Historical place archive

Indianapolis in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Indianapolis in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

4 records2 event labels4 people1958–1977

Historical events in Indianapolis

1958

9 December 1958
John Birch Society
Fred Koch · John Birch Society

One of the founder members of the John Birch Society

9 December 1958
John Birch Society
John Birch · John Birch Society

Founded in 1958 by Robert W. Welch Jr. in Indianapolis, Indiana, named after John Birch, a United States military intelligence officer and Baptist missionary in World War II who was killed in 1945 by supporters of the Communist Party of China

9 December 1958
John Birch Society
Robert W Welch Jr · John Birch Society

Founded in 1958 by Robert W. Welch Jr. in Indianapolis, Indiana, named after John Birch, a United States military intelligence officer and Baptist missionary in World War II who was killed in 1945 by supporters of the Communist Party of China

1977

26 June 1977
Performance
Elvis Aaron Presley · Popular Music

Elvis Presley sings in Indianapolis, last performance of his career

Provenance

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