Rabb, the former Louisiana State field general, came off the bench for his debut with the Bills Sunday and directed his new team to a 22-12 upset victory over the Houston Oilers, defending league champions.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1967.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1955.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2003.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1959.

* Louisiana State University ( ACM @ LSU )

* Cambridge State University, a diploma mill, formerly in Louisiana and Hawaii and later relocated to Mississippi

In the State of Louisiana the expression general election means the runoff election which occurs between the two highest candidates as determined by the jungle primary.

Two tantalizing photos were given to Louisiana State University museum director George Lowery in 1971 by a source who wished to remain anonymous but who came forward in 2005 as outdoorsman Fielding Lewis.

As Jefferson ’ s Secretary of State ( 1801 – 1809 ), Madison supervised the Louisiana Purchase, which doubled the nation ’ s size.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.

The original handwritten proclamation signed by President Thomas Jefferson and Secretary of State James Madison, that informed the American public of the landmark deal of the Louisiana Purchase, was acquired in 1996 by Walter Scott Jr. of Omaha, Nebraska, who holds it in his private collection.

*** State of Louisiana, 1812

Some Louisiana urban environments have a multicultural, multilingual heritage, being so strongly influenced by an admixture of 18th century French, Spanish, Native American ( Indian ) and African cultures that they are considered to be somewhat exceptional in the U. S. Before the American influx and statehood at the beginning of the 19th century, the territory of current Louisiana State had been a Spanish and French colony.

* The Sugar Masters: Planters and Slaves in Louisiana's Cane World, 1820 – 1860 by Richard Follett Louisiana State University Press 2007.

* Official State of Louisiana website

* Montgomery, William G. ( 1993 ) Under Their Own Vine and Fig Tree: The African-American Church in the South, 1865 – 1900, Louisiana State University Press, ISBN 0-8071-1745-5

* Walker, Clarence E. ( 1982 ) A Rock in a Weary Land: The African Methodist Episcopal Church During the Civil War and Reconstruction, Louisiana State University Press, ISBN 0-8071-0883-9

In 2006, to honor their return to Louisiana, the Saints wore a patch on their uniforms with an outline of the State of Louisiana with a fleur-de-lis superimposed, similar to the logo from the 1980s.

* 1929 – Huey P. Long Governor of Louisiana is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.

* 1803 – Louisiana Purchase: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $ 15 million, more than doubling the size of the young nation.

* 1812 – The Territory of Orleans becomes the 18th U. S. state under the name Louisiana.

* 1904 – The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.

* 1862 – American Civil War: the Confederate ironclad is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering damage in a battle with near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

* 1862 – American Civil War: New Orleans, Louisiana falls to Union forces under Admiral David Farragut.

The Captainship General of Cuba, encompassing Cuba and the governorships of Florida ( safe the English occupation between 1763 – 83 ), Santo Domingo ( until 1795 ), Puerto Rico, and the entire Louisiana Territory ( 1763 – 1803 )

* 1682 – Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River, claims it for France and names it Louisiana.

* 2005 – Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U. S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing more than 1, 836 and causing over $ 80 billion in damage.

* 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge – along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops attempt to take the city, but are driven back by fire from Union gunboats.

* 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Mansfield – Union forces are thwarted by the Confederate army at Mansfield, Louisiana.

* 1862 – American Civil War: Forces under Union Admiral David Farragut demand the surrender of the Confederate city of New Orleans, Louisiana.

* 1872 – In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first serving African-American governor of a U. S. state.

* 1803 – The Louisiana Purchase is completed at a ceremony in New Orleans.

* 1814 – War of 1812: The Royal Navy seizes control of Lake Borgne, Louisiana.

* 1680 – Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, French colonizer and Governor of Louisiana ( d. 1767 )

* General Motors Shreveport Operations, Shreveport, Louisiana – in 2005, to accommodate the production of the H3, an additional were added to plant built by GM in 1981.

* 1861 – American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.

* 1957 – Hurricane Audrey makes landfall near the Texas-Louisiana border, killing over 400 people, mainly in and around Cameron, Louisiana.

* 1795 – Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general, explorer, author, and astronomer, governor of Louisiana ( b. 1716 )