Coliseum Explosion On October 31, 1963, Shriners Night at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum, the Holiday on Ice performance ended abruptly when a propane tank in the concession area ignited and exploded.… Read More »Coliseum Explosion
Common Cause IN v. Marion Co. Election Board Since the mid-1980s Indiana law has permitted voters to cast a no-excuse, early in-person (EIP) absentee ballot at the office of the circuit court clerk as an alternative to voting… Read More »Common Cause IN v. Marion Co. Election Board
Crawford v. Marion Co. Election Board A 2008 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld a 2005 Indiana law requiring all voters casting an in-person ballot to show a government-issued photo identification in order… Read More »Crawford v. Marion Co. Election Board
Dust Bowl Tournament The Dust Bowl Tournament emerged from a Police Athletic League (PAL) sponsored basketball league at the Lockefield Gardens, a segregated WPA Black housing community that opened in February 1938 on… Read More »Dust Bowl Tournament
Municipal Election of 1925 Beginning with the May primary race for mayor in the Republican Party, the city elections of 1925 were dominated by the presence of the Ku Klux Klan. In May 1925,… Read More »Municipal Election of 1925
Election Riot of 1876 In the early evening of May 3, 1876, the day of a special election for city councilmen, a disturbance broke out following a rumor that would-be African American voters, overwhelmingly… Read More »Election Riot of 1876
Fall Creek Massacre On March 22, 1824, a band of nine Seneca and Miami Indians camped on Fall Creek in nearby Madison County to hunt. Apparently not satisfied that the band’s intentions were… Read More »Fall Creek Massacre
Fiesta Indianapolis Fiesta Indianapolis celebrates the cultures of Latin America, the Caribbean, and Spain through live music, food, and thematic activities such as a parade of nations. The annual event typically takes… Read More »Fiesta Indianapolis
Fred Sanders Case The Fred Sanders Case involved an Indianapolis parochial school teacher’s fatal shooting of an Indianapolis police officer. On the evening of August 14, 1988, Indianapolis Patrolman Matt John Faber responded… Read More »Fred Sanders Case
John Freeman Fugitive Slave Case The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, part of the Compromise of 1850, amended the 1793 Fugitive Slave Law by giving the federal government sole jurisdiction over cases of fugitive enslaved… Read More »John Freeman Fugitive Slave Case
