AP Highlight in History:
On Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the Louisana coast, overwhelming the levees protecting New Orleans and causing massive flooding. More than 1,500 people died.
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And the Chocolate Mayor and the Ignorant Governor dropped the ball and then blamed their own inadequacies on GWB. What a pair.
| 1944 | American troops marched down the Champs Elysees in Paris as the French capital continued to celebrate its liberation from the Nazis. |
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| 1957 | Sen. Strom Thurmond, D-S.C., ended the longest filibuster in Senate history after talking for 24 hours, 18 minutes against a civil rights bill. |
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