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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













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