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2002 Super Bowl XXXVI, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, New England Patriots beat St. Louis Rams 20-17

1997 Super Bowl XXXI, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Green Bay Packers beat New England Patriots 35-21

1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in New Orleans, Louisiana on KKND 106.7 FM

1996 Parlisha Williams (Louisiana) crowned Ms Black USA Metroplex

1996 Ali Landry, 22, (Louisiana), crowned 45th Miss USA

1994 13th NCAA Women Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Louisiana Tech 60-59

1992 Jim Garrison, Louisiana DA (investigate John F. Kennedy assassination), dies at 70

1991 Houston quarterback David Klingler sets NCAA record with 6 touchdown passes in the 2nd quarter as the Cougars clobbered Louisiana Tech 73-3

1991 College World Series: Louisiana State defeats Wichita State 6-3

1990 Supreme Court rejects appeal from retarded man, Dalton Prejean, condemned to death for murdering a Louisiana state trooper in 1977

1988 7th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Louisiana Tec beat Auburn 56-54

1987 6th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee routs Louisiana 67-44

1982 Pan Am Boeing 727 crashes in Kenner, Louisiana, killing 153

1980 Andee Pickens, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, gymnast alternate for 1996 Olympics

1979 Sarah Price, Miss Louisiana Teen USA 1997

1977 Kimi Fairchild, Miss Louisiana Teen USA 1996

1977 Brent Roberts, Leesville, Louisiana, diver 1996 Olympics

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

1975 Karmyn Tyler, Shreveport Louisiana, Miss America-Louisiana 1996

1975 1st NFL game in Louisiana Superdome, Houston beats Saints 13-7

1975 Louisiana Superdome is dedicated

1974 Leonardo DiCaprio, born in Louisiana, actor, Luke-Growing Pains, Romeo and Juliet

1974 Warren Morris, Alexandria, Louisiana, baseball infielder 1996 Olympics bronze

1973 Jason Williams, Gonzales, Louisiana, baseball infielder 1996 Olympics bronze

1973 Christie Clark, Louisiana, actress, Carrie Brady-Days of Our Life

1973 Ali Landry, Louisiana, Miss Universe-USA 1996

1972 Jared Leto, born in Bossier City, Louisiana, actor, Jordan-My So Called Life

1972 Danielle Scott, born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, volleyball middle blocker 1996 Olympics

1972 Andrew Pettitte, born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pitcher, New York Yankees

1972 Erika Rachael Schwarz, Folsom, Louisiana, Miss America, Louisiana-2nd-1997

1972 Shae Marks, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, playmate, May, 1994

1971 Alyson Habetz, Crowley, Louisiana, female pitcher, Colorado Silver Bullets

1971 Andy Sheets, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, infielder for the Seattle Mariners

1971 Construction begins on Louisiana Superdome

1971 50,000 attend Celebration of Life, rock concert, McCrea Louisiana

1971 Series of tornadoes cuts through Mississippi and Louisiana killing 117

1970 Chad Ogea, Lake Charles, Louisiana, pitcher, Cleveland Indians

1970 LaMark Carter, Shreveport Louisiana, triple jumper

1970 Lindsay Greenbush, Louisiana, twin actress, Carrie-Little House on Prairie

1970 Sidney Greenbush, Louisiana, twin actress, Carrie-Little House on Prairie

1970 Shannon Lemora, born in Baton Rouge Louisiana, 1.5k runner

1969 Eddie Garcia, born in Louisiana, actor/musician, Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You

1969 National Guard mobilizes in racial disturbances in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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

1969 Toby Borland, Quitman, Louisiana, pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies

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

1969 Traci Adell, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, playmate, July, 1994

1968 Phil Anselmo, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, musician, focuses on heavy metal, sludge metal, hardcore punk, thrash metal genres, lead for Pantera, producer, owner Housecore Records

1968 Linnea Marie Fayard, Shrevept, Louisiana, Miss Louisiana-America, 1991-5th

1968 Shane Reynolds, born in Bastrop, Louisiana, pitcher for the Houston Astros

1967 Ben McDonald, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers

1967 WGNO TV channel 26 in New Orleans, Louisiana (ABC) begins broadcasting

1967 John Lovell, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, tornado yachter, Olympics-8th-1996

1967 Harry Connick, Jr., New Orleans Louisiana, singer, We Are in Love

1967 Pat Listach, born in Natchitoches, Louisiana, infielder for the Milwaukee Brewers

1967 Pat Rapp, born in Jennings, Louisiana, pitcher for the Florida Marlins

1967 William Michael Heinen, Jr., Rayne, Louisiana, PGA golfer, 1994 Shell Houston

1967 David Wayne Toms, Monroe, Louisiana, PGA golfer, 1992 Northern Telecom-3rd

1966 Gwendolyn Hajek, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, playmate, September, 1987

1966 Albert Belle, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, outfielder, Indians, White Sox

1966 Gerald Williams, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, outfielder, New York Yankees

1966 Mindy Cohn, Louisiana, actress, Facts of Life

1965 Hurricane Betsy strikes Florida and Louisiana kills 75

1965 Hurricane Betsy kills 75 in Louisiana and Florida

1965 Jim Bullinger, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs

1965 Barry Manuel, born in Mamou, Louisiana, pitcher for the Montreal Expos

1965 Jacob Brumfield, Bogalusa, Louisiana, outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays

1965 Lenny Webster, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, catcher for the Montreal Expos

1964 Darryl Hamilton, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, outfielder for the Texas Rangers

1964 Eddie Williams, born in Sheveport, Louisiana, infielder for the Detroit Tigers

1964 Terry Mathews, Alexandria, Louisiana, pitcher for the Florida Marlins

1964 Faith Ford, born in Louisiana, actress, Another World, Corky-Murphy Brown

1964 Jack Pennick, actor (Lady From Louisiana), dies at 68

1964 Melissa Gilbert Brinkman, Louisiana, actress, Little House on the Prairie

1964 Kelly Michael Gibson, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, PGA golfer, 1995 Bob Hope-7th

1964 Will Clark, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, infielder for the Texas Rangers

1964 Most lopsided high-school basketball score 211-29 (Louisiana)

1963 Karl Malone, born in Summeerfield, Louisiana, NBA forward, Utah, Gold Medals 1992, 1996 Olympics

1963 Devin Renee De Vasquez, born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, playmate, June, 1985, actress

1963 Deb Richard, born in Abbeville, Louisiana, LPGA golfer, 1991 Women's Kemper Open

1963 Kathy Ireland, model and actress, Alien From, Louisiana, Side Out

1963 Norm Charlton, born in Fort Polk, Louisiana, pitcher for the Seattle Mariners

1962 Holly Gagnier, Louisiana, actress, One Life to Live

1962 Chuck Finley, Monroe, Louisiana, pitcher for the California Angels

1962 Cleo Fields, born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Representative-D-Louisiana 1993 - 1997

1962 Eric Johnson, Seaside OR, Nike golfer, 1993 NIKE Louisiana Open-3rd

1962 55.9 cm rainfall at Hackberry, Louisiana, state record

1961 Wynton Marsalis, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, jazz trumpeter, Grammy 1983

1960 Marvin Clyde Goodwin, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List

1959 Kim Bauer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, LPGA golfer, 1993 Minnesota LPGA Classic-30th

1959 WVUE TV channel 8 in New Orleans, Louisiana (ABC) begins broadcasting

1958 Steven Rock-Savage, Mellville Louisiana, LSU, actor

1958 Ronald Prescot Reagan, Jr., Louisiana, President son/TV host, Ron Reagon Show

1958 Hal Evan Sutton, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, PGA golfer, 1982 Walt Disney

1958 Sammy Kershaw, Kaplan, Louisiana, country vocalist, Cadillac Style

1958 Ellen DeGeneres, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, comediene, Ellen Morgan-Ellen

1958 Donna Rice, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, model/Gary Hart's lover

1957 Lee Smith, Jamestown, Louisiana, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds

1957 WWL TV channel 4 in New Orleans, Louisiana (CBS) begins broadcasting

1957 Hurricane Audrey, kills 526 in Louisiana and Texas

1957 Domonic L Pudwill Gorie, Lake Charles, Louisiana, USN/astronaut, sk: STS-91

1957 Evelyn Ashford, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, 100m runner, 4 Gold Medals 1976, Silver Medal 1984 Olympics

1957 WYES TV channel 12 in New Orleans, Louisiana (PBS) begins broadcasting

1957 Sabrina Le Beauf, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, actress, Sondra-Crosby Show

1956 Michael S Brainard, Louisiana, actor, Joey-All My Children, Santa Barbara

1956 Rhonda Shear, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, comedian, Up All Night

1956 James Donald Halsell, Jr., Monroe, Louisiana, astronaut, STS-65, 74, 83, 94

1956 Bill Murchison, Jr., Lake Charles, Louisiana, Nike golfer, 1994 Boise Open-2nd

1955 Doug Williams, Louisiana, NFL quarterback, Tampa Bay Bucaneers, Washington Redskins

1955 Pamela Theresa Jiles, born in Louisiana, 4X400m relayer 1976 Olympics silver

1955 Kix Brooks, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, singer, Brooks and Dunn-Brand New Man

1955 Elvis Presley's 1st TV appearance on "Louisiana Hayride" show

1955 Guy Gallo, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, writer, Under the Volcano

1954 Christopher S. Nelson, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, actor, Sons and Daughters

1953 Gene Taylor, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Representative-D-Mississippi 1989 -

1953 Lucinda Williams, born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, singer, songwriter, wrote Grammy-Award-winning song, 'Passionate Kisses', recorded by Mary Chapin Carpenter, successful album, 'Car Wheels on a Gravel Road', combined country, blues, rock, Americana genres

1952 Eric Laneuville, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, actor, Larry-Room 222, St. Elsewhere

1952 Barry Champagne, born in Louisiana, stunt coorindator, Licence to Kill

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

1950 Ron "Louisiana Lightning" Guidry, Yankee pitcher, Cy Young 1978

1949 Sigourney [Susan Alexandra] Weaver, Louisiana, actress, Alien, Working Girl

1949 Jim McCrery, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, Representative-R-Louisiana 1988 - 2009

1949 Douglas Fred Tewell, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, PGA golfer, 1980 Sea Pines

1949 Brenda Sykes, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, actress, Ozzie's Girls, Getting Straight

1949 Hank Williams, Jr., born in Shreveport, Louisiana, country singer, Honky Tonk

1949 Joe Lavender, born in Rayville, Louisiana, football cornerback, played for National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins

1948 WDSU TV channel 6 in New Orleans, Louisiana (NBC) begins broadcasting

1948 Marshall Colt, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, actor, Eric-Lottery

1948 Bryant Gumbel, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, sportscaster/TV host, Today Show

1948 Richard Baker, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Representative-R-Louisiana 1987 - 2008

1948 Tom Scott, Louisiana, saxophonist/bandleader, Pat Sajak Show

1948 Carl Weathers, New Orlean, Louisiana, actor, Apollo Creed-Rocky

1947 John Larroquette, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, actor, Dan Fielding-Night Court

1947 Charlie Joiner, Many, Louisiana, NFL receiver, Houston, Cincinnati, San Diego

1947 James Harris, born in Monroe, Louisiana, NFL quarterback, Buffalo, Louisiana, San Diego

1947 "Louisiana Lady" closes at Century Theater New York City after 4 performances

1947 "Louisiana Lady" opens at Century Theater New York City for 4 performances

1947 Bobby Kimball, Robert Toteaux, Vinton, Louisiana, rocker, Toto-Roseann

1947 Ry[land] Cooder, born in Louisiana, blues guitarist, Crossroads

1946 Jo-el Sonnier, Rayne, Louisiana, country singer, Louisiana

1946 Cynthia Gregory, born in Louisiana, ballerina, New York Ballet Co

1946 Mike Murdock, born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, author, televangelist, pastor, Wisdom Center ministry, Fort Worth, Texas, hosts Wisdom Keys with Mick Murdock television program, mentored with Jimmie Swaggart, preached with Tammy Faye Bakker

1946 Diane Keaton, born in Louisiana, actress, Annie Hall, Little Drummer Girl

1945 John Densmore, Louisiana, drummer, Doors-C'mon Light My Fire

1945 Tricia O'Neal, born in Shreveport Louisiana, actress, Piranha Part II

1945 King Floyd, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, singer, songwriter, famous for 'Groove Me' song recorded with Malaco Records

1944 Cathy Lee Crosby, Louisiana, actress, Coach, That's Incredible

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

1944 Jesse Winchester, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, singer and songwriter, Learn to Love it

1944 Country singer Jimmie Davis becomes governor of Louisiana

1944 John Breaux, born in Crowley, Louisiana, Representative-D-Louisiana 1972 - 1988

1944 Charley Musselwhite, blues musician, Stand Back, Louisiana Fog

1943 Randy Newman, New Orleans, vocalist, Short People, Love, Louisiana, Raindrops

1943 Buddy Roemer, born in Bossier City, Louisiana, Governor-D-Louisiana 1988 - 1992

1943 Tony Joe White, born in Oak Grove, Louisiana, nickname, 'The Swamp Fox', singer, guitarist, songwriter, known for hit 'Polk Salad Annie', swam rock genre

1943 Billy Tauzin, born in Chackbay, Louisiana, Representative-D-Louisiana 1980 -

1943 Billy Swan, Cape Giradeau, Louisiana, rocker, I Can Help

1943 James King, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, basketball player, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics

1942 Carole Wells, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, actress, Pistols 'n' Petticoats

1941 Anne Rice, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, author, Interview with a Vampire

1941 William H. Gray, born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Representative-D-Pennsylvania 1979 - 1991

1941 Brenton Wood, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, rocker, Gimme Little Sign

1941 Jerry Huckaby, born in Hodge, Louisiana, Representative-D-Louisiana 1977 - 1993

1941 Paul Winfield, Louisiana, actor, Star Trek II, Huckleberry Finn, Mars Attack

1941 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 Dr. John, Rebennack, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, vocalist, I Was in Right Place

1940 Roy Ayers, Louisiana, disco jazz artist, Fever, You Send Me

1940 Jimmy Clanton, Baton Rogue, Louisiana, rock vocalist, Just a Dream

1940 Irving Berlin's musical "Louisiana Purchase," premieres in New York City

1939 Hugh Delane Thompson, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, PGA golfer, 1991 MONY Syracuse

1939 Henson Moore, born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Representative-R-Louisiana 1975 - 1987

1939 Frankie Ford, Frank Guzzo, Gretna, Louisiana, rock vocalist, Sea Cruise

1939 Marco St. John, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, actor, Rayford-Ball Four

1938 Ishmael Reed, U.S., author, Last Days of Louisiana Red

1937 Art Neville, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, vocalist, Neville Brothers

1937 Dustin Hoffman, born in Louisiana, actor, Graduate, Tootsie, Kramer vs Kramer

1937 Craig Breedlove, born in Louisiana, auto-racing champion, 613 MPH-Spirit of America

1937 Garrett Morris, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, actor, SNL, Martin, Carwash

1936 114 degrees F (46 degrees C) at Plain Dealing, Louisiana (state record)

1936 Buddy Guy, born in Lettsworth, Louisiana, rock guitarist, singer, American blues five-time Grammy-Award winner, inspired Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan

1936 Mickey Gilley, born in Ferriday, Louisiana, country singer, Urban Cowboy

1936 Ernie K-Doe, Ernest Kador Jr, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, rocker

1936 Doug Kershaw, Louisiana, plays electric fiddle

1935 David Houston, born in Bossier City, Louisiana, singer, country music, recorded hit 'Almost Pursuaded', and 'With One Exception', 'My Elusive Dreams' with Tammy Wynette

1935 Jerry Lee Lewis, born in Feriday, Louisiana, country singer, Whole Lotta Shakin'

1935 Senator Huey Long of Louisiana spoke continually for 15 hours in Senate's longest speech on record (150,000 words)

1935 Larry Williams, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, singer, pianist, rock and roll, rhythm and blues genres, recorded, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Short Fat Fannie

1935 Richard Berry, born in Extension, Louisiana, musician, singer, songwriter, wrote, 'Louie Louie', sold copyright in 1959, song has since been recorded over 1,000 times

1934 Van Cliburn, Jr., Harvey Lavan, Louisiana, pianist, Tchaikovsky 1958

1934 Dwayne Hickman, Louisiana, actor, Dobie Gillis, How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

1934 Bill Russell, Monroe, Louisiana, NBAer, Boston Celtics, Gold Medal 1956 Olympics

1933 Floyd Cramer, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, pianist, session player, architect of the 'Nashville Sound', played piano on Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel

1933 Donna Douglas, born in Pride, Louisiana, actress, 'Beverly Hillbillies'

1933 Edd "Kookie" Byrnes, Louisiana, actor, 77 Sunset Strip, Jack the Ripper

1933 Lloyd Price, born in Kenner, Louisiana, singer, Just Because

1933 Claude King, born in Keithville, Louisiana, singer, songwriter, performed on Louisiana Hayride television and radio show, billed alongside Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Tex Ritter

1933 Sheree North, Dawn Bethel, Louisiana, actress, Mary Tyler Moore Show

1932 O. C. Smith, born in Mansfield, Louisiana, born Ocie Lee Smith, singer, pastor, "Save the Last Dance for Me" hit number one on Rhythm n' Beach Top 40, founded The City of Angels Church

1932 Bennett Johnston, Jr., born in Shreveport, Louisiana, Senator-D-Louisiana 1972 - 1997

1931 Miller Barber, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, PGA golfer, 1968 Byron Nelson Classic

1929 Chris Kenner, born in Kenner, near New Orleans, Louisiana, rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, recording artist, 1961 hit I Like It Like That was on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, song Land of a Thousand Dances was recorded by Patti Smith, and others

1928 Ed Nelson, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, actor, Peyton Place, A Long Came a Spider

1928 Earl Holliman, born in Delhi, Louisiana, actor, Police Woman, Tribes, Cry Panic

1928 Antione "Fats" Domino, NO, Louisiana, rhythm and blues pianist, Blueberry Hill

1928 Gene Taylor, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Representative-D-Mississippi 1989 -

1927 Joe Adcock, born in Coushatta, Louisiana, first baseman, outfielder, played for Cincinnati Reds, homered four times in a single game against Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field

1927 Geoffrey Beene, Louisiana, dress designer, 8 Coty Awards

1927 Pat Carroll, Shrevport, Louisiana, comedienne/actress, Make Room for Daddy

1927 Norman Treigle, New Orleans Louisiana, bass-baritone

1927 Val Dufour, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, actor, Eugenie Grandet, Another World

1926 Webb Pierce, born in West Monroe, Louisiana, country singer, Ozark Jubilee

1926 Marilyn Monroe, Norma Jean Mortenson, Louisiana, actress, Some Like It Hot

1926 Marguerite Piazza, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, operatic soprano, Young Broadway

1925 Virginia Hewitt, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, actress, Carol-Space Patrol

1925 Jeffrey Hunter, Orleans, Louisiana, actor, Christopher Pike-Star Trek Cage

1925 Clifton Chenier, born in Opelousas, Louisiana, blues singer, Bayou Blues

1925 Gwen Verdon, born in Louisiana, actress/singer/dancer, Cotton Club, Sweet Charity

1924 Truman Capote, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, author, In Cold Blood

1924 Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Vinton, Louisiana, blues singer, Mary is Fine

1922 Al Hirt, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, jazz trumpeter, Greatest Horn in the World

1922 WAAB (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) becomes 1st U.S. radio station with "W" calls

1921 Frank McGee, born in Monroe, Louisiana, news anchor, NBC Evening News

1920 Dave Bartholomew, Louisiana, jazz artist/songwriter, Blueberry Hill

1920 Bill Monroe, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, newscaster, NBC-TV, Congressional Report

1920 Paul Foster, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, singer, Soul Stirrers gospel group member, sang with Robert Harris, Sam Cooke, Rising Stars, Golden Echoes, memorable recording 'Be With Me Jesus'

1919 Joseph Albert Wapner, Louisiana, judge, People's Court

1918 Russell B. Long, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, Senator-D-Louisiana, 1948 - 1987

1917 Faye Emerson, born in Elizabeth, Louisiana, actress, I've Got a Secret

1917 Al "Lash" LaRue, born in Gretna, Louisiana, actor, Lash of the West, Wyatt Earp

1917 Virginia Grey, born in Louisiana, actress, Another Thin Man, Idiot's Delight, Idaho

1916 Lindy Boggs, born in Louisiana, Representative-D-Louisiana 1973 - 1991

1914 Ray Walston, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, actor, My Favorite Martian, Damn Yankees

1914 Dorothy Lamour, Kaumeyer, NO, Louisiana, actress, Road to Bali, Road to Rio

1914 Howard K Smith, Louisiana, TV newsman, ABC, Moderated Kennedy-Nixon debate

1913 Smiley Lewis, Louisiana, vocalist, I Hear You Knockin'

1912 Louis Prima, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, singer, That Old Black Magic

1910 Joel Fluellen, born in Louisiana, actor, Burning Cross, Learning Tree

1910 Kitty Carlisle, born in Louisiana, American singer, spokeswoman for the arts, actress, 'To Tell The Truth' panelist

1908 Willie Bryant, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, singer, Sugar Hill Times

1907 Connee Boswell, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, singer, Pete Kelly's Blue

1906 John Carroll, Julian LaFaye, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, actor, Wolf Call

1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition opens in St. Louis

1902 Mantan Moreland, Monroe, Louisiana, comedian, Charlie Chan, Spirit of Youth

1902 Congress authorizes Louisiana Purchase Expo $1 gold coin

1900 Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, jazz musician, Hello Dolly

1900 Otto E. Passman, born in Louisiana, Representative-D-Louisiana 1947 - 1977

1899 -16 degrees F (-27 degrees C), Minden Louisiana (state record)

1899 -1 degrees F (-18 degrees C) New Orleans, Louisiana

1898 Louisiana adopts new constitution with "grandfather clause" designed to eliminate black voters

1895 Jack Pennick, born in Portland, Oregon, actor, Lady From Louisiana

1893 Spencer Williams, born in Vidalia, Louisiana, actor, Andy-Amos 'n' Andy

1890 Louisiana legalized prize fighting

1890 Record 19'2" alligator shot in Louisiana by E A McIlhenny

1888 Leadbelly, Louisiana, blues 12 string guitarist, Rock Island Line

1873 Colfax Massacre in Grant Parish Louisiana (60 blacks killed)

1873 P B S Pinchback relinquishes office at Louisiana governor

1869 Louisiana governor signs public accommodations law

1868 1st black elected to Congress (John W Menard, Louisiana)

1868 John Menard of Louisiana is 1st black elected to Congress

1868 Opelousas Massacre at St. Landry Parish Louisiana (200 blacks killed)

1868 Oscar J Dunn, former slave, installed as lt governor of Louisiana

1868 Oscar J. Dunn, is elected Lt Governor of Louisiana

1868 Louisiana voters approve new constitution

1867 Madame C J Walker, Louisiana, cosmetic mogul

1866 President Johnson ends war in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia

1865 Minnie Maddern Fiske, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, actress, Henrik Ibsen's plays

1864 Battle of Yellow Bayou, Louisiana (Bayou de Glaize, Old Oaks)

1864 3rd day in Battle at Alexandria Louisiana: Confederate assault

1864 Battle at Alexandria, Louisiana (Red River Campaign)

1864 Battle of Cane River, Louisiana (Red River Expedition, Monett's Ferry)

1864 Battle of Blair's Landing Louisiana

1864 Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, 2870 causalities

1864 Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana Federals routed by General Richard Taylor

1864 Skirmish at Crump's Hill (Piney Woods), Louisiana

1864 Battle at Henderson's Hill (Bayou Rapids) Louisiana

1864 Red River Campaign-Union forces reach Alexandria, Louisiana

1864 Union troops occupy Fort de Russy, Louisiana

1863 Battle of Grand Coteau, Louisiana

1863 Battle of Bayou La Fourche, Louisiana

1863 Battle of Milliken's Bend, Louisiana - Jefferson Davis' home burnt

1863 Siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana

1863 Siege on Port Hudson, Louisiana begins

1863 R Grierson's: La Grange, Tennessee to Baton Rouge, Louisiana

1863 Battle of Irish Bend, Louisiana (Ft. Bisland)

1863 Battle between gunboats at Bayou Teche Louisiana

1862 Battle between gunboats at Bayou Teche, Louisiana

1862 Federal troops occupies Baton Rouge Louisiana

1862 Battle of Ft. Jackson, Ft. St. Philip and New Orlean's, Louisiana

1861 Union blockades New Orleans, Louisiana and Mobile Alabama

1861 Louisiana delegation except Mr. Bouligny withdraws from Congress

1861 Confederate constitutional convention meets for 1st time in Montgomery, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina elect Jefferson Davis President of Confederacy

1861 State of Louisiana takes over U.S. Mint at New Orleans

1861 Louisiana becomes 6th state to secede

1858 Louisiana chess prodigy Paul Morphy arrives in Europe

1856 Hurricane washes away 2-300 revelers at Last Island, Louisiana

1855 Louisiana establishes 1st health board to regulate quarantine

1838 Henry Hobson Richardson, St. James, Louisiana, Romanesque revival architect

1837 Pinckney B S Pinchback, Lt Governor, Louisiana

1835 Congress authorizes a U.S. mint at New Orleans Louisiana

1831 Louisiana and Arkansas are 1st states to observe Christmas as holiday

1812 Louisiana Territory officially renamed "Missouri Territory"

1812 Eastern Louisiana admitted as 18th U.S. state

1811 Louisiana slaves rebell in 2 parishes

1804 Lewis and Clark begin exploration of Louisiana Purchase

1804 Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana

1804 Territory of Orleans organizes in Louisiana Purchase

1803 Louisiana Purchase formally transferred from France to U.S. for $27M

1803 Spain cedes her claims to Louisiana Territory to France

1803 U.S. Senate ratifies Louisiana Purchase

1803 U.S. doubles in size through Louisiana Purchase

1800 Spain cedes Louisiana to France in a secret treaty

1788 Fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans Louisiana

1766 Don Antonio de Ulloa takes possession of Louisiana Terr from French

1762 Spain acquires Louisiana

1718 Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana; New Orleans, found

1716 1st slaves arrive in Louisiana

1687 Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, French explorer (Louisiana), killed at 43

1682 Robert La Salle claims lower Mississippi (Louisiana) for France

1643 Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, France, French explorer, Louisiana


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