Events in Wichita Falls History
- 1953-03-01 KAUZ TV channel 6 in Wichita Falls, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1953-04-12 KFDX TV channel 3 in Wichita Falls, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1958-04-02 Wind speed reaches a record 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, Texas
- 1979-04-10 Red River Valley Tornado Outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people.
Famous People from Wichita Falls
- 1914-11-11 Perry Richardson Bass, American heir, investor and philanthropist, born in Wichita Falls, Texas (d. 2006)
- 1914-12-09 Frances Reid, American actress (Days of Our Lives, The Andromeda Strain), born in Wichita Falls, Texas (d. 2010)
- 1933-12-14 Leo Wright, American jazz saxophone and flute player (Dizzy Gillespie;; Blues Shout; I Left My Heart In San Francisco), born in Wichita Falls, Texas (d. 1991)
- 1936-06-03 Larry McMurtry, American Pulitzer Prize winning novelist (Lonesome Dove), and Academy Award-winning scriptwriter (Brokeback Mountain), born in Wichita Falls, Texas (d. 2021)
- 1939-02-28 Tommy Tune, American dancer, choreographer, and theater director (Boyfriend), born in Wichita Falls, Texas
- 1945-09-10 [Richard] Mike Mullane, American USAF, astronaut (STS 41-D, STS-27, STS-36), born in Wichita Falls, Texas
- 1949-04-05 John Berg, American actor (Star Trek: Nemesis), born in Wichita Falls, Texas (d. 2007)
Rex Tillerson (72 years old)
1952-03-23 American businessman (ExxonMobil) and US Secretary of State (2017-18), born in Wichita Falls, Texas
- 1957-11-13 Greg Abbott, American politician, Governor of Texas (2015-), born in Wichita Falls, Texas
- 1959-09-08 Luis Lerma, American rock multi-instrumentalist musician (The Amps, The Tasties, Team Void), born in Wichita Falls, Texas
- 1968-08-31 Jim Bob Howard, American actor (Flash and Bone), born in Wichita Falls, Texas
- 1981-07-29 Jennie Thompson, American gymnast (Jr Natl-champ-93, Olympics 1996), born in Wichita Falls, Texas
Famous Americans
'Philadelphia' Jack O'Brien
50 Cent
A Boogie wit da Hoodie
A. E. Douglass
A. J. Foyt
Aaron Burr