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November 3
Historic
New Orleans Collection photo: Saints
football team President, John Mecom, Jr. (left), Head Coach Tom Fears (right) After the Saints ended the first half of the 1970 NFL season with a 1-5-1 record, their first coach, Tom Fears was dismissed on November
3 after compiling an overall mark of 13-34-2. His last game as coach of
the Saints was a 30-17 loss to the team he played for, the Rams, the same team which defeated the Saints in their first game
in 1967. He was replaced the same day by John David "J. D." Roberts. In the Saints' next game, Tom Dempsey set the NFL record by kicking a 63-yard field goal to lift New Orleans to a 19-17 victory
over the Detroit Lions. Thomas Jesse Fears was born in Guadalajara, Mexico on December 3, 1922.
After service in World War II, he played split end for the Los Angeles Rams for nine seasons
from 1948 to 1956. He was an assistant coach in 1959 during the first year Vince
Lombardi began with the Green Bay Packers. Fears took a job assisting with coaching the Rams, then moved back to
the Packers -- including when they were championship teams in 1962 and 1965. He coached
the expansion Atlanta Falcons and in their first game of the 1966 regular season, Fears caused controversy when
he accused Rams coach George Allen of attempting to garner inside information on the team from a player who had
been cut. After a 2-12 first season in Atlanta, Fears became a head coach (the
first Latino head coach in the NFL) for the first time when he was hired by the expansion New Orleans Saints on January 27,
1967. While coaching the Saints, in 1970 Fears was recognized for his professional playing career when he was elected
to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Issues between Fears and Saints owner John Mecom, Jr. (primarily of Fears seeking the
additional role of general manager fueled by speculation that Fears might replace Don Shula with the Baltimore Colts) ended on April 20 when Fears was given control over all player personnel
matters. Despite the great promise of the young team after scoring on the first-ever
kickoff return in franchise history, Fears' nearly four years with the Saints was marked by many losses. The team
ended the first half of the 1970 NFL season with
a 1-5-1 mark, resulting in his dismissal on November 3 after compiling an overall mark of 13-34-2. Tom Fears died on January 4, 2000 in Palm Desert, California. (Wiki)
The current attendance record, for LSU stadium, of 93,374 was set on November 3, 2012 when fifth-ranked LSU lost to first-ranked Alabama with a score of 21-17. Born in New Orleans on August 20, 1922, Charles Schwartz, Jr. received a B.A. from Tulane in 1943
and served in the Army as a Second Lieutenant from 1943 to 1945. He was then an Army reservist from 1946 to 1965,
attaining the rank of Major. He received a J.D. from Tulane Law School in 1947, and was
then in private practice in New Orleans until 1976. He was a district counsel for the Gulf Coast District of the U.S.
Maritime Administration from 1953 to 1962. On March 23, 1976, Schwartz was nominated by President Gerald Ford
to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana vacated by Herbert
W. Christenberry. Schwartz was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 6, 1976, and received his commission on
May 7, 1976. He assumed senior status on February 28, 1991. He also taught as an adjunct professor of law at Tulane University
beginning in 1977. He died in his home town on November 3, 2012. William (Dollar Bill) Jefferson was elected as the U. S. Representative, 2nd Congressional District on November 3. 1998. Born in New Orleans on August 25, 1921, Alvin Joseph Jurisich was a right-handed pitcher who
appeared in 104 games in Major League Baseball between 1944–1947 for the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies.
Jurisich appeared in one contest as a relief pitcher in the "All-St. Louis" 1944 World Series, won by his Cardinals
in six games over the St. Louis Browns. He entered Game 3 in the bottom of the seventh inning with the Cardinals trailing,
4–2. He gave up two hits, doubles to Don Gutteridge and George McQuinn, and was charged with two earned runs in two-thirds
of an inning. The Browns would win the game, 6–2. Jurisich was mainly a relief pitcher in the Majors, but he did
make 42 starts in his 104 appearances and notched 13 complete games. He gave up 344 hits in 388⅓ innings pitched, and
issued 189 bases on balls. Standing 6 feet 2 inches tall ant 193 pounds, he had 177 strikeouts and five saves.
Jurisich passed away on November 3, 1981.
Born on September 26, 1918, Fred James Cassibry received a B.A. from Tulane University in 1941 and an LL.B. from Tulane
Law School in 1943. After serving in the Navy during World War II he became a field examiner for the National Labor Relations
Board from 1946 to 1948. He entered private practice in New Orleans from 1948 to 1961, and was a New Orleans City Councilman
from 1954 to 1961. He was a judge on the Civil District Court for Orleans Parish from 1961 to 1966. On October 11,
1966, Cassibry was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Louisiana created by 80 Stat. 75. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 20, 1966, and received
his commission on November 3, 1966. He assumed senior status on March 15, 1984, serving in that capacity
until his retirement on April 3, 1987. He died on July 6, 1996. Photo of the Paris Avenue Underpass on November 3, 1959 [Photography by Geer Studio] Born into a 7th Ward Creole family John Boutté was born in New Orleans
on November 3, 1958. Exposed to the local culture such as Mardi Gras parades and jazz
funerals since childhood, Boutté also grew up listening to R&B music of Stevie Wonder, Marvin
Gaye and the like. He played trumpet and cornet in marching bands in his junior high and high school days. During this
time, he also formed an a cappella group and sang on the streets. He is known for diverse music style that goes
beyond jazz to R&B, gospel, Latin, and blues. He is the younger brother
of the jazz and gospel singer Lillian Boutté. Boutté's "Treme Song" on his Jambalaya
album is the theme song of HBO's series, Treme. Boutté appears in Treme Season
2, episode 1, performing several songs (including "Accentuate the Positive") and sings onstage in Treme Season
3, episode 10.
Amédé Ardoin (March 11, 1898 – November 3, 1942)
with fiddle player Dennis McGee, was one of the first artists to record Cajun music on December
9, 1929 for Columbia Records in New Orleans.
At a meeting of the Cabildo on November 3, 1769, a report was made by the two Commissioners investigating the work done in the cemetery and on the Carondelet Canal by Juan Bugui, in which the bill for 296 Pesos and five reales, is approved. |
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