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September 1, 2008 – Hurricane Gustav reached the Louisiana coast on the morning of September 1, making landfall near Cocodrie, Louisiana as a Category 2 with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph. The center of the storm continued northwest across the state resulting in significant damage and 7 deaths; 34 parishes were declared as disaster areas.
History of Louisiana. New York: Redfield. Volumes I, II, and III; King, Grace; John R. Ficklen (1900). A History of Louisiana (4th ed.). New York: University Publishing Company; Le Page Du Pratz, Antoine-Simon (1774). The History of Louisiana Or Of The Western Parts Of Virginia And Carolina. London: T. Becket
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Louisiana that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register; or are otherwise significant for their history, their association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. [1 ...
Baton Rouge Blues Festival - Baton Rouge; Bayou Country Superfest - New Orleans; DeltaFest - Monroe; Essence Music Festival - New Orleans; Festival International - Lafayette; French Quarter Festival - New Orleans
Print/export Download as PDF ... History of Louisiana; Historical outline of Louisiana; ... The following is a list of events of the year 2025 in Louisiana. Incumbents
Six years after the city was incorporated, dissatisfaction over the name Charleston arose and, on March 16, 1867, Charleston, Louisiana, was renamed and incorporated as the town of Lake Charles. By the time of the U.S. Civil War , many Americans from the North, along with a large influx of continental Europeans and Jews , had settled the area.
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1944 – World War II: The "Big Week" began with American bomber raids on German aircraft manufacturing centers. 1944 – World War II: The United States takes Eniwetok Atoll. 1952 – Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International ...