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A hurricane struck Galveston. This wrecked the fleet of Jean Lafitte in Galveston.This happened on September 12 1818.
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The declaration of independence of the republic of Fredonia was sighned.It was sighned at Nacogdoches.
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This so called Fredonian Rebelion is an attempt by empressario Haden Edwards to seperate his colony from Mexico. The rebels fleed. THey fled when they were approached by Mexico.
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Texas declaration of independence was adopted.It was adopted at Washington on the Brazos.It was adopted March 2 1836.
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1851 construction begins on Texas first railroad lines.
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Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the united states.This happened in 1860.
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Abraham Lincoln sighned the Amancipation Proclamation.This happened in 1863. The amancipation proclamation was against slavery.
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Slavery finally ends in texas. It endedin 1865.
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1874 Reconstruction ends in texas
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1900 September,8 "The Great Hurricane" strikes Galveston.It destroyed most of Galveston.It also killed 6,000 people.
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1917 was the year that world war 1 started.It went on until 1918.
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Texas women win the right to vote. They won the right to vote in primary elections.This happend on March 15 1918.
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There was a race riot in Beumont. This lead to a declaration of material law. This race Riot happended on June 15 1943.
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Lyndon B.Jhonson beats Coke Stevenson in the U.S senate race.He beat him by 87 votes. The winning margan in the disputed primary is registered in ballot box No.13 in Jim Wells county.
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1953 was the year that Dwight D.Eisenhower became the first Texas born president of the United States of America.
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A horrible tornado went over Waco in 1953. It killed 114 people. It injured 597 people. 150 homes and 185 buildings were destroyed.
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1959 Buddy Holly dies in a plane crash.The crash was near clear lake Iwoa.Richie Valens and the Big Bopper died too.
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Preaident Jhon F. Kennedy was assasainated. He was assasinated in Dallas.This event happened November 22 1963.
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Ed White was a Sanantonio native. He became the first American to walk in space.
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Apollo 11 landed on the moon.astronot Neil Armstrong transmits the first words from the Earth t the moon. the words were "Houston the Eagle has landed".
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Constitutional Convention meets to attempt to write a new state constitution.However the delegates,comprising the membersip of the 63rd legislature become mired in divisive politics.So the convention adjourns on July 30 1974 without a document.
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Several tornados kill 53 in west Texas.This included 42 in Wichata Falls. It caused 400 million dollars in damage.
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1988 George Bush was elected president of the united states.
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Seige that began on Feburary 28 ended,federal agents storm the compound called Mount Camel near Waco.This is where cult leader David Koresh and his followers,called Branch davidians had reportedly been storing a large chache of asult weapons.The assult and enusing fire killed 4 agents and 86 Davidians.
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1994 George W.Bush was elected govener of Texas.
