|
|
1682 - 1913 | 1921 - 2006
1921 |
An amendment to the Louisiana Constitution on the preservation of New Orleans' Vieux Carré, also called the French Quarter, leads to the creation of the Vieux Carré Commission to safeguard the area. |
1927 |
April 29: New Orleans dynamites the Poydras levee in an attempt to direct the flood waters away from the city. |
1938 |
|
1939 |
February 13: "The Little Foxes," a play written by New Orleans-native Lillian Hellman about the struggles of a Southern family, opens on Broadway. |
1947 |
The film New Orleans, with Louis Armstrong and Billie Holliday, is released.
|
1949 |
|
1954 |
May 17: The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education strikes down the precedent of Plessy v. Ferguson. |
1960 |
November 14: Six-year-old Ruby Bridges enters the William Frantz Public Elementary School in New Orleans, the first black student to enroll in the formerly all-white school. Her presence triggers protests and an exodus of white students from the school. |
1961 |
Preservation Hall, designed as a venue to showcase the jazz tradition of New Orleans, opens. |
1962 |
|
1965 |
|
1967 |
September 17: The New Orleans Saints football teams plays its inaugural game at Tulane Stadium. |
1970 |
January 11: New Orleans hosts its first Super Bowl. The city has hosted the National Football League championship game a total of nine times. April: The annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is held for the first time, with gospel singer and New Orleans-native Mahalia Jackson appearing. |
1971 |
|
1975 |
September 28: The New Orleans Superdome, which hosts the New Orleans Saints and would house survivors of Hurricane Katrina, opens. |
1978 |
|
1984 |
May 12: The Louisiana World Exposition opens in New Orleans. It becomes the only exposition to declare bankruptcy during its run. |
1987 |
September: Pope John Paul II visits New Orleans during a tour of the United States. |
1988 |
August: The Republican National Convention, which names George H.W. Bush as party nominee for president, is held in New Orleans. |
2005 |
August 28: The National Weather Service issues an advisory, warning that Katrina is a "potentially catastrophic category 5 hurricane."
August 30: Large parts of New Orleans are flooded as residents crowd the Superdome. August 31: Louisiana Governor Katherine Blanco and New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin order a complete evacuation of the city. The first buses transport residents from the Superdome to Houston.
September 2: President Bush flies to New Orleans to survey the damage after praising Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) director Michael Brown for his handling of the crisis. September 4: The Superdome is fully evacuated. September 12: Under heavy criticism, Michael Brown resigns as director of FEMA as water levels drop in New Orleans. |
2006 |
|
1682 - 1913 | 1921 - 2006
page created on 12.1.2006
Exclusive Corporate Funding is provided by:
April 15: Fifteen inches of rain falls on New Orleans in 18 hours, causing 
December 26: Fleeing his home in St. Louis, 
December 3: Set in New Orleans, "A Streetcar Named Desire" opens on Broadway. The play would win the Pulitzer Prize. A film version starring Marlon Brando would be released in 1951.
March 1: Louis Armstrong is celebrated in his hometown as king of the Mardi Gras by the 
December 12: After a lawsuit was filed to desegregate the institution, the board of Tulane University votes to admit black students.
September 9-10: Hurricane Betsy strikes New Orleans, bringing winds of 125 miles per hour, causing widespread flooding, and killing dozens of residents.
July 6: Renowned jazz trumpeter and vocalist 
May 1: The first black mayor of New Orleans, Ernest Morial is sworn into office.
August 29: Hurricane Katrina makes landfall on the Louisiana coast. Levees are breached in New Orleans, flooding portions of the city.
September 1: President George W. Bush asks Congress for $10.5 billion in relief funds while National Guard troops help evacuate the Superdome.
August 29: President Bush returns to New Orleans on the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, pledging to spend $110 billion to rebuild the area. The hurricane killed more than 1,600 people and many thousands remain displaced.