Indiana: Timeline

1794   Fort Wayne founded in what is now the U.S. state of Indiana.

1816   Indiana is admitted as the 19th U.S. state U.S. state

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.

1844   University of Notre Dame receives its charter from Indiana.

1925   The Tri-State Tornado raked through Missouri Missouri

Missouri named after the Missouri Siouan [i] Indian tribe meaning "town of the large canoes", is a cent ... 

, Illinois Illinois

Illinois is the 21st U.S. state [i] and is located in the Midwest [i] region o ... 

, and Indiana and killed 695 people.

1936   Peak of July 1936 heat wave. The state State

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s of Wisconsin Wisconsin

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, Michigan Michigan

Michigan is a Midwestern [i] state [i] of the United States [i], located in the east north central [i] ... 

, and Indiana all set new state records for high temperature. At Mio, in northern Michigan it soars to 113°F (45°C).

1965   The body of Sylvia Likens is discovered by authorities in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.

1969   Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 DC-9 collides in flight with a Piper PA-28, and crashes near Fairland, Indiana USA.

2004   Terry Nichols Terry Nichols

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 is spared the death penalty by an Oklahoma state court on murder charges stemming from the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing Oklahoma City bombing

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. The decision comes on the third anniversary of the execution of his co-defendant, Timothy James McVeigh Timothy McVeigh

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, in Terre Haute, Indiana.

2005   Evansville Tornado of November 2005: A tornado Tornado

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 hits western Kentucky Kentucky

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 and southwestern Indiana, killing at least 22.