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battle
July 12 The Sixth Cavalry engages the Kiowas in the battle of the Little Wichita. -
boxing
January 2 Boxing promoter "Tex" Rickard is born in Kansas City. -
creation
April 17 Texas A&M is created. -
labor
November 28 A labor-union-called "holiday" on the Galveston docks protesting black laborers begins a segregation battle that lasts for years. -
state
May 16 The state capitol is dedicated. the state capital changed from houston to austin -
texas association
November 7 The Texas Hereford Association is organized in San Antonio. -
football
January 30 Louis Jordan is born in Fredericksburg. He becomes an All-American football player and the first officer killed in World War I. -
snow storm
February 14 A rare Gulf Coast snowstorm dumps up to 20 inches of snow on the Houston-Galveston area. -
stunt failed
September 15 A stunt to wreck two trains near Waco results in the death of two spectators -
coach
December 30 Homer Norton is born in Alabama. He becomes the leading football coach in Texas A&M history -
snow
1899 - Texas experiences its coldest winter on record huge cold winter -
hurricane
Sept. 8 - The "Great Hurricane," destroys much of Galveston and kills 6,000 people there. -
oil age
January 10 The Lucas Gusher hits at Spindletop; America enters the Oil Age. -
war
1942 April 24 A war bond quota of more than $18 million is set for Texas -
atomic bomb
August 6 A Texan scouts out a clear spot over Hiroshima, and the first atomic bomb is dropped. -
gambaling
June 6 Attorney General Will Wilson raids Galveston to close down gambling. -
plane crash
West Texas's Buddy Holly dies with other rock music performers in an Iowa plane crash. -
death
December 19 Walter Williams, last surviving veteran of the Civil War, dies at age 117. -
cowboys
Two Dallas millionaires, Clint Murchison and Bedford Wynne, receive a franchise for an NFL team they name the "Cowboys." -
Treaty
January 14 The border dispute between Mexico and Texas is finally settled with the Treaty of El Chamizal. -
A&M
June 1 Texas A&M allows women to enroll; the "Maggie" is born. -
JFK
November 22 President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas. -
Jim Reeves
Country and Western singer Jim Reeves of Carthage is killed in a plane crash. -
astrodome
April 9 The Astrodome opens in Houston. -
shooting
Charles Whitman kills 17 people in a shooting spree from the University of Texas Tower. -
hurricane
A giant hurricane named Beulah hits the coast -
apollo
Apollo II lands on the moon. -
bank
The Sharpstown Bank stock scandal breaks. -
hurricane
Alicia, the most expensive hurricane in U.S. history, hits Galveston and Houston.
