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Lafayette


1980 Alec Lafayette Chew Wilder, composer, dies at 73

1976 Chanda Rubin, Lafayette, Louisiana, tennis star, 1996 Australian Open doubles

1969 Jarrod Hanks, born in Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S. gymnist, Olympic-92, 96

1969 Lyle Mouton, Lafayette, Louisiana, outfielder, Chicago White Sox

1968 KLNI (now KADN) TV channel 15 in Lafayette, LA (IND) begins

1968 Georg von der Vring, German painter (Camp Lafayette), dies at 78

1962 KATC TV channel 3 in Lafayette, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting

1962 Izzy Stradlin, born in Lafayette, Indiana, guitarist, Guns and Roses

1962 Axl Rose, Lafayette, Indiana, vocalist, Guns and Roses

1955 KLFY TV channel 10 in Lafayette, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting

1953 WLFI TV channel 18 in Lafayette, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting

1953 Andy Bean, born in Lafayette, Georgia, PGA golfer, Western 1978, Kemper 1978

1950 Richard Keith, Lafayette, Louisiana, actor, Little Ricky-I Love Lucy

1948 Larry McNeeley, Lafayette, Indiana, banjo player, Glen Campbell Hour

1944 Eddy Raven, Lafayette, Louisiana, country singer, Right Hand Man

1942 Donald E Williams, Lafayette, Indiana, Capt USN/astro, STS 51D, STS 34

1934 Sydney Pollack, born in Lafayette, director, Tootsie, Presumed Innocent

1922 Adam Kennedy, born in Lafayette, Indiana, actor, Dion-Californian

1919 Acadia National Park forms (as Lafayette N P), Maine

1916 Escadrille Americaine (Lafayette) transfered to Verdun

1899 Congress authorizes Lafayette silver dollar

1895 Louise Fazenda, Lafayette, Indiana, actress/comedienne, Almost an actress

1873 Ray Ewry, Lafayette, Indiana, jumper, Olympics-10 gold-1900, 04, 06, 08

1859 1st air mail (in a balloon) took off from Lafayette Ind

1836 Thomas Lafayette Rosser, Mjr General Confederate Army, died in 1910

1834 Marquis de Lafayette, French general, dies

1826 Lafayette Curry Baker, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1868

1825 George Lafayette Beal, Bvt Major General Union volunteers

1824 General Lafayette returns to U.S.

1821 Lafayette McLaws, Major General Confederate Army, died in 1897

1784 Maryland grants citizenship to Lafayette and his descendents

1777 Marquis de Lafayette, 19, made major-general of Continental Army

1777 Marquis de Lafayette lands in US

1757 Marquis de Lafayette, American patriot, French revolutionary



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