2006
Members of International Machinists Union Local 1270 at Rockwell Automation rejected the company’s five-year contract offer and began walking a picket line in shifts.
1991
Gov. Evan Bayh asked federal officials to declare 38 counties — including Bartholomew, Jackson, Jennings and Decatur — disaster areas because of drought damage to forage and feed crops, making farmers eligible for assistance from the Farmers Home Administration and the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service.
1966
Some local youths who were former fans of the Beatles joined others around the country in demonstrating against the band after John Lennon was quoted as saying the Beatles were “more popular than Jesus.”
