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This purchase cost America 15 million but was only roughly 4 cents per acre, in the long run we had to take the land we bought from the native americans, the money was paid so they would not take that land.(actual date unknown)
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Spawned the Mardi Gras parade tradition and created lucrative tourism business.( actual date unkonown)
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Louisiana’s longest continually running restaurant (actual date unknown)
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During the onset of the civil war the Louisianans, switched sides to protect their slave owning life styles
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At Grand Terre Island (actual date unknown). Industriailization becoming more dominate in america.
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sSavery abolished in Louisiana(actual date unknown)
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Sulfur introduced to the United States (actual date unknown).
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The Jetty system at the mouth of Mississippi was completed(actual date unknown). Allows more imports to come in and more exports could be shipped out
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James J. Corbett knocks out John I. Sullivan to become the new world heavyweight-boxing champion(actual date unknown)
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lowest recorded temperature in Louisiana -16 degrees Fahrenheit in Minden
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first oil is discovered in Jennings (actual date unknown). Now america begins to get their own fuel supply.
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114 degrees Fahrenheit
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Segregation on city buses in New Orleans abolished(actual date unknown)
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National franchise awarded to New Orlean's Saints(actual date unknown). They win the superbowl in 2010.
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Super dome finished in New Orleans costing $163,313,315(actual date unknown)
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Ernest Morial becomes first black mayor of New Orleans
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Pope John Paul the second visits new Orleans
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Hurricane Andrew causes 1 billion in damages (actual date unknown)
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Louisiana leads all 50 states in violent crime rate (actual date unknown)
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causes flooding in the lower part of Louisiana(actual date unknown). Destoryed land and made hundreds homeless.
