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06/06/2026

𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟔, 𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟏..
On this day, June 6, 1941, Swiss-born American Louis Chevrolet, founder of the Chevrolet Motor Car Company in 1911 and later the Frontenac Motor Corporation which made racing parts for Ford’s Model T, died at the age of 62.

In 1900, at the age of 21, Chevrolet left Switzerland moved to Canada, then New York. The things that he accomplished there started a chain of events that left a huge impression on the American automotive industry. Chevrolet established a reputation in the United States as a race car mechanic, and was soon driving them.

On May 20, 1905, his passion for racing and performance led him to win his first road race on a cinder track in Morris Park, New York. With a new-found reputation in racing, Chevrolet met W.C. Durant in 1907. Durant was considered to be the “father" of General Motors and noticed Chevrolet's genius and eye for perfection. He put him to work designing Buick concept cars that led the Buick Racing Team to many victories.

In 1911, Chevrolet and Durant founded the Chevrolet Motor Company. Even with little formal education, Chevrolet designed and built the first Chevrolet automobile. Durant believed that they would need to make their cars cheaper to compete with the automotive market. Chevrolet wanted his cars to be the most impressive on the road and wanted them only to be built for the rich, which led to his resignation in October 1913.

With his talent for designing automobiles Chevrolet went back to his first love, racing. By 1917, he had built a new, advanced race car. With it, he again became a leader in the automotive racing industry. He completed his first laps at the Indianapolis race track in 1926, as the official pace car driver.

During his career on the famous brick track, he won 10 races and 27 major races elsewhere, making him the most successful driver in his family. He formed the Frontenac Motor Corporation to build high-performance engine heads. However, the corporation was fated to go out of business.

He had been plagued with atherosclerosis which had previously led to a leg amputation. He is buried in the Holy Cross and Saint Joseph Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Photo attribution: Encyclopedia Britannica
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06/05/2026

Homemade pizza tonight..

06/05/2026

Pictured is a display of various wines and canned juices at the Kroger Grocery and Baking Company store at 30th and Sherman Drive in Indianapolis.

The company, started in 1883 in Cincinnati, quickly became one of the largest food retailers in the country with its addition of a bread bakery, meat counter, and private line of products. It officially changed its name to The Kroger Co. in 1946. Circa 6/6/1945

Photo attribution: Indiana Historical Society

06/05/2026

Photo of the intersection of Rural Street and Michigan Street facing north. A Rexall drug store and tavern can be seen located on the eastern, right-hand side, half of the street.

The Rural Inn liquor store can be seen located on the western, left-hand side, portion of the street. As of June of 2026, the Rural Inn is still open for business.

Photo attribution; City of Indianapolis, Department of Metropolitan Development, Indiana Historical Society

06/05/2026

𝐏𝐓𝐒𝐃 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬
𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘔𝘚 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩-𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘔𝘚 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭; 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘷𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴.
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05/25/2026

In 1954, Frank and Donald Thomas patented the flame broiler. To showcase the flame broiler and their other restaurant equipment, they opened the first Burger Chef in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1957. Burger Chef opened with a conveyor broiler that was said to be able to make 800 flame-broiled patties with ‘cook out flavor’ per hour, as well as being equipped with equally prolific automated milkshake blending machines.

Burger Chef spread across the United States, following a strategy of opening outlets in smaller towns. In 1968, the General Foods Corporation purchased the chain and continued its rapid expansion. At the time of the purchase by General Foods, Burger Chef had 600 locations in 39 states.

By 1972, its number of locations (1,200) was surpassed only by McDonald's (1,600). They offered a double burger, called the Big Shef, and later the quarter-pound hamburger, Super Shef. Subsequently, they added the Works Bar, where customers added their own toppings to hamburgers.

The chain had two mascots: Burger Chef (voiced by Paul Winchell) and Jeff (the chef's juvenile sidekick). In the early 1970s, the chain introduced the Funburger and the Funmeal, with packaging that included stories about Burger Chef and Jeff's adventures and friends (including the magician Burgerini, vampire Count Fangburger, talking ape Burgerilla, and Cackleburger the witch), with riddles, puzzles, and small toys. When McDonald's introduced their Happy Meal in 1979, the chain sued, but ultimately lost.

In 1982, General Foods sold Burger Chef to the Canadian company Imasco, which also owned Hardee's, for $44 million . Imasco converted many locations to Hardee's restaurants and let franchises and locations near existing Hardee's locations convert to other brands. Remaining restaurants that did not convert to Hardee's or new names and branding simply closed.

Photo attribution: Reddit

05/25/2026

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗘𝗠𝗦 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲.
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05/25/2026

On this date, May 25, 1937, Brady Gang members, led by Al Brady of Indianapolis, robbed the Goodland State Bank in Goodland, Indiana. They walked out with all of $2,528. Following the holdup, they concealed themselves behind a church and waited for state officers.

The Brady Gang intercepted Elmer Craig and Paul Vincent Minneman and "their guns blasted the door from the officers' car, and both men pitched onto the pavement."

While Craig survived, Minneman succumbed to his injuries and became the first trooper to be killed by criminals' bullets since the formation of the Indiana State Police in 1933. After the shoot-out, the Brady Gang headed towards the Illinois state line as 180 state police officers and 300 special deputies pursued them.

Photo attribution: The Public "I"

05/22/2026

Beech Grove, Indiana (May 22, 2026) - No school buses from Beech Grove City Schools will run today due to catalytic converters stolen from their buses overnight.

05/22/2026

On this date, May 22, 1868, the Great Train Robbery took place near Marshfield, Indiana as seven members of the Reno gang absconded with $96,000 in cash, gold and bonds. The Reno gang, headed by the Indiana brothers Frank, John, Simeon and William Reno, are widely regarded as the country’s first train robbers.

They began their lives of crime robbing individuals, post offices and stores, and operating a counterfeiting ring before robbing their first train in 1866. The Reno robberies were believed to have set off a wave of train holdups by outlaws in the West.

The Marshfield robbery was the Reno gang’s greatest heist, but it was also the beginning of the end for them. The Pinkerton Detective Agency pursued them and caught six of the gang’s members, none of whom were Reno brothers, in July 1868. In two separate attacks, vigilantes lynched the six men.

William and Simeon Reno were also captured in July, but placed in a higher security prison. Frank Reno and gang member Charlie Anderson joined the two brothers in October. In December of that year, a large vigilante group broke into the prison and lynched the four men. Only John Reno, kept in a separate prison, avoided vigilante justice. He died in 1895.

Their infamous robberies inspired three films: The Great Train Robbery in 1903, Rage at Dawn in 1955, starring Hoosier Forrest Tucker as Frank Reno, and Love Me Tender in 1956, with Elvis Presley as Clint Reno.

Photo attribution: Rage At Dawn, starring Randolph Scott, Forrest Tucker and J. Carrol Naish. RKO Pictures

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