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You will hear a different tune in the business district coming from the Whitney Bank clock. Officials programmed the clock to play "When The...
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A New Orleans television station is reporting that former first lady Candy Edwards has been allegedly abused by the...
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While he hasn't yet launched an advertising campaign on television, John Georges, is the leader in campaign...
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Head outdoors early Tuesday morning if you want to catch the Leonid meteor shower. Astronomers say that 20-30 showers should be visible in North...
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The DC sniper, John Allen Muhammad, has died by lethal injection. His death was recorded at 9:11 pm. Eastern Standard Time according to news reports...
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Wind advisory posted for Causeway, Lapalco Bridge and local ferries closed due to Tropical Storm Ida
Ida made landfall at Dolphin Island, AL early this morning around 5:40 am. .coming ashore with winds of 45mph. The Gulf Coast remains on a tropical...
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Water levels on the mighty Mississippi have not been this high in November since 1935, putting officials on a steady watch. The high levels of water...
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Hurricane Ida is weakening as it moves across the Gulf of Mexico but Louisiana is not dismissing the fact that major flooding can still happen in...
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Hurricane Ida hit the coast of Nicaragua earlier this morning with strong winds and dumping massive amounts of rainfall on the area. Electricity and...
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- The first Oprea House in the US was in New Orleans?
- The Superdome is the world's largest steel constructed room without posts?
- New Orelans is nicknamed The Big Easy?
- The Big Easy was an actual dance hall in the 1900's?
- Lake Ponchartrian Bridge is the longest in world over water?
- The small town of Jean Lafitte was used by pirates to hide years ago?
- The New Orleans & Carrolliton Line is the oldest street railway still in operation today?
- The St. Charles streetcar line is one of two national moving monuments?
- The Battle of New Orleans was actually fought after the Civil War ended?
- The French found New Orleans in 1718 and called it Cannes Brulee for burnt canes?
- In 1718: New Orleans is founded and named for Phillippe Duc D'Orleans
- In 1718: The St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans is built, the oldest in the United States
- In 1723: New Orleans becomes the capital of Louisiana, superseding Biloxi
- In 1735: Jean Louis, a sailor, leaves his savings to establish the first charity hospital in New Orleans
- In 1762: Louis XV gives the Island of New Orleans and all of Louisiana west of the Mississippi to his cousin, Charles III of Spain
- In 1763: Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and confirms transfer of Louisiana to Spain. Florida Parishes ceded to England with Baton Rouge becomi
- In 1796: Opera is first performed in the United States at New Orleans
- In 1804: Louisiana is divided into the Territory of New Orleans (south of 33 degrees latitude) and the District of Louisiana (north of 33 degrees lat
- In 1811: First institution of higher learning opens in New Orleans (College of Orleans)
- In 1812: The first steamboat to navigate the Mississippi River, the
- In 1815: Battle of New Orleans is won by General Andrew Jackson
- In 1838: First Mardi Gras parade is held in New Orleans
- In 1840: Antoine's in New Orleans, the state's oldest continuously operating restaurant, is established
- In 1872: Rex, King of Carnival, parades for the first time on Mardi Gras
- In 1915: The name
- In 1935: First Sugar Bowl game is played -- Tulane 20, Temple 14
- In 1963: Tulane University accepts five black students, the first in its history
- In 1975: The Super Dome in New Orleans is completed, with a final cost of $163,313,315 for building and grounds
- In 1977: Ernest Morial is elected mayor of New Orleans, becoming the city's first black mayor
- In 2005: Hurricane Katrina made landfall, devastating the area
