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Ray Authement (born 1928), president of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 1974–2008; Jamie Baldridge (born 1975), visual artist, writer; Carl W. Bauer (1933–2013), member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature; lobbyist for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 1990–2010; Henri Willis Bendel, fashion designer and ...
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Zoom-in of The oath of La Fayette at the Fête de la Fédération showing young Georges Washington de La Fayette. Georges Washington Louis Gilbert de La Fayette (24 December 1779 – 29 November 1849) was the son of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, the French officer and hero of the American Revolution, and Adrienne de La Fayette.
Lafayette left France on the American merchant vessel Cadmus, on July 13, 1824, and his tour began on August 15, 1824, when he arrived at Staten Island, New York.He toured the Northern and Eastern United States in the fall of 1824, including stops at Monticello to visit Thomas Jefferson and Washington, D.C., where he was received at the White House by President James Monroe.
George Faulkner, 91, Canadian ice hockey player (Shawinigan-Falls Cataracts, Jacksonville Rockets). [614] Christopher Fifield, 79, English conductor and music historian. [615] Ralf-Dieter Fischer, 76, German politician, member of the Hamburg Parliament (1982–1997). [616] K. K. Gangadharan, 75, Indian translator. [617]
The initial investigation showed that 38-year-old Lauren Womack, of Lafayette, was driving a 2015 Honda Odyssey east on U.S. Highway 90 when, at the same time, a 2024 Honda CR-V was heading west.
Lafayette was home to minor-league baseball teams in various seasons from 1907 to 2000. Lafayette was an affiliate of the St. Louis Browns 1936–1941, Chicago Cubs (1955–1957) and San Francisco Giants (1975–1976).
George Armand Martin July 14, 1909 October 13, 1911 Democratic 19: Anatole R. Trahan October 13, 1911 January 10, 1913 Democratic 20: George Armand Martin January 10, 1913 April 23, 1915 Democratic 21: Felix E. Girard Sr. April 23, 1915 December 17, 1919 Democratic 22: Robert L. Mouton: December 17, 1919 October 11, 1927 Democratic 23