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McCord was born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. [1] She attended St. Michael the Archangel High School and graduated from Northwestern State University and later Louisiana State University . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] She competed in the Miss Louisiana pageant from 2009 to 2013 placing first runner-up in 2012 and 2013.
The 1940 Louisiana legislature changed the method of execution, making execution by electrocution effective from June 1, 1941. Louisiana's electric chair did not have a permanent home at first, and was taken from parish to parish to perform the executions. The electrocution would usually be carried out in the courthouse or jail of the parish ...
National Airlines Flight 967, registration N4891C, [1] was a Douglas DC-7B aircraft that disappeared over the Gulf of Mexico en route from Tampa, Florida, to New Orleans, Louisiana, on November 16, 1959. All 42 on board were presumed killed in the incident.
The history of the area that is now the U.S. state of Louisiana, can be traced back thousands of years to when it was occupied by indigenous peoples. The first indications of permanent settlement, ushering in the Archaic period , appear about 5,500 years ago.
The accident was the deadliest single-aircraft accident in United States history to date, and would remain so until the 1979 crash of American Airlines Flight 191. The victims included American Basketball Association player Wendell Ladner , a member of the 1974 champion New York Nets , [ 4 ] and Iveson B. Noland , bishop of the Episcopal ...
RCA Victor began selling the first all-electric Victrola in 1930 and in 1931 the company attempted to revitalize record sales with the introduction of 33 1 ⁄ 3 revolutions-per-minute (rpm) long play records, which were a commercial failure during the Great Depression, partly because the Victrolas with two speed turntables required to play ...
The history of the LDMA began with a report on archival media deterioration in Louisiana commissioned by LPB in 2005, which ultimately recommended that the broadcaster work collaboratively with other media collections in the state in order to preserve and enable access to Louisiana's historic recorded media.
Goldring moved to England in 1933. In 1954, the company released 500 British-made magnetic cartridges; the 600 and 700 models followed in 1958 and 1960, respectively. The 1970s saw the release of the Lenco GL85 turntable (1973) and of the 900SE II and 900/E cartridges. In 1987, Goldring was sold to Veda-UK (Armour Home Electronics).