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FORT ST.LOUIS
French explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, looking for the mouth of the Mississippi River, lands in Texas by mistake. He establishes a colony, Fort St. Louis, on Garcitas Creek in present-day Victoria County. -
HURRICANE Alicia
A mesoscale low-pressure area formed off the Alabama and Mississippi coasts on August 14 near the west end of a weak frontal trough that had extended across the eastern seaboard.[1] Pressures were high in the Gulf of Mexico, but the low strengthened into Tropical Depression Three on August 15, and became Tropical Storm Alicia later that day. With the high Gulf pressures – a ship reported a pressure of 1015.5 millibars less than 60 miles (97 km) from the storm center at the time it was upgraded -
Texas Declaration of Independence is adopted at Washington-on-the-Brazos.
The American Old West (often referred to as the Old West, Wild West or Far West) comprises the history, geography, people, lore, and cultural expression of life in the Western United States, most often referring to the period of the later half of the 19th century, between the American Civil War and the end of the century. After the eighteenth century and the push beyond the Appalachian Mountains, the term is generally applied to anywhere west of the Mississippi River in earlier periods and westw -
Texas Declaration of Independence is adopted at Washington-on-the-Brazos
The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna launched an assault on the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar (modern-day San Antonio, Texas). All but two of the Texian defenders were killed. Santa Anna's perceived cruelty during the battle inspired many Texians—both Texas settlers and adventurers from the United States—to join the Texian Army. Buoy -
CIVIL WAR
1861–1865), also known as the War Between the States as well as several other names, was a civil war in the United States of America. Eleven Southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America, also known as "the Confederacy". Led by Jefferson Davis, they fought against the United States (the Union), which was supported by all the free states and the five border slave states. In the presidential election of 1860, the Republican Part -
war wold 1
28 July 19World War I was a military conflict that lasted from 1914 to 1918 and involved most of the world's great powers,[1] assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (centred around the Triple Entente) and the Central Powers.[2] More than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilized in one of the largest wars in history.[3][4] More than 15 million people were killed, making it one of the deadliest conflicts in history.[5] This war (a14 – 11 November 1918 -
ladies right to vote
Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote and historically includes the economic and political reform movement aimed at extending suffrage to women, on an equal basis to those for men and without any restrictions or qualifications such as property ownership, payment of tax or marital status. The movement's modern origins are attributed to 18th century France. Of currently existing independent countries, New Zealand was the first to give women the right to vote in 1893 when it was a self-go -
War world 2
World War II, or the Second World War[1] (often abbreviated WWII or WW2), was a global military conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945 which involved most of the world's nations, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history, with more than 100 million military personnel mobilised. In a state of "total war," the major participants placed their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabiliti -
found baylor university
Baylor University is a private, Christian-affiliated research university located in Waco, Texas, United States. Founded in 1845, Baylor is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and is a member of the International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities (IABCU).[6][7] The university campus is located just southeast of downtown Waco, roughly bounded by Interstate 35, La Salle Avenue, Eighth Street and the Brazos River. With the largest student enrollment of a Bap -
war world 3
During the Suez Crisis of 1956, Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin sent a note to British Prime Minister Anthony Eden warning that "if this war is not stopped it carries the danger of turning into a third world war."[1] The Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 is generally thought to be the historical point at which the risk of World War III was closest[citation needed], but there have been other events that historians have listed as close calls to World War III. On 26 September 1983, only 25 days after -
A hurricane hits galveston
The 1949 Atlantic hurricane season was fairly active. Thirteen storms reached tropical storm strength. Out of a total of seven hurricanes that year, three developed into major hurricanes. Most destructive were a Category 4 hurricane that hit near West Palm Beach in August and the Category 4 hurricane that hit Freeport and Galveston, Texas on October 3 and 4, 1949. The Texas coast has been struck by many hurricanes before and after 1949. The worse hurricane was the one that hit Galveston in 190 -
first railroad
The First Transcontinental Railroad (known originally as the "Pacific Railroad" and later as the "Overland Route") was a railroad line built in the United States between 1863 and 1869 by the Central Pacific Railroad of California and the Union Pacific Railroad that connected its statutory Eastern terminus at Council Bluffs, Iowa/Omaha, Nebraska[1][2] (via Ogden, Utah and Sacramento, California) with the Pacific Ocean at Alameda, California on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay opposite San F -
eorge W. Bush elected President of the United States
Bush is the eldest son of President George H. W. Bush, who served as the 41st President, and Barbara Bush, making him one of only two American presidents to be the son of a preceding president.[4] After graduating from Yale University in 1968, and Harvard Business School in 1975, Bush worked in his family's oil businesses. He married Laura Welch in 1977 and unsuccessfully ran for the House of Representatives shortly thereafter. He later co-owned the Texas Rangers baseball team before defeating A -
HURRICAN IKE
A colossal Hurricane Ike menaced the darkened Texas coast early Saturday, ensuring a sleepless night for thousands who huddled and waited to find out if a gamble to face the storm head-on could cost them their lives. Before the eye even crossed land, the first bands were punishing. Wind-whipped waves surged over a 17-foot seawall in Galveston and filled streets with waist-high water. Homes were flooding, hundreds of thousands were without power and there was fear hurricane-force winds could sha
