Today, Jackson Square and other places in New Orleans will be full of revelers. No, it’s not a Mardi Gras do-over, it’s the city’s 300th birthday celebration. Sometime in the spring of 1718, ‘La Nouvelle-Orléans’ was founded by French investors. Since then, residents of the Big Easy have chosen May 7 as the day to celebrate the birth of New Orleans. Really, this city doesn’t need an excuse to throw a party, but this one’s going to be big.
Happy 300th, NOLA!
Today in History
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Happy Syttende Mai!
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World Book Day
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Celebrating a Paris landmark
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A ‘city’ within Valencia
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The Bazaruto Archipelago of Mozambique
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A bridge too Fawr
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Take the Stairs Day
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Kjell Henriksen Observatory
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Celebrating Norwegian Constitution Day
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Welcome to my neck of the woods
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Happy Independence Day!
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Siblings Day
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3,000 years of history
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Daiichi Tadami River Bridge, Fukushima, Japan
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Have a ‘beary’ good Earth Day
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It’s National Walk to Work Day
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Memorial Day
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Don’t look down
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Keep watching the skies
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Constitution Day and Citizenship Day
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Ready for takeoff
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Jackie Robinson Day
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Jasper Dark Sky Festival
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Monet still makes an impression
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Mossy Grotto Falls, Oregon
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Buddha in the roots of a tree, Ayutthaya, Thailand
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It s Star Wars Day
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Boxing Day—a shopper’s delight