Read more about these events in the local newspapers on microfilm in the Louisiana Division.

• Hurricane Katrina--August 29, 2005
• Death of Marie Laveau--June 15, 1881 (see obituary in the Daily Picayune, June 17, 1881 (p. 8, c. 4).
• Vitascope Hall, said to be the first movie house in America, opened at the corner of Canal St. and Exchange Place in 1896 (sorry, we don't have an exact date)
• Huey P. Long Bridge dedication--December 16, 1935
• Lake Pontchartrain Causeway opening--August 30, 1956
• Hurricane Audrey--June 28, 1957
• Greater New Orleans Bridge opening--April 15, 1958
• "Race screens" removed from NOPSI buses--May 31, 1958
• Airplane crash (Eastern flight 304) in Lake Pontchartrain--February 25, 1964
• The Beatles performance in New Orleans--September 16, 1964
• Hurricane Betsy--September 9, 1965
• Airplane crash at Airport Hilton in Kenner--March 30, 1967
• Lake Pontchartrain Causeway (second span) opening--August 5, 1969
• Hurricane Camille--August 17, 1969
• Disappearance of Hale Boggs--October 16, 1972
• Rault Center fire--November 29, 1972
• Howard Johnson sniper (Mark Essex) incident--January 7-8, 1973
• Upstairs Lounge fire--June 24, 1973
• Extensive street flooding in New Orleans--May 3, 1978
• Mardi Gras cancelled due to New Orleans Police strike--Feb. 27, 1979.
• Airplane crash (PanAm flight 759) in Kenner--July 9, 1982
• Pontchartrain Beach Amusement Park's last day of rides--September 25, 1983
• Louisiana World Exposition (World's Fair) opening day--May 12, 1984
• Papal visit (Pope John Paul II)--September 11-13, 1987
• Cabildo fire--May 11, 1988
• Crescent City Connection ("new bridge") opening--September 30, 1988
• Aquarium of the Americas grand opening--September 1, 1990
• Hurricane Andrew--August 25-26, 1992
• Harrah's New Orleans Casino (temporary location) grand opening--May 1, 1995.
• Extensive street flooding in New Orleans--May 8, 1995