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The Hammond circus train wreck occurred on June 22, 1918, and was one of the worst train wrecks in U.S. history. Eighty-six people were reported to have died and another 127 were injured when a locomotive engineer fell asleep and ran his troop train into the rear of a circus train near Hammond, Indiana.
The film examines the worst plane crash in Louisiana history, occurring on July 9, 1982, in the city of Kenner. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] At 76 minutes, it is his longest film to date. An edited-for-TV version of the documentary (58 mins.) was aired on Cox 4 in three Louisiana regions: New Orleans , Baton Rouge , and Acadiana .
Memorial Medical Center [a] in New Orleans, Louisiana was heavily damaged when Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005. [1] In the aftermath of the storm, while the building had no electricity and went through catastrophic flooding after the levees failed, Dr. Anna Pou, along with other doctors and nurses, attempted to continue caring for patients. [2]
Other exhibits include antique phonographs and history of plantation life. The museum was originally operated by former journalist John McCusker and, after a temporary closure during the COVID-19 pandemic , reopened under the auspices of the historical center with support from the agribusiness firm Greenfield Louisiana.
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 ...
In 1986, the facility became the Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease (Leprosy) Center; the name change was directly linked to Congressman Long's influence in keeping the hospital open. In 1992, the Carville Historic District was established and in 1996 the National Hansen's Disease (Leprosy) Museum was founded.
Three people were killed in a helicopter crash in southwest Louisiana Friday night, according to officials. The Robinson R44 crashed on a rural street in Iowa, Louisiana around 9 p.m. local time ...
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.