1993 Event 119th Preakness: Mike Smith aboard Prairie Bayou wins in 1:56.6 1992 Death Dewey Balfa, bayou fiddler, dies at 65 1978 Death Clifton Chenier, U.S. accordionist (Bayou Blues), dies at 53 1925 Birthday Clifton Chenier, born in Opelousas, Louisiana, blues singer, Bayou Blues 1864 Event Battle of Lake Chicot, AR, Dutch Bayou 1864 Event Battle of Yellow Bayou, Louisiana (Bayou de Glaize, Old Oaks) 1864 Event Battle at Henderson's Hill (Bayou Rapids) Louisiana 1863 Event Battle of Bayou La Fourche, Louisiana 1863 Event Battle between gunboats at Bayou Teche Louisiana 1862 Event Battle of Chichasaw Bayou: confederate armies defeat General Sherman 1862 Event Battle of Chickasaw Bluffs, MS (Chickasaw Bayou) 1862 Event Battle between gunboats at Bayou Teche, Louisiana
