1. On November 3, 1918, the Spanish flu pandemic was at its peak in Louisiana, with over 2,000 new cases and 50 deaths reported in just one day.

2. In 1948, Louisiana Governor Earl K. Long was re-elected for his third term, despite being under legal proceedings for mental instability.

3. On November 3, 1964, Democrat John Hainkel was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives, becoming the first Roman Catholic to hold a legislative seat in the predominantly Protestant state.

4. The Louisiana Superdome, one of the largest indoor arenas in the world, opened on November 3, 1975, with a football game between the New Orleans Saints and the Houston Oilers.

5. On November 3, 1992, Louisiana became the first state to elect a female senator from the Deep South, as Democrat Mary Landrieu won a special election to replace deceased Republican senator J. Bennett Johnston.