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the great hurrican
"The great hurrican" destroys much of Galvastin and kills 6,000 people there -
oil
- Oil found by mining engineer Capt. A.F. Lucas at Spindletop near Beaumont catapults Texas into the petroleum age.
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poll tax
Texas establishes a poll tax -
democratic primary
- Texans votes for US senator in the Democratic primary, although the Texas legislature retains ultimate appointment authority, primary voters can express their preferences.
- Texans votes for US senator in the Democratic primary, although the Texas legislature retains ultimate appointment authority, primary voters can express their preferences.
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benjamin
- Lt. Benjamin D. Foulois makes first military air flight in a Wright brothers plane at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio.
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war
Mexican civil war spills across the border, as refugees seek safety, combatants seek each other, and Texas settlements are raided for supplies by all sides in the fighting. Pancho Villa and his followers are active along the border during some of this time. -
directly elect us senators
Texas voters able to directly elect US senators. -
women rights
texas woman win right to vote -
large scale
Large-scale agricultural irrigation begins in the High Plains. -
latin american
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is founded in Corpus Christi. -
daisy bradford
The Daisy Bradford #3 well, drilled near Turnertown in Rusk County by wildcatter C.M. (Dad) Joiner, blows in, heralding the discovery of the huge East Texas Oil Field -
Texas voters
Two years after federal prohibition was repealed, Texas voters ratify the repeal of the state's prohibition law. -
Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court orders integration of texas law schools -
jack kilby
- Integrated circuit, developed by Jack Kilby at Texas Instruments, Dallas, is successfully tested, ushering in the semiconductor and electronics age.
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constition
Texas contition is amended out law poll tax -
apollo11
Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong transmits the first words from the surface of the moon: "Houston, the Eagle has landed." -
fail
Effort to write a new constitution fails -
school funds
Texas supreme court orders equal school funds -
no pass no play
The no pass no play rule is part of an education-reform package enacted by texas legislature -
Democrat Ann
Demorcrat Ann Richards became the first woman Governor of texas in her own right -
U.S. secrteary
Henry cisnercs is appointed U.S. secrteary of having and urban development -
statehood
sesquicentennial of texas statehood is celebrated -
named
Texas is named second most visited state in united states -
jarrell tornado
F-5 tornado hits Jarrell -
gov
Former Texas Gov. George W.Bush electeed as President of United States
