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Spindletop
This was a oil drilling area that produced 100,000 barrels a day. This gusher was originly found by anthony F. Lucas. Even though it lasted a little more than a decade it produced 72 million barrels. -
Mexican Civil War
The 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. -
Beginnings of U.S. Air Force
Lt. Benjamin D. Foulois makes the first military air flight in a Wright brothers plane at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. The seven-and-a-half-minute flight marks the shaky beginnings of U.S. Air Force. -
World War I
Texas men and women participated in an active part in this war as nurses and soldiers. 5,170 Texans lost thier lives to the war or influeza. Over one third were influenza deaths. -
End of World War I
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Agricultural Irrigation
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Stock Market Crashes
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The Great Depression
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Discovery of East Texas Oil Field
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. -
World War II
Germany invaded Poland, World War 2 lasted until both the Germans and the Japanese had surrendered to the Allies in 1945. Texas men and women were called to duty for WWII. -
End of World War II
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Texas City Disaster
The French-owned SS Grandcamp, carrying ammonium nitrate, explodes in the Texas City harbor, followed the next morning by the explosion of the SS High Flyer. The disaster kills almost 600 and injures at least 4,000 more. The concussion is felt 75 miles away in Port Arthur, and the force creates a 15-foot tidal wave. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected President of the U.S.
Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the first Texas-born President of the United States. -
Henry B. Gonzalez
Henry B. Gonzalez of San Antonio becomes the first Hispanic elected to the state Senate since 1848 when Jóse Antonio Navarro, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, served. -
John F. Kennedy is elected President of the U.S.
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John Tower wins special election
John Tower wins a special election for U.S. Senate, becoming the first Republican senator from Texas since Reconstruction. -
Lyndon B. Johnson is elected President of the U.S.
After the assasination of JFK, vice president Lyndon B. Johnson succeeds to the office, becoming the 36th U.S. president -
JFK Assasinated
President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas; vice president Lyndon B. Johnson succeeds to the office, becoming the 36th U.S. president. -
First words from the surface of the moon
Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong transmits the first words from the surface of the moon: "Houston, the Eagle has landed." -
Republican Governor of Texas
William Clements is elected the first Republican governor of Texas since Reconstruction. -
George H.W. Bush is elected president of the U.S.
Houstonian George H.W. Bush is elected president of the United States. -
George W. Bush is elected President of the U.S.
Texas Gov. George W. Bush is elected president of the United States.
