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**Sier de La Salle claims the missispi and area around. He names it after King Louis XIV
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St Denis founded the first permentent settlement in Louisiana.
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A hurricane destroyed most of New Orleans.
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Louisiana became 18th state.
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**the british is defeated by Andrew Jackson in the battle of New Orleans
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New Orleans held first Mardi Gras parade.
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Robert E. Lee beat Natchez in steamboat race.
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Colfax riot occurred, more than 100 African American men killed.
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**A new state constitution was adopted.
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**Birth of jazz legend Jelly Roll Morton.
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Cajun fiddler Dennis McGee is born in Bayou Marron.
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Natural gas field discovered near Monroe.
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**Louis Armstrong joins Edouard "Kid" Ory's band, a collaboration that paves the way for the recording of Armstrong and his Hot Five with Ory in Chicago in 1925.
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New state constitution adopted
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**Huey long is elected govener.
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Huey Long assassinated on steps of state capitol.
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the first offshore oil drill in Louisana is established.
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Release of "The Fat Man" by Fats Domino, another contender for first rock & roll song. As important as Domino's performance is the arrangement by Dave Bartholomew, who will harness New Orleans street-music rhythms into consistent, enduring support for many artists.
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** Super Dome in New Orleans completed
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the first blue dog painting was painted
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State legislature approved riverboat gambling.
