Looking Back – April 13

{&subleft}Around Columbus

April 13

2011

The 77 blooming Aristocrat pear trees lining five blocks of Washington Street attracted the attention of at least one Indianapolis television crew.

1996

Production returned to 75% of normal as Reliance Electric’s Seventh Street plant reopened less than 24 hours after a fire in the test lab caused an estimated $1 million in damages.

1971

A “mystery” plane landed in a cornfield south of Columbus after running short on gas, but departed later in the morning with the pilot refusing to disclose his name or other information for fear of an investigation by the FAA.