Events in Galveston History
- 1861-08-03 Federal fleet bombards Galveston, Texas
- 1862-10-05 Federal fleet occupies Galveston, Texas
- 1863-01-01 Battle of Galveston, Texas-Confederates recapture the city
- 1863-01-11 Naval engagement near Galveston between CSS Alabama and USS Hatteras
- 1865-05-26 US Civil War Battle of Galveston, (Texas) - Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith negotiates a surrender
- 1865-06-02 Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith surrenders his Trans-Mississippi Department to Union forces at Galveston, Texas; he then flees to Mexico to avoid charges of treason
- 1900-09-08 6,000 killed when a hurricane & tidal wave strikes Galveston, Texas
- 1915-08-17 Hurricane makes landfall near Galveston, Texas killing 275, and causing $50M damage
- 1979-11-01 Tanker Burmah Agate off Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 10.7 m gallons of oil, in US's worst oil spill disaster
- 1981-01-28 Olympic Glory tanker at Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 1 million gallons of oil in a ship collision
- 1983-08-18 Hurricane Alicia battered Houston & Galveston, Texas
- 2008-09-13 Hurricane Ike makes landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States, causing heavy damage to Galveston Island, Houston and surrounding areas.
Famous People from Galveston
Jack Johnson (1878-1946)
1878-03-31 American boxer (1st African-American world heavyweight champion 1908-15), born in Galveston, Texas [1]
- 1892-11-07 Edward Sedgwick, American film director (The Flaming Frontier, Let 'er Buck), born in Galveston, Texas (d. 1953)
- 1894-02-08 King Vidor, American film director (War & Peace, Stella Dallas), born in Galveston, Texas (d. 1982)
- 1897-11-17 Sara Haden, American actress (A Family Affair), born in Galveston, Texas (d. 1981)
- 1898-03-13 Josie Sedgwick, American actress (The Best Man, Queen of the Round-Up), born in Galveston, Texas (d. 1973)
- 1905-12-05 Gus Mancuso, American baseball catcher (World Series 1931, 33; MLB All Star 1935, 37; NY Giants, St. Louis Cardinals) and broadcaster (Cardinals' radio network), born in Galveston, Texas (d. 1984)
- 1907-01-22 Douglas Corrigan, American pilot, born in Galveston, Texas (d. 1995)
- 1929-07-05 Katherine Helmond, American actress and director (Soap, Mona-Who's the Boss), born in Galveston, Texas (d. 2019)
- 1930-01-05 Frederick Charles Tillis, American composer (In the Spirt and the Flesh; Secrets of the African Baobob), jazz saxophonist, music educator (University of Massachusetts, 1970-97), and poet, born in Galveston, Texas (d. 2020)
- 1935-12-23 Esther Phillips [Jones], American R&B singer ("What A Diff'rence A Day Makes"), born in Galveston, Texas (d. 1984)
- 1943-04-02 Larry Coryell, American jazz guitarist (11th House), born in Galveston, Texas (d. 2017)
- 1943-07-22 Kay Bailey Hutchison, American politician (U.S. Senator from Texas, 1993-2013; NATO Ambassador, 2017-2021), born in Galveston, Texas
- 1943-09-03 Valerie Perrine, American actress (Lenny; Superman; Slaughterhouse 5), born in Galveston, Texas
Barry White (1944-2003)
1944-09-12 American singer ("Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe"; "You're The First, The Last, My Everything"), born in Galveston, Texas
- 1952-12-18 Rosie Vela, American model and singer-songwriter (Zazu, Fool's Paradise), born in Galveston, Texas
- 1953-11-13 Tracy Scoggins, actress (Colbys, Gumshoe Kid), born in Galveston, Texas
- 1957-07-27 Bill Engvall, American "Blue Collar" comedian ("Here's Your Sign"), born in Galveston, Texas
- 1961-03-25 John Stockwell, American actor (Born to Ride; City Limits), born in Galveston, Texas
- 1968-01-31 Michael Sinclair, American football defensive end (Seattle Seahawks), born in Galveston, Texas
- 1968-07-31 Andre Ware, American College Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Heisman Trophy 1989, U of Houston; Detroit Lions; Toronto Argonauts), born in Galveston, Texas
- 1988-11-04 Dez Bryant, American football wide receiver (Dallas Cowboys), born in Galveston County, Texas
- 1993-08-21 Mike Evans, American NFL player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), born in Galveston, Texas
- 1995-08-20 Liana Liberato, American actress (Light as a Feather), born in Galveston, Texas
Famous Americans
'Philadelphia' Jack O'Brien
50 Cent
A Boogie wit da Hoodie
A. E. Douglass
A. J. Foyt
Aaron Burr