Texas History Timeline (Part 2)

Events 101 - 200 of 265

• 1951-01-16 World's largest gas pipeline opens (Brownsville Texas, to 134th St, New York City)
• 1952-01-24 First NFL team in Texas; Dallas Texans, formerly NY Yanks; loses 11 of 12 games
• 1953-05-11 Tornado kills 114 in Waco Texas ($39M damage)

• 1953-05-25 1st non-commercial educational television station - Houston, Texas
• 1954-09-01 Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant opens infamous 10-day football mini camp in Junction, Texas; ordeal achieves legendary status becoming subject of 2001 book 'The Junction Boys' & television movie of the same name
• 1954-10-18 Texas Instruments Inc. announces the first transistor radio.
• 1955-08-31 KTRE TV channel 9 begins broadcasting in Lufkin, Texas (ABC/NBC affiliate)
• 1956-04-26 First modern container ship, the Ideal X, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey for Houston, Texas
• 1956-08-30 White mob prevents enrollment of blacks at Mansfield High School, Texas
• 1957-06-27 Hurricane Audrey, kills 526 in Louisiana & Texas
• 1957-11-02 The Levelland UFO Case in Levelland, Texas, generates national publicity, remains one of the most impressive UFO cases in American history
• 1957-12-03 23rd Heisman Trophy Award: John Crow, Texas A&M (HB)
• 1958-04-02 Wind speed reaches a record 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, Texas
• 1958-08-21 KUT-FM in Austin Texas begins radio transmissions

• 1960-08-18 1st photograph bounced off a satellite, Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Richardson, Texas
• 1961-05-08 1st practical sea water conversion plant-Freeport, Texas
• 1961-09-11 Hurricane Carla strikes near Port O'Connor, Texas with winds of 175 mph
• 1963-08-13 US Customs agents confiscate 21 gold coins from Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas

• 1963-12-02 1964 NFL Draft: Dave Parks from Texas Tech first pick by San Francisco 49ers

• 1965-11-27 1966 NFL Draft: University of Texas linebacker Tommy Nobis #1 pick by Atlanta Falcons
• 1966-08-01 Charles Whitman wounds 31 and kills 16 at University of Texas
• 1966-09-15 U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to a sniper attack at the University of Texas at Austin, writes a letter to the United States Congress urging the enactment of gun control legislation.
• 1967-09-05 -23] Hurricane Beuleah, kills 54 in the Caribbean, Mexico and Texas
• 1967-09-20 Hurricane Beulah hits Texas-Mexican border, kills 38
• 1968-01-04 Duck hunter accidentally shoots endangered whooping crane in Texas
• 1968-02-05 KDTV TV channel 39 in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas (IND) begins broadcasting
• 1968-04-06 HemisFair 1968 opens in San Antonio, Texas
• 1969-04-04 Haskell Karp receives the 1st temporary artificial heart, implanted by surgeon Denton Cooley at Texas Heart Institute in Houston
• 1969-07-30 KAEC TV channel 19 in Lufkin, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting

• 1970-03-18 KAEC TV channel 19 in Lufkin, Texas (ABC) suspends broadcasting
• 1970-07-30 -Aug 5] Hurricane Celia, kills 31 in Cuba, Florida and Texas
• 1971-08-15 KVRL (now KRIV) TV ch 26 in Houston, Texas (Fox) begins
• 1971-09-10 KVUE TV channel 24 in Austin, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting
• 1971-10-24 Texas Stadium opens-Cowboys beat Patriots 44-21
• 1972-08-11 "Cheech & Chong Day" in San Antonio Texas
• 1973-08-26 University of Texas (Arlington) is first accredited school to offer belly dancing

• 1974-10-01 "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" horror film premieres in director Tobe Hooper's hometown, Austin, Texas in the US
• 1974-10-30 "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" horror film premieres in Los Angeles
• 1976-09-23 Preston Jones' "Texas Trilogy" play premieres in NYC
• 1976-12-12 Spaniard Manuel Orantes beats Wojtek Fibak of Poland 5–7, 6–2, 0–6, 7–6, 6–1 to win his first and only season-ending ATP Masters Grand Prix tennis title in Houston, Texas

• 1978-02-14 1st "micro on a chip" patented by Texas Instruments
• 1978-04-14 WRR-AM in Dallas Texas changes call letters to KAAM
• 1978-05-02 1978 NFL Draft: Earl Campbell from University of Texas first pick by Houston Oilers
• 1979-02-24 Highest price ever paid for a pig, $42,500, Stamford, Texas
• 1979-04-10 Red River Valley Tornado Outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people.
• 1979-07-25 109 cm rainfall at Alvin Texas (state record)
• 1979-07-26 Estimated 109 cm (43") of rain falls in Alvin, Texas (national record)
• 1979-11-01 Tanker Burmah Agate off Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 10.7 m gallons of oil, in US's worst oil spill disaster
• 1979-12-16 Dallas QB Roger Staubach throws 3 TDs and 336 yards in his last NFL regular season game with the Cowboys, a 35-34 win over Washington Redskins at Texas Stadium
• 1980-08-04 -11] Hurricane Aline, kills 272 in Texas & Caribbean
• 1981-01-28 Olympic Glory tanker at Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 1 million gallons of oil in a ship collision
• 1982-04-27 NFL Draft: University of Texas defensive end Kenneth Sims first pick by New England Patriots
• 1982-07-05 Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas
• 1982-07-15 Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via Dyess AFB, Texas
• 1982-11-22 Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB, Texas
• 1982-12-07 In Texas, Charles Brooks, Jr. becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the US.
• 1983-08-17 -19] Hurricane Alicia, kills 17 in Texas
• 1983-08-18 Hurricane Alicia battered Houston & Galveston, Texas
• 1983-08-19 Dodgers trade Dave Stewart & Ricky Wright to Texas for Rick Honeycut
• 1983-09-09 Challenger returns to Kennedy Space Center via Sheppard AFB, Texas
• 1983-11-12 4 die in a train crash in Marshall Texas

• 1985-03-23 Julian Lennon's 1st concert (San Antonio Texas)
• 1985-04-13 Space Shuttle Atlantis ferried to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas
• 1985-07-30 Valerie Lowrance, of Texas, 18, crowned America's Junior Miss
• 1985-11-06 Exploratory well in Ranger, Texas, blows out, spilling 150,000 bbl (24,000 m3) of crude oil
• 1986-02-24 Texas Air buys Eastern Airlines for $676 million
• 1987-05-22 30 killed in a Texas tornado
• 1988-07-16 San Antonio (Texas League) beats Jackson 1-0 in 26 innings
• 1988-09-10 -18] Hurricane Gilbert, kills 300 in Jamaica, Texas & Yucatan
• 1989-10-01 Dallas Cowboy defensive end, Ed "Too Tall" Jones records his 1,000th NFL tackle in a 30-13 defeat to the New York Giants at Texas Stadium

• 1991-10-16 George Jo Hennard, 35, kills 23 & himself & wounds 20 in Texas
• 1993-02-28 Gun battle erupts near Waco, Texas at Branch Davidian compound after FBI attempts a raid
• 1993-03-01 Authorities near Waco, Texas, negotiate (unsuccessfully) with Branch Davidians
• 1993-04-19 After a 51 day siege by the FBI 76 Branch Davidians die in a fire near Waco Texas (accident, suicide, tear gas are disputed causes)

• 1993-05-15 Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas opens

• 1993-10-27 Howard Stern's radio show begins broadcasting in El Paso Texas
• 1994-06-25 111°F (43.9°C) at El Paso Texas
• 1994-06-26 112°F (44.4°C) at El Paso, Texas
• 1994-07-03 The deadliest day in Texas traffic history, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Forty six people killed in crashes.

• 1996-09-28 Troy Davis of Iowa State ran for 378 yards, 3rd highest in college football games (others: Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas & Alabama)

• 1996-10-05 New York centre fielder Bernie Williams homers from each side of the plate as the Yankees beat Texas, 6-4 to win the AL Division Series, 3 - 1
• 1997-05-02 Republic of Texas security chief Robert Scheidt surrenders
• 1997-05-28 Tornado in Jarrell, Texas kills at least 28
• 1998-01-14 Researchers in Dallas, Texas present findings about an enzyme that slows aging and cell death (apoptosis)
• 1998-02-03 Karla Faye Tucker is executed in Texas, first woman executed in the United States since 1984

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Birthdays 101 - 200 of 994

• 1910-06-18 Ray McKinley, American orchestra leader and jazz drummer (Glenn Miller Time), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 1995)

• 1910-10-10 Milt Larkin, American jazz trumpeter and bandleader, born in Navasota, Texas (d. 1996)
• 1910-10-10 Price Daniel, American politician (38th Governor of Texas), born in Dayton, Texas (d. 1988)
• 1911-06-07 Silas Roy Crain, American gospel singer, founder of The Soul Stirrers Gospel Quartet, born in Augustine, Texas (d. 1996)
• 1911-06-25 Reed Hadley, American actor (Zorro's Fighting Legion, Racket Squad, Shock, Grand Canyon), born in Petrolia, Texas (d. 1974)

• 1911-07-28 Ann Doran, American actress (Longstreet, Shirley, Rebel Without a Cause), born in Amarillo, Texas (d. 2000)
• 1912-01-11 Donald "Red" Barry, American actor (Adventures of Red Ryder, Jesse James' Women), born in Houston, Texas (d. 1980)
• 1912-01-11 Lynwood Thomas "Schoolboy" Rowe, American baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), born in Waco, Texas (d. 1961)
• 1912-03-08 Preston Smith, 40th Governor of Texas, born in Williamson County, Texas (d. 2003)

• 1912-04-10 Roy Hofheinz, American judge and engineer (Houston Astrodome), born in Beaumont, Texas (d. 1982)
• 1912-05-13 Helen Craig, American actress (Snake Pit, They Live by Night), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 1986)
• 1912-05-31 Dave O'Brien [Fronabarger], American actor and writer (Reefer Madness, Kiss Me Kate, 1st Aid), born in Big Spring, Texas (d. 1969)
• 1912-06-12 Russell "Lucky" Hayden [Pate Lucid], American actor (Judge Roy Bean, Three Men from Texas), born in Chico, California (d. 1981)
• 1912-10-31 Dale Evans, American actress and singer (Roy Rogers Show), born in Uvalde, Texas (d. 2001)
• 1912-11-11 Thomas C. Mann, American diplomat (U.S. Ambassador to Mexico), born in Laredo, Texas (d. 1999)
• 1912-12-22 Claudia A. "Lady Bird" Taylor Johnson, American first lady (1963-1969), born in Karnack, Texas (d. 2007)
• 1913-01-09 Dr. Hepcat [Albert Lavada Durst], American blues pianist, born in Austin, Texas (d. 1995)
• 1913-04-04 Rosemary Lane, American actress (An Angel from Texas, 4 Mothers, Harvest Melody), born in Indianola, Iowa (d. 1974)
• 1913-05-25 (Virginia) "Ginny" Simms, American singer (Kay Kyser Band), actress (Night and Day), and radio star, born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 1994) [1]
• 1913-07-24 Johnny McAfee, American ballad singer, saxophonist, and clarinetist (Harry James Orchestra; Sammy Kaye Show), born in Dallas, Texas (d. unk) [1]
• 1913-10-11 J.J. Pickle, American politician (Rep-D-Texas, 1963-95), born in Big Spring, Texas (d. 2005)
• 1913-11-26 Foy Draper, American athlete (Olympic gold 4 x 100m relay 1936 WR 39.8s), born in Georgetown, Texas (d. 1943)

• 1914-02-09 Ernest Tubb, American country musician ("Walking the Floor Over You"), born in Crisp, Texas (d. 1984)
• 1914-02-12 Gordon "Tex" Beneke, American saxophonist/bandleader/vocalist (Glenn Miller Orchestra), born in Fort Worth, Texas; (d. 2000)
• 1914-02-24 Zachary Scott, American actor (Spotlight Playhouse, Mildred Pierce), born in Austin, Texas (d. 1965)
• 1914-02-28 Jim Boles, American actor (The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, One Man's Family), born in Lubbock, Texas (d. 1977)

• 1914-10-10 Ivory Joe Hunter "The Baron of the Boogie", American R&B singer, piano player, and songwriter ("Since I Met You Baby"), born in Kirbyville, Texas (d. 1974)
• 1914-11-11 Henry Wade, American lawyer (Dallas County District Attorney 1951-87), born in Rockwall County, Texas (d. 2001)
• 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)
• 1915-02-21 Ann Sheridan, American actress (They Drive by Night, Dodge City, Another World), born in Denton, Texas (d. 1967)
• 1915-04-25 William Goyen, American writer, born in Trinity, Texas (d. 1983)
• 1915-12-29 Charles L. Harness, American sci-fi author (Paradox Men, Wolfhead), born in Colorado City, Texas (d. 2005)
• 1916-03-18 Jody Gilbert, American actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 1979)
• 1916-05-03 Henry B. González, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Texas (1961-99), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 2000)
• 1916-07-29 Charlie Christian, American jazz and swing guitarist (Benny Goodman Sextet), born in Bonham, Texas (d. 1942) [1]
• 1916-08-28 C. Wright Mills, American sociologist and writer (The Power Elite), born in Waco, Texas (d. 1962)
• 1916-11-20 Evelyn Keyes, American actress (Adventure of Martin Eden), born in Port Arthur, Texas (d. 2008)
• 1916-12-04 Lew Jenkins, American boxer (World Lightweight Champion 1940-41), born in Milburn, Texas (d. 1981)
• 1917-02-27 John Connally Jr, American politician, 39th Governor of Texas, and federal treasurer who was critically wounded during the assassination of Kennedy, born in Floresville, Texas (d. 1993)
• 1917-04-11 David Westheimer, American novelist (Von Ryan's Express), born in Houston, Texas (d. 2005)
• 1917-04-17 Bill Clements, American politician, Governor of Texas (1987-91), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2011)
• 1917-06-22 Davey O'Brien, American College Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Heisman Trophy 1938, Texas Christian University; NFL: Philadelphia Eagles), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 1977)
• 1917-09-05 Jack Buetel, American actress (Outlaw, Half Breed), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 1989)
• 1917-09-29 Don Castle, American actor (Born to Speed; The Invisible Wall), and television producer (Lassie), born in Beaumont, Texas (d. 1966)

• 1918-03-15 Janet Leach, potter, born in Grand Saline, Texas (d. 1997)
• 1918-04-07 Ronald Howard, British actor (Naked Edge, Come September, Murder She Said), born in Norwood, England (d. 1996)
• 1918-05-05 Erbie Bowser, American blues and jazz pianist, born in Davila, Texas (d. 1995)
• 1918-05-10 Dr. T Berry Brazelton, American child development paediatrician, author, TV host (What Every Baby Knows), who developed the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS), born in Waco, Texas (d. 2018)
• 1918-07-25 Nan Grey [Eschal Miller], American actress (Three Smart Girls, Dracula's Daughters), born in Houston, Texas (d. 1993)
• 1918-09-03 Helen Wagner, American actress (Mister Peepers, As The World Turns), born in Lubbock, Texas (d. 2010)
• 1918-12-10 Anne Gwynne [Marguerite Gwynne Trice], American model and actress (Ride 'em Cowboy, House of Frankenstein), born in Waco, Texas (d. 2003)
• 1919-04-23 Dorian Leigh, American supermodel and icon of the fashion industry, born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 2008)
• 1919-11-10 Bulldog Turner, American Pro/College Football HOF center (Hardin–Simmons Uni; 7 × First-team All-Pro; 4 x Pro Bowl; Chicago Bears), born in Plains, Texas (d. 1998)
• 1920-01-12 James Farmer, American civil rights leader, born in Marshall, Texas (d. 1999)
• 1920-03-22 James Brown, American actor (Objective, Burma!, Rin Tin Tin), born in Desdemona, Texas (d. 1992)
• 1920-06-12 James "Jim" Siedow, American actor (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), born in Cheyenne, Wyoming (d. 2003)
• 1920-06-16 John Howard Griffin, American photographer, journalist and author (Black Like Me), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 1980)
• 1920-07-14 Marijohn Wilkin, American songwriter ("One Day At A Time"), born in Kemp, Texas (d. 2006)
• 1920-07-29 Rodolfo Acosta, Mexican-American character actor (Salón México, The Fugitive, Littlest Outlaw), born in Chamizal, Texas (d. 1974)
• 1920-08-22 Denton Cooley, American heart surgeon (1st artificial heart transplant), born in Houston, Texas (d. 2016)
• 1921-04-26 Jimmy Giuffre, American jazz clarinetist, composer, arranger, and proponent of "free improv" jazz, born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2008)

• 1921-09-05 Jack Valenti, American political advisor and film executive, born in Houston, Texas (d. 2007)
• 1921-09-14 Hughes Rudd, American news anchor (CBS Morning News), born in Waco, Texas (d. 1992)
• 1921-10-16 Matt Batts, MLB catcher (Red Sox), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 2013)
• 1922-03-05 James Noble, American actor (Benson, 1776, Airplane II: The Sequel), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2016)
• 1922-03-08 Cyd Charisse [Tula Finklea], Amesrican dancer and actress (Singin' in the Rain), born in Amarillo, Texas (d. 2008)
• 1922-03-14 Les Baxter, American exotica musician, orchestra leader and composer (Ritual Of The Savage; Born Again), born in Mexia, Texas (d. 1996)
• 1922-04-05 Gale Storm [Josephine Owaissa Cottle], American singer ("I Hear You Knockin'"), and actress (My Little Margie; The Gale Storm Show), born in Bloomington, Texas (d. 2009)
• 1922-07-31 Lucy Killea, American Californian politician who supported pro-choice, born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 2017)
• 1922-08-01 Paul Lambert, American character actor (Executive Suite, Spartacus), born in El Paso, Texas (d. 1997)
• 1922-09-13 Charles Brown, American blues singer and pianist ("Merry Christmas, Baby"), born in Texas City, Texas (d. 1999)
• 1922-12-12 Arthur R. Hawkins, American naval aviator and flying ace (WW II, downed 14 Japanese planes), born in Zavalla, Texas (d. 2004)
• 1922-12-22 Jim Wright, American Democratic politician and Speaker of the House (1987-89), born in Forth Worth, Texas (d. 2015)
• 1923-02-02 Liz Smith [Mary Elizabeth], American journalist and gossip columnist known as "The Grand Dame of Dish" (WNBC, NY Daily News), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2017)
• 1923-04-12 Ann Miller [Johnnie Lucille Collier], American actress, dancer, and singer (On the Town), born in Chireno, Texas (d. 2004)
• 1923-04-22 Aaron Spelling, American television producer (Charlie's Angels), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2006)
• 1923-04-23 Dolph Briscoe, American businessman and 41st Governor of Texas (1973-79), born in Uvalde, Texas (d. 2010)
• 1923-05-03 Ralph Hall, American politician, (oldest to serve in the House of Representatives, Texas 1981-2014), born in Fate, Texas (d. 2019) [1]
• 1923-05-13 (William) "Red" Garland, American jazz pianist (Miles Davis Quintet), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 1984)
• 1923-08-20 Jim Reeves, American country singer ("He'll Have To Go"; "Distant Drums"), and actor (Kimberley Jim), born in Panola County, Texas (d. 1964)
• 1923-10-16 Linda Darnell, American actress (Unfaithfully Yours, A Letter to Three Wives), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 1965)
• 1923-12-25 Louis Lane, American conductor (Akron, 1959-83; Lake Erie Opera, 1964-72), and educator (Cleveland Institute, 1982-2004), born in Eagle Pass, Texas (d. 2016)
• 1924-01-26 Annette Strauss, American philanthropist and politician, born in Houston, Texas (d. 1998)
• 1924-02-10 Randy Van Horne, American vocalist (Nat King Cole Show, The Flintstones, The Jetsons), born in El Paso, Texas (d. 2007)
• 1924-03-23 Bette Nesmith Graham, American inventor (liquid paper), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 1980)
• 1924-05-22 Rita Vidaurri, American Ranchera singer, born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 2019)
• 1924-07-24 Charles K. Johnson, American President of the Flat Earth Society, born in San Angelo, Texas (d. 2001)
• 1924-08-10 Martha Hyer, American actress (Day of the Wolves, Night of the Grizzly), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2014)
• 1924-08-30 Kenny Dorham [McKinley], American jazz trumpeter, born in Fairfield, Texas (d. 1972)
• 1924-09-07 Charles Braswell, American actor (Only Game in Town), born in McKinney, Texas (d. 1974)

• 1924-09-13 Norman Alden, American character actor (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2012)

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