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In 1492 Columbus sailed to America. He landed in the Philipines. Then he explored America's coast and found Texas.
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Alverez de Pineda explored the Texas coast. This was practically how Texas started out. He shaped Texas like this.
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This year Cabeza De Vaca Shipwrecked in Galveston.
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This year a Thanksgiving was held at El Paso.
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This day La Salle went crazy. He killed his own men. There wasn't an exact place.
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This year in Texas Los Adaes became the new capital of Texas.
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Even though Los Adaes became the capital the year before San Antonio became the new capital this year.
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Father Hidalgo takes a group to sieze a prison. The prison has a bunch of innocent people in it.
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This year the first newspaper came out. First one in Texas. This was in Gaceta de, Texas.
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Near this time Europe was really struggling with potatoes. So a lot of Irish people came to America. This was called the Potatoe Fammin.
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This was the first bloodshed of the Texas Revolution. We fought hard in this battle. Even though we lost we still got Texas.
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This day the declaration of Texas was signed. It was signed on Washington-on-the-Brazos. This freed rule Mexico.
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This was the 3 day long alamo attack. No reinforcements. They lost the battle be we won the war.
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This was the Runaway Scrape. This is when Natives ran away. The name got itself from how they left their homes when they ran.
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18 minutes. That's all it took for Texas to defeat Santa Anna. Which was a surprise to all.
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This was the last battle of the Civil War. Even though the Confederacy won the Union won the battle. This was fought at Palimento Ranch in Texas.
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Reconstruction ended on this day.
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A deadly hurricane killing 6,000. It was in Galveston, Texas. This was the deadliest hurricane in the U.S. back then.
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This was one of the worst tornadoes. Killing 114 people it has made records. This was in Goliad.
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This dust storm was the worst recorded in the U.S. It was on Black Sunday. In Perryton, Texas.
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This was the highest tempurature in Texas. It reached 120'f. This was in Seymour, Texas.
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This day the university got their first black student. His name was Herman Sweatt. He majored in law.
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This was the day that JFK was shot and killed. Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. Lyndon Johnson became president.
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This day changed UT. This was the day Charles Whitman shot people of the tower in UT. He killed 17 people.
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This year was the least amount of rain. Starting at July 1st going all the way to September 22nd. No rain for 84 days. This was around the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.
