then-President George W. Bush in July 2005. Black Expo Chairman Arvis Dawson presented Pres. Bush with the Black Expo Lifetime Achievement Award. (White House/Eric Draper)

Fort Wayne Children's Zoo

Fort Wayne Children's Zoo The Ft. Wayne Children's Zoo opened on 5 1/2 acres in Franke Park on July 3, 1965. More than 6,000 people came on the first day to see the 18 animal exhibits. The park, celebrating its 50th year, now has more than 50 species, including this pair of twin lemurs, born on June 10, 2015. (Fort Wayne Children's Museum/Stephanie Raiman)

Orville Redenbacher

Orville Redenbacher Orville Redenbacher was born in Brazil, IN on July 16, 1907. Redenbacher began growing his own popping corn at the age of 12, earning enough money to attend Purdue University. He made his home in Valparaiso, where this statue sits. Here Valparaiso Mayor Jon Costas poses with the statue at the dedication in 2012. (City of Valparaiso)

Janice Voss

Janice Voss Janice Voss, born in South Bend, earned a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering science from Purdue University. She participated in five space flights, which encompassed more than 49 days in space. Voss was on the Space Shuttle Columbia, which landed on July 17, 1997. Here she is pictured on the flight deck of the space shuttle Endeavour during the STS-99 mission in 2000. (NASA)

McCormick's Creek State Park

McCormick's Creek State Park McCormick's Creek was dedicated on July 4, 1916 as Indiana's first state park. It was named for John McCormick, an early settler who lived along the canyon by the waterfalls. (Dept. of Natural Resources)

John Wooden

John Wooden John Wooden is being interviewed here in 2001 by Bob Costas prior to the Wooden Tradition in Indianapolis. Wooden, born in Hall, Indiana, was a three-time All-American guard at Purdue University before becoming head coach at UCLA. He coached the team to 10 national championships and compiled a 664-162 record. Wooden passed away in June 2010 at the age of 99. (Purdue University)

Garfield

Garfield The Garfield comic strip debuted in 41 U.S. newspapers on June 19, 1978. Creator Jim Davis was born in Marion, Indiana, in 1945. Garfield is now in more than 2,100 newspapers worldwide. Statues of the famous cat, such as this one in Upland, can be seen across Grant County, which is part of the tour on the Garfield Trail. (Grant County Visitors Bureau) Learn More About the Garfield Trail

Azy the orangutan

Azy the orangutan Azy is the dominant male who heads up the orangutan family at the Indianapolis Zoo, which opened at the White River State Park location in June 1988. The Simon Skjodt International Orangutan Center exhibit opened in 2014. (Indianapolis Zoo)

White River Gardens

White River Gardens The White River Gardens opened next to the Indianapolis Zoo in June 1999. The gardens include more than 1,000 varieties of plant life. Pictured here are orange geraniums toward the back and impatiens in the front. A white and pink perennial cosmos is on the right. Curly willow branches hang down, and Boston ivy vines adorn the wall. (Indianapolis Zoo)

Corydon

Corydon The first Indiana Constitution was signed near this location in June 1816. This restored building, which opened in November 1816, was the site of the first meeting of the Indiana General Assembly. Corydon was the state capital from 1813 to 1825, when the seat of state government was moved to Indianapolis. (Indiana State Museum)

Hoosier Dome

Hoosier Dome The Hoosier Dome opened in Indianapolis on May 3, 1984. Later named the RCA Dome, it was torn down in 2008 and replaced by Lucas Oil Stadium. This photo is from June 2008.(Photo by Joanieofarc / CC BY)

Santa Claus, IN

Santa Claus, IN In May 1856, a post office was established in the newly-named town of Santa Claus in Spencer County. A sign welcomes visitors to the Spencer County town of Santa Claus, which was renamed from its original name, Santa Fe, in 1856.(Photo by tengrrl / CC BY)

Lafayette, IN

Lafayette, IN William Digby, a river boatman and adventurer, established a new town on the Wabash River in 1825; he called it Lafayette. The Tippecanoe County Courthouse in downtown Lafayette is displayed in August 2013. (Photo by Scutter / CC BY)

Purdue University

Purdue University In May 1869 the Indiana General Assembly, under the Morrill Act, accepted land and money from John Purdue to establish a school for the study of science, technology and agriculture. (Purdue University) - Learn More About Purdue University

Eli Lilly

Eli Lilly Colonel Eli Lilly opened a laboratory on Pearl Street in Indianapolis in 1876. His firm grew to become one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Shown here in 1926, two Eli Lilly and Company wagons with two horses each are waiting to be on their way with their goods. The drivers are already on their seats ready to pull away. There are several boxes in both wagons they are marked Lilly and list that there are four one gallon jugs in each box. (Indiana Historical Society) - Learn More About Eli Lilly

Ford visits Indy

Ford visits Indy In April of 1976, President Gerald Ford visited Indianapolis to drum up support for re-election – seeking the Republican nomination against former California Gov. Ronald Reagan. Ford would win the nomination in a tight race before losing the general election to the Democratic nominee, former Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter. Four years later, Reagan would come back to win the presidency in 1980. (Indiana Historical Society)

Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart Pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart poses here with Edward C. Elliott, president of Purdue University, on the roof of the university’s administration building in April of 1936. Earhart was the second person the fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, after Charles Lindbergh, and the first to fly solo from Hawaii to California. (Purdue University)

Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong Astronaut Neil Armstrong (middle, with close-cropped haircut), the first man to walk on the moon, is greeted at the Purdue University airport on April 30, 1966, by his brother, Dean, sister-in-law, Marilyn, and Etheridge B. Baugh (far right), manager of Purdue Alumni public relations. Armstrong earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Purdue. (Purdue University)

Bridge over the Wabash River

Bridge over the Wabash River A just-completed multiple through-truss bridge with stone piers is shown with a car preparing to cross the Wabash River in April of 1937. The city of Clinton, Ind., is visible in the background. (Purdue University)

Earhart statue

Earhart statue Purdue President France A. Cordova and Susan Bulkeley Butler unveil the sculpture of former Purdue faculty member and famed pilot Amelia Earhart during an event on April 16, 2009. The 8-foot-tall sculpture is at the entrance to Earhart Dining Court on campus. Earhart was at Purdue from 1935 to 1937. (Purdue University)

Technology center

Technology center The groundbreaking ceremony for the Herman and Heddy Kurz Purdue Technology Center in West Lafayette, Ind., took place April 7, 2008. The building, which will open in 2009, is part of the 725-acre Purdue Research Park. (Purdue University)

Grand Prix race

Grand Prix race The 2008 Purdue Grand Prix winner Jon Laski trails 2007 winner Liz Lehmann into a turn during the 51st running of the race April 19, 2008. Lehmann, a Purdue senior majoring in management from Fort Wayne, Ind., finished third. (University News Service)

Owen Hall

Owen Hall This photo of Owen Hall at Indiana University (IU) in Bloomington, Ind., was taken in April of 1993. The building was named after Richard Owen, who became Indiana State Geologist and an IU professor in 1860. Owen served as Purdue University’s first president, while still maintaining his professorship at IU. (Indiana University)

Old Crescent

Old Crescent This aerial photo of the historic Old Crescent section of Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind., was taken April 25, 1994. (Indiana University)

Airport fire truck

Airport fire truck This old fire truck at Weir Cook Municipal Airport was labeled to reflect the airport's name at the time, "Indianapolis Municipal Airport" in this 1972 photo. (Indiana Historical Society)

Syracuse

Syracuse A Snowy street in Syracuse, Indiana, March, 1960. That month saw 20 consecutive days of temperatures that never rose above freezing (weatherspark.com). (Syracuse-Wawasee Historical Museum)

Anderson YMCA

Anderson YMCA The YMCA located at 12th and Jackson Streets in Anderson, circa 1922. Local businessman, John Brant, donated $125,000 seed money to build the Y, in March of 1915. Although it was originally for men and boys only, the YMCA today offers aquatics and fitness programs for everyone. (Bass Photo Co. Collection, Indiana Historical Society)

Crispus Attucks Basketball Team

Crispus Attucks Basketball Team The Crispus Attucks team celebrates its championship in March 1956. The Attucks Tigers team defended its 1955 title by finishing the season 31-0, becoming the first undefeated team to win the IHSAA crown. (Indiana Historical Society)

Diesel Engine

Diesel Engine A diesel engine passes through the precarious curve, just north of Bedford Indiana, March, 1947. (Indiana Historical Society)

Purdue University

Purdue University The view from Krannert School of Business building at Purdue University after a March 2013 snowfall. This is the view looking west down State Street, toward the Memorial Mall. (John Feister)

Indiana State Capitol

Indiana State Capitol On March 11, 1813, the Indiana General Assembly approved the State Capital Act, allowing the capital of the Indiana Territory to move from Vincennes to Corydon. This photograph of the Old Statehouse in Corydon was taken by Heimberger & Sons Photography of New Albany, Indiana, circa 1890-1900s. (Indiana State Library)

Testing fire equipment

Testing fire equipment In February 1888, firefighters tested the Covert aerial ladder and telescopic stand pipe for training purposes in front of the English Hotel. The hotel was on Monument Circle in Indianapolis, which still had a dirt road. (Indiana Historical Society)

Surrender of Fort Sackville

Surrender of Fort Sackville British Commander Henry Hamilton surrendered Fort Sackville to Gen. George Rogers Clark on Feb. 25, 1779. This played a decisive part in the U.S. acquiring the Northwest Territory that included Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. This re-enactment occurred on Feb. 25, 1929. (Indiana Historical Society)

James Dean

James Dean Born in Marion, Indiana, James Dean become a world-famous actor, known for roles in “Rebel Without a Cause,” “East of Eden” and “Giant.” Dean was born on Feb. 8, 1931. Here he is shown in a publicity photo for “Rebel Without a Cause.” (Warner Bros. [Public domain])

Gone With the Wind

Gone With the Wind A long line of people wearing winter coats and hats wait on the sidewalk to enter a showing of “Gone With The Wind,” which is written in large letters over the entrance of the theater. There are pictures of Vivian Leigh and Clark Gable near the theater ticket boxes in Terre Haute. (Martin Collection, Indiana Historical Society)

Indiana Harbor Belt Line

Indiana Harbor Belt Line Daniel Senise here throws a switch while at work in an Indiana Harbor Belt Line railroad yard in February 1943. (Library of Congress).

William Kobin

William Kobin This home portrait is of young William H. Kobin in February 1930. The customer card identified the Kobin family at 4305 Park Avenue in Indianapolis. His parents were Henry V. and Florence Kobin. Henry Kobin was president of the National Silk Hosiery Mills, located at Davidson and Michigan streets. Census records show Henry was 29 and Florence was 25. Young William was 1 year old. (Bretzman Collection, Indiana Historical Society)

Apollo 1 Crew

Apollo 1 Crew NASA announced that Virgil "Gus" Grissom, a graduate of Purdue University from Mitchell, IN, would command the first flight of the Apollo spacecraft--the ship that would take American astronauts to the moon and back. Joining Grissom on the crew were Ed White (center), a veteran of the Gemini program and the first American to walk in space, and Roger Chaffee (right), a Purdue graduate and a rookie astronaut. The mission never took place as a fire during a launch rehearsal on January 27, 1967 took the lives of all three astronauts. (NASA)

Gov. Otis Bowen

Gov. Otis Bowen Otis "Doc" Bowen, M.D. began his career as a family physician and went on to serve in the Indiana legislature and then as Indiana's governor from 1973 to 1981. In 1985 he was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to serve as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, a position he held until January 1989. Two reports submitted by Bowen's Surgeon General, C. Everett Koop, M.D. have become milestones in the history of tobacco control. Here Bowen is pictured meeting Pres. Reagan on 7/23/1987. From left: Unknown, Otis 'Doc' Bowen, James B. Wyngaarden, Pres. Ronald Reagan, unknown. (National Institute of Health)

Dan Quayle

Dan Quayle James Danforth Quayle was born in Indianapolis on Feb. 4, 1947 and eventually moved to Huntington with his family in 1963. Quayle was elected to Congress in 1976, the Senate in 1980 and as Vice-President in 1988. He was sworn in as Vice-President on January 20, 1989. Here he is shown, at left, visiting the NASA Glenn Research Center on Jan. 8, 1990. (NASA)

Mark Twain

Mark Twain Authors Mark Twain and George W. Cable held readings at the Plymouth Church in Indianapolis on Jan. 7, 1885. The Indianapolis Journal described the readings as "The most unique and thoroughly enjoyable entertainment ever given in Indianapolis..." (New York Public Library)

Hanover College

Hanover College On January 1, 1827, five miles west of Madison on a headland overlooking the Ohio River, the Reverend John Finley Crowe founded Hanover College, the oldest private liberal arts college in the state. Hanover has progressed from its origin as an academy to train youth for the gospel ministry into a coeducational college offering a wide-ranging liberal arts curriculum. (Hanover College)

Indiana Harbor Belt

Indiana Harbor Belt A railroad switch engine is shown here in January 1943 at the Calumet Stockyards. (Library of Congress)

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