2011 Event In efforts to save Baton Rouge and New Orleans from floods, the Morganza Spillway is opened on the Mississippi River, deliberately flooding 3,000 square miles of rural Louisiana 1988 Birthday Carly Patterson, born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, singer, gymnast, Olympic All-Around Champion, 2004, USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame inductee 1972 Birthday Danielle Scott, born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, volleyball middle blocker 1996 Olympics 1972 Birthday Andrew Pettitte, born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pitcher, New York Yankees 1971 Birthday Andy Sheets, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, infielder for the Seattle Mariners 1970 Birthday Shannon Lemora, born in Baton Rouge Louisiana, 1.5k runner 1969 Event National Guard mobilizes in racial disturbances in Baton Rouge, Louisiana 1967 Birthday Ben McDonald, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers 1967 Birthday John Lovell, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, tornado yachter, Olympics-8th-1996 1966 Event Carol Mann wins LPGA Baton Rouge Ladies Golf Invitational 1965 Event Mickey Wright wins LPGA Baton Rouge Golf Invitational 1964 Birthday Darryl Hamilton, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, outfielder for the Texas Rangers 1964 Event Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Baton Rouge Ladies' Golf Open Invitational 1963 Birthday Devin Renee De Vasquez, born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, playmate, June, 1985, actress 1962 Birthday Cleo Fields, born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Representative-D-Louisiana 1993 - 1997 1955 Event WBRZ TV channel 2 in Baton Rouge, LA (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Birthday Lynn Whitfield, Baton Rouge, actress, Josephine Baker, Equal Justice 1953 Event WAFB TV channel 9 in Baton Rouge, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1949 Birthday Douglas Fred Tewell, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, PGA golfer, 1980 Sea Pines 1941 Birthday William H. Gray, born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Representative-D-Pennsylvania 1979 - 1991 1941 Birthday John Fred, born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, born John Fred Gourrier, musician, co-wrote chart-topping parody of The Beatles song 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' 1940 Birthday Jimmy Clanton, Baton Rogue, Louisiana, rock vocalist, Just a Dream 1935 Death Huey P Long, (Sen-La) assassinated at Baton Rouge Capitol building 1922 Event WAAB (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) becomes 1st U.S. radio station with "W" calls 1863 Event R Grierson's: La Grange, Tennessee to Baton Rouge, Louisiana 1862 Event Battle of Baton Rouge, LA 1862 Event Federal troops occupies Baton Rouge Louisiana
