The previously known District of Louisiana became the Louisiana Territory.
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President Thomas Jefferson announced the Louisiana Purchase to the public.
The US Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law that required schools to teach creationism.
Ruby Bridges became the first African American girl to take classes at an all-white school in Louisiana.
The United States ratified the Louisiana Purchase.
The French ship named Aurore transported the first African slaves from Senegambia, West Africa, to Louisiana, US.
