Texas History Timeline (Part 3)

Events 201 - 265 of 265

• 1998-06-07 James Byrd, Jr. is dragged to death by Shawn Allen Berry, Lawrence Russel Brewer, and John William King in Jasper, Texas in a racially-motivated hate crime
• 1998-12-14 64th Heisman Trophy Award: Ricky Williams, Texas (RB)
• 1999-09-08 US Attorney General Janet Reno names former Senator John Danforth to head an independent investigation of the 1993 fire at the Branch Davidian church near Waco, Texas in response to revelations in the film "Waco The Rules of Engagement"

• 1999-11-18 In College Station, Texas, 12 are killed and 27 injured at Texas A&M University when a massive bonfire under construction collapses.
• 2000-03-27 Phillips explosion kills 1 and injures 71 in Pasadena, Texas.
• 2000-12-13 The "Texas 7" escape from the John Connally Unit near Kenedy, Texas later going on a crime spree and killing police officer Aubrey Hawkins
• 2000-12-24 The Texas 7 hold up a sports store in Irving, Texas. Police officer Aubrey Hawkins is shot during the robbery

• 2001-06-05 Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm caused $5.5 billion in damages, making Allison the costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.
• 2002-10-31 A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas formally indicted former Enron Corp. chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer.
• 2003-05-12 Fifty-nine Democratic lawmakers bring the Texas Legislature to a standstill by going into hiding in a dispute over a Republican congressional redistricting plan

• 2003-06-26 The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Lawrence v. Texas that gender-based sodomy laws are unconstitutional.
• 2003-10-04 Red Raiders' quarterback B.J. Symons sets a Big 12 Conference record with 8 touchdown passes, leading Texas Tech to a convincing 59-28 win over Texas A & M

• 2004-11-21 Roger Federer of Switzerland wins back-to-back season-ending Tennis Masters Cup titles with a 6–3, 6–2 victory over Australian Leyton Hewitt in the final in Houston, Texas
• 2005-03-23 Major explosion and fire at the BP's Texas City Refinery kills 15 workers in Texas City, Texas
• 2005-06-01 The longest oil/natural gas explosion in the Houston, Texas area occurs in Crosby, Texas. The drill was owned by the Louisiana Oil and Gas Company.
• 2005-09-24 Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating Beaumont, Texas and portions of southwestern Louisiana.
• 2007-04-20 Johnson Space Center Shooting: A man with a handgun barricades himself in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself.
• 2008-04-04 Raid on Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints owned YFZ Ranch in Texas; 401 children and 133 women taken into state custody
• 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.

• 2009-06-11 Texas mother hit by lightning while standing in her kitchen in her Texas home. Witnesses say lightning came through a light fixture, struck her chest and exited her foot. Survived after three days in hospital.
• 2009-11-05 US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan (US Army Medical Corps) killed 13 and wounded 43 at Fort Hood, Texas in the largest mass shooting ever at a US military installation.

• 2012-11-22 2 people are killed and 120 injured after a 100-vehicle pile-up in dense fog in Texas
• 2012-12-10 78th Heisman Trophy Award: Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M (QB); first freshman to win the award
• 2013-04-17 15 people are killed and 100 are injured after a fertilizer plant explodes in West, Texas
• 2013-08-08 4 people are killed and 4 are wounded in a shooting spree in Dallas, Texas
• 2014-01-03 Tommy Lynn Sells is executed at Texas State Penitentiary, Huntsville, for the murder of nine-year-old Mary Perez, thought to have committed 21 more murders
• 2014-09-30 A case of Ebola Virus reaches Dallas, Texas
• 2015-05-17 Gun fight between rival biker gangs and police in Waco, Texas leaves 9 dead and 18 injured. 170 later arrested for organised crime.
• 2015-07-13 Sandra Bland is found dead in Waller County jail, Texas after spending weekend in jail after a traffic offence. Her family disputes her supposed suicide
• 2015-09-11 Ex-Governor of Texas, Rick Perry becomes the first candidate to drop out of race for the Republican nomination
• 2016-02-02 First case of Zika contracted on US mainland (Texas) and second known sexually transmitted case confirmed in Texas

• 2016-02-25 Tenth Republican presidential candidates debate hosted by CNN, held in Houston, Texas
• 2016-06-27 US Supreme Court strikes down Texas law restricting abortion 5-3
• 2016-07-07 In Dallas Texas, lone gunman shots and kills five police officers, wounding others during a protest march against fatal police shootings of African Americans
• 2016-07-30 Air balloon crashes into power lines near Lockhart, Texas, killing all 16 on board

• 2017-04-29 3 tornadoes hit south east of Dallas, Texas, killing 5
• 2017-07-22 10 die in over-heated tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas in human-trafficking incident
• 2017-08-25 Category 4 Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas northeast of Corpus Christi with 130 m.p.h. winds

• 2017-11-05 Gunman shoots 26 dead and injures 20 at a church in Sunderland Springs, Texas
• 2018-03-18 Serial bomber suspected after fourth bomb goes off in Austin, Texas, injuring two, total bombing death toll, 2 dead, 5 injured
• 2018-03-21 Austin bombing suspect Mark Conditt kills himself in chase with police in Austin, Texas
• 2018-05-18 Santa Fe High School shooting; 17 year-old shooter kills 10 and injures 10 in Santa Fe, Texas
• 2018-06-14 US government confirms 1500 boys being held separated from their parents in Casa Padre, shelter facility for illegal immigrants in a former Walmart in Brownsville, Texas
• 2018-07-16 Historic cemetery (1878-1911) announced discovered near Houston, Texas, containing 95 remains though to be African Americans forced into labour
• 2018-09-17 US border control agent confesses to the murder of four women and assault of another in Laredo, Texas
• 2018-11-06 Record 19 black female judicial candidates all elected in Harris County, Texas, after campaigning together under "Black Girl Magic"
• 2018-12-13 Apple announces new $1 billion campus in Austin, Texas and expansion in other US cities
• 2018-12-15 Affordable Care Act ('Obamacare') ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge in Fort Worth, Texas; later reversed by US Supreme Court
• 2019-01-31 Catholic leaders in Texas name 286 priests and others accused of sexually abusing children, dating back to 1940
• 2019-04-14 11 tornadoes hit US southern states killing eight in Mississippi, Texas and Louisiana
• 2019-08-03 Suspected domestic terrorist shoots and kills 22 and injures 24 at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas
• 2019-08-20 Computer systems in 22 small Texas towns hacked and held to ransom in coordinated attack prompts FBI investigation
• 2019-08-31 Gunman kills seven and injures 22 during high speed chase in Odessa, Texas
• 2019-09-19 Tropical Depression Imelda hits southeast Texas and Louisiana prompting widespread evacuations

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Birthdays 201 - 300 of 994

• 1924-09-18 J. D. Tippit, American police officer murdered by Lee Harvey Oswald shortly after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, born in Texas (d. 1963)
• 1924-10-11 Mal Whitfield, American track athlete (Olympic 3 gold, silver & bronze 1948, 52), born in Bay City, Texas (d. 2015)
• 1924-10-26 Tex Coulter, American NFL defensive lineman (All Pro 1948, 51-52; Pro Bowl 1951-52; NY Giants), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2007)
• 1925-05-24 Pedro Gonzales-Gonzalez, American actor (Rio Bravo), born in Aguilares, Texas (d. 2006)
• 1925-06-20 Audie Murphy, American soldier who was among the most decorated in WW II with 33 medals and actor (To Hell and Back, Whispering Smiths), born in Kingston, Texas (d. 1971)
• 1925-08-16 Fess Parker, American actor (Davy Crockett, Old Yeller), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2010)
• 1925-09-03 Hank Thompson, American country music singer (The Brazos Valley Boys), born in Waco, Texas (d. 2007)
• 1925-09-29 Steve Forrest, American actor (Ben-Dallas, SWAT), born in Huntsville, Texas (d. 2013)
• 1925-10-22 Robert Rauschenberg, American painter (Gloria), born in Port Arthur, Texas (d. 2008)
• 1926-01-12 Ray Price, American country music singer-songwriter, and guitarist ("For the Good Times"; "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me"), born in Perryville, Texas (d. 2013)

• 1926-07-06 Conrad "Nicky" Hilton Jr., American hotel heir and 1st husband of Elizabeth Taylor (1950-51), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 1969)
• 1926-09-16 Thomas "Tommy" Bond, American actor (Butch-Our Gang, Superman), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2005)
• 1926-09-25 Jack Hyles, Independent Baptist pastor (First Baptist Church of Hammond 1959-2001), born in Italy, Ellis County, Texas (d. 2001)
• 1926-10-24 Y. A. Tittle, American NFL quarterback (Baltimore, San Francisco, NY Giants, MVP 1963), born in Marshall, Texas (d. 2017)
• 1926-12-19 Bobby Layne, American College and Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback (3 x NFL champion; 6 x Pro Bowl; Detroit Lions), born in Santa Anna, Texas (d. 1986)
• 1927-01-01 Doak Walker, American College and Pro Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1948; Pro Bowl 1950-51, 53–55; First-team All-Pro 1950–51, 53–54; Detroit Lions), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 1998)
• 1927-02-25 Richard "Dick" Jones, American actor ("Pinocchio "- Pinocchio, The Frontiersman), born in Snyder, Texas (d. 2014)
• 1927-04-01 Amos Milburn, American R&B singer and pianist ("One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer"), born in Houston, Texas (d. 1980)
• 1927-07-23 Elliot McKay See Jr., American engineer and NASA astronaut, born in Dallas, Texas (d. 1966)
• 1927-09-22 Eligio [Kika] De La Garza, American politician (Rep-D-Texas, 1965-97), born in Mercedes, Texas (d. 2017)
• 1927-09-26 Robert Cade, American physician and inventor of Gatorade, born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 2007)
• 1927-10-08 Al Duncan, American blues drummer, born in McKinney, Texas (d. 1995)
• 1928-03-22 Bill Archer, American politician (Rep-R-TX, 1971-2001), born in Houston, Texas
• 1928-04-16 Dick 'Night Train' Lane, American Pro Football HOF cornerback (7 x Pro Bowl; 7 x First-team All-Pro; LA Rams, Chicago Cardinals, Detroit Lions), born in Austin, Texas (d. 2002)
• 1928-04-29 Carl Gardner, American pop-rock vocalist (The Coasters - "Yakety Yak"), born in Tyler, Texas (d. 2011)
• 1928-08-10 Jimmy Dean, American country and rockabilly singer ("Big Bad John"), television host (Jimmy Dean Show), actor (Diamonds Are Forever), and sausage maker, born in Plainview, Texas (d. 2010)
• 1928-08-29 Thomas Stewart, American bass-baritone (La Roche Capriccio), born in San Saba, Texas (d. 2006)
• 1928-10-02 Spanky McFarland, American actor (Our Gang; The Little Rascals), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 1993)
• 1928-10-27 Kyle Rote, College Football HOF halfback (SMU; 4 × Pro Bowl; NY Giants) and broadcaster (WNEW, NBC, WNBC New York), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 2002)
• 1928-11-11 Ernestine Anderson, American jazz vocalist and blues singer, born in Houston, Texas (d. 2016)
• 1928-12-02 Dan Jenkins, American author, sportswriter (Sports Illustrated), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2019)
• 1928-12-10 Dan Blocker, American actor Cimarron City - "Tiny"; Bonanza - "Hoss"), born in DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas (d. 1972)
• 1928-12-31 Amarillo Slim [Thomas Preston], American hall of fame professional poker player (1971 World Series main event), born in Amarillo, Texas (d. 2012)
• 1929-01-14 Billy Walker, American country music singer and guitarist ("Charlie's Shoes"), born in Ralls, Texas (d. 2006)
• 1929-02-28 Hayden Fry, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (SMU 1962-72, North Texas State University 1973-78, University of Iowa 1979-98), born in Eastland, Texas (d. 2019)
• 1929-03-07 Yvonne Chouteau, Native American dancer (one of the "five Moons" of Oklahoma), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2016)
• 1929-07-05 Katherine Helmond, American actress and director (Soap, Mona-Who's the Boss), born in Galveston, Texas (d. 2019)
• 1929-08-12 (Alvis) "Buck" Owens, American "Bakersfield Sound" country singer-songwriter ("Under Your Spell Again"), bandleader (The Buckaroos - "Act Naturally"), and TV personality (Hee Haw), born in Sherman, Texas (d. 2006)
• 1929-08-22 Harry McPherson, presidential counsel (Lyndon Johnson) and lobbyist, born in Tyler, Texas (d. 2012)
• 1929-09-12 Harvey Schmidt, American musical theatre composer (The Fantasticks; 110 In the Shade), and illustrator, born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2018)
• 1929-10-11 Curtis Amy, American jazz and session saxophonist ("Way Down"), born in Houston, Texas (d. 2002)
• 1930-01-05 Edward Galven Givens Jr., Major USAF/astronaut, born in Quanah, Texas (d. 1967)
• 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)
• 1930-02-23 Bobby Dillon, American NFL defensive back (second to record 50 interceptions), born in Temple, Texas (d. 2019)

• 1930-04-28 James Baker, American Secretary of the Treasury (1985-88), Secretary of State (1989-92), born in Houston, Texas

• 1930-09-08 Emilio Azcarraga Milmo, American Mexican media tycoon (Televisa), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 1997)
• 1930-09-17 Edgar Mitchell, NASA astronaut (Apollo 14), born in Hereford Texas (d. 2016)
• 1930-10-11 Sam Johnson, American politician (US Representative from Texas, 1991-2019), USAF pilot (Korean War, Vietnam), and POW (1966-73), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 2020)
• 1930-10-24 The Big Bopper [Jiles Perry Richardson], American radio disc jockey, singer and songwriter (Chantilly Lace; White Lightning), born in Sabine Pass, Texas (d. 1959)
• 1930-10-31 Booker Ervin, American saxophonist (Charles Mingus), born in Denison, Texas (d. 1970)
• 1930-11-14 Edward H White II, Lt Col USAF/astronaut (Gemini 4), born in San Antonio, Texas
• 1930-11-24 Yale Lary, American NFL safety Hall of Famer (Detroit Lions), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2017)
• 1930-12-29 Glenn Reeves, American rockabilly singer-songwriter (co-wrote "Heartbreak Hotel"), and radio deejay, born in Shamrock, Texas (d. 1998)
• 1931-01-05 Alvin Ailey, African-American dancer and choreographer (American Dance Theater), born in Rogers, Texas (d. 1989)
• 1931-01-05 Walt Davis, American athlete (Olympic gold high jump 1952) and basketball center (NBA C'ship 1956, 58; Philadelphia Warriors, St. Louis Hawks), born in Beaumont, Texas (d. 2020)

• 1931-02-06 Rip Torn [Elmore Rual Torn Jr], American actor, voice artist and comedian (Cross Creek, The Larry Sanders Show), born in Temple, Texas (d. 2019)
• 1931-04-04 Bobby Ray Inman, American admiral and intelligence director, born in Rhonesboro, Texas
• 1931-05-06 Marvin Leath, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 11th district), born in Henderson, Texas (d. 2000)

• 1931-08-31 Noble Willingham, American actor (Walker, Texas Ranger; The Corndog Man), born in Mineola, Texas (d. 2004)
• 1931-09-01 Boxcar Willie [Travis Martin], American soldier (USAF) and singer ("King of the Road"), born in Ellis County, Texas (d. 1999)
• 1931-09-12 George Jones, American country singer-songwriter ("Golden Rings"; "Oh Lonesome Me"), born in Saratoga, Texas (d. 2013)

• 1931-10-13 Eddie Mathews, American Baseball HOF third baseman (512 career HRs; 12 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1957, 68; Boston/Milwaukee Braves) and manager (Atlanta Braves 1972-74), born in Texarkana, Texas (d. 2001)

• 1931-12-16 Shelby Singleton, American record label owner and producer (Smash Records, Mercury Records), born in Waskom, Texas (d. 2009)
• 1932-01-03 Dabney Coleman, American Emmy Award-winning character actor (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman - "Mayor Jeeter"; 9 to 5; Buffalo Bill; Boardwalk Empire), born in Austin, Texas (d. 2024) [1]
• 1932-02-04 Ivan Davis, Jr., American concert pianist, and teacher, born in Electra,Texas (d. 2018)
• 1932-03-15 Alan Bean, American Naval captain and astronaut (Ap 12, Skylab 3, 4th to walk on the moon), born in Wheeler, Texas (d. 2018)

• 1932-05-06 Leon Hughes, American pop-rock singer (The Coasters - "Young Blood"), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2023) [1]
• 1932-05-14 [Donald William] Bob Johnston, American music producer (Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Simon & Garfunkel), born in Hillsboro, Texas (d. 2015)
• 1932-05-25 K. C. Jones, American Basketball Hall of Fame point guard (Olympic gold 1956; NBA C'ship 1959–66, Boston Celtics) and coach (NBA C'ship 1984, 86; Boston Celtics), born in Taylor, Texas (d. 2020)
• 1932-05-30 Pauline Oliveros, American avant garde composer (Sound Patterns), born in Houston, Texas (d. 2016)
• 1932-06-06 David R Scott, American USAF Colonel and astronaut (Gem 8, Apol 9, 15), born in San Antonio, Texas
• 1932-07-01 Bobby Day [Robert Byrd], American rock vocalist ("Rockin' Robin"), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 1990)
• 1932-07-16 Max McGee, American football wide receiver, punter (NFL C'ship 1961, 62, 65, 66, 67; Super Bowl I, II; Pro Bowl 1961; Green Bay Packers), born in Overton, Texas (d. 2007)
• 1932-09-29 Robert Benton, American screenwriter and director (Kramer vs Kramer), born in Waxahachie, Texas
• 1932-10-28 Suzy Parker, American model and actress (Chamber of Horrors), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 2003)
• 1932-11-20 John Barnes Chance, American composer, born in Beaumont, Texas (d. 1972)
• 1932-12-20 John Hillerman, American actor (Magnum PI; Chinatown; Blazing Saddles), born in Denison, Texas (d. 2017)
• 1933-01-11 Goldie Hill, American country singer (Grand Ole Opry; "I Let the Stars Get In My Eyes"), born in Karnes County, Texas (d. 2005)
• 1933-02-27 Raymond Berry, American Pro Football HOF split end (NFL C'ship 1958, 59 Baltimore Colts; First-team All-Pro 1958, 59, 60; 6 × Pro Bowl) and coach (New England Patriots 1984–89), born in Corpus Christi, Texas
• 1933-03-08 Johnny Dollar, American country and rockabilly singer, born in Kilgore, Texas (d. 1986)
• 1933-03-09 W. Francis McBeth, American composer (Of Sailors and Whales), conductor, and pedagogue (Ouachita Baptist University, 1957-96), born in Ropesville, Texas (d. 2012)

• 1933-05-04 J. Fred Duckett, American sports announcer (Houston Astros, Rice University, US Track & Field) and teacher, born in Houston, Texas (d. 2007)
• 1933-06-01 Charles Wilson, American politician (Rep-D-TX, 1973-97), born in Trinity, Texas (d. 2010)
• 1933-06-29 John Bradshaw, American theologian, born in Houston, Texas (d. 2016)
• 1933-07-20 Buddy Knox, American rock vocalist ("Party Doll"; "Lovey Dovey"), born in Happy, Texas (d. 1999)
• 1933-08-08 Joe Tex [Joseph Arrington, Jr.], American soul musician ("Hold What You've Got"; "I Gotcha"), born in Rogers, Texas (d. 1982)
• 1933-08-23 Robert Curl, American chemist (Nobel 1996), born in Alice, Texas

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