2007
Ray Eddy, Columbus High School and Purdue University basketball star, was named to the Purdue Athletics Hall of Fame, and Mike Phipps, another former Columbus and Purdue sports standout, was enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend.
1992
With a high chance of strong thunderstorms, the Bartholomew County 4-H Fair opened.
1967
Acting Columbus Postmaster Frank W. Phillips announced parcel post deliveries in Columbus would be expanded from five to six days a week.
