1812    24 settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre in Indiana.

1816    Indiana becomes the 19th U.S. state.

1844    University of Notre Dame receives its charter from the state of Indiana.

1925    The Tri-State Tornado hits the Midwestern states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people.

1930    Bank robber Herman Lamm and members of his crew are killed by a posse of 200, following a botched bank robbery in Clinton, Indiana.

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

1990    The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 66 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12. Petersburg, Indiana, is the hardest-hit town in the outbreak, with 6 deaths.

2005    The Evansville Tornado of November 2005 kills 25 in Northwestern Kentucky and Southwestern Indiana.