2014 Event Two former Khmer Rouge leaders, Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea, have been convicted of war crimes during the period of Cambodian genocide in the 1970s; a U.N.-supported war crimes tribunal sentenced the two men to life in prison; both men are in their 80s 2011 Event In Cambodia, the three most senior surviving members of the Khmer Rouge regime are charged with genocide and crimes against humanity 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 1980 Death Olga Chekova, actress (Moulin Rouge, Pawns of Possession), dies at 82 1979 Event Vietnamese troops overtook Khmer Rouge and occupy Phnom Penh 1979 Event Vietnamese forces capture Phnom Penh from Khmer Rouge 1975 Event Khmer Rouge captures Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Kampuchea National Day) 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 1971 Death Tullio Carminati, actor (Roman Holiday, Moulin Rouge), dies at 76 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 Death Pierre Cardevielle, French composer and conductor (L'ile Rouge), dies at 59 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 1956 Death Jeanne F Bourgeois, French head mistress (Moulin Rouge), dies at 84 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 1952 Birthday Hun Sen, born in Peam Koh Sna, Cambodia, politician, Cambodian People's Party, Prime minister of Cambodia, governed since the 1979 overthrow of the Khmer Rouge 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' 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 1918 Birthday Suzanne Flon, Paris, France, actress, One Deadly Summer, Moulin Rouge 1903 Birthday Anthony Veiller, born in New York City, writer, Night of Iguana, Moulin Rouge 1894 Birthday George Renevant, born in Paris, actor, Moulin Rouge, Scotland Yard, Comrade X 1864 Birthday Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, France, painter, At the Moulin Rouge 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 1783 Birthday Stendahl, Marie Henri Beyle, France, writer, Le Rouge et de Noir
