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- nineteeth-century entrepreneur Maunsel White (pictured) of New Orleans invented a wine sauce in honor of his friend Andrew Jackson that is still manufactured today?
- in June 1994 the NBA blocked the sale of the Minnesota Timberwolves to a group seeking to move the franchise to New Orleans, thus keeping the Timberwolves in Minneapolis?
- no commercial boat has beaten the steamboat Robert E. Lee's 1870 speed record between New Orleans and St. Louis of 90 hours and 14 minutes to this day?
- the New Orleans-based family of master plasterer Earl Barthé has specialized in historical and decorative plasterwork since 1850?
- three members of the Hot 8 Brass Band have died as a result of gun violence in New Orleans?
- the Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts is the first of three major theaters in New Orleans, USA, to reopen since Hurricane Katrina struck the city in August 2005?
- head coach Chris Scelfo's Tulane football team was forced to play all eleven of its games in different cities during the 2005 season after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans?
- chef Austin Leslie (pictured), known as the Godfather of Fried Chicken, died in Atlanta after being evacuated from New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina?
- ImageAmerica provided Google Earth with high resolution black and white images of New Orleans immediately after the events of Hurricane Katrina?
- Bruce Spizer, a New Orleans tax attorney, wrote 2,592 questions for a special Beatles edition of the board game Trivial Pursuit?
- James Wayne "Jim" Tucker of suburban New Orleans will in 2008 become the first Republican Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives since Reconstruction?
- St. Patrick's Church was the first Catholic parish established in New Orleans outside the French Quarter, so that Irish immigrants would have a parish that was not dominated by French-speaking Creoles?
- before Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, the United Teachers of New Orleans was the largest trade union in the city?
- as Hurricane Katrina approached New Orleans it underwent an eyewall replacement cycle that caused it to decrease in intensity but increase in diameter?
- New Orleans Creole chef Leah Chase owns a restaurant named Dooky Chase which has served as a gallery for an extensive African American art collection since the 1950s, was a gathering place for Civil Rights leaders?
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