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The "Great Hurricane"
The "Great Hurricane," destroys much of Galveston and kills 6,000 people there -
Oil Found at Spindletop
Oil found by mining engineer Capt. A.F. Lucas at Spindletop near Beaumont catapults Texas into the petroleum age. -
First Military Flight
Lt. Benjamin D. Foulois makes first military air flight in a Wright brothers plane at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. -
World War I Begins
World War I begins. -
Dallas Love Field is Estabilished
Dallas Love Field Public Airport is created. -
World War I Ends
World War I ends. -
DNC Held in Houston
The Democratic National Convention is held in Houston, the first nominating convention held in a Southern city since 1860. -
LULAC Founded in Corpus Christi
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is founded in Corpus Christi. -
Daisy Bradford #3 Well Blows in
The Daisy Bradford #3 well, drilled near Turnertown in Rusk County by wildcatter C.M. (Dad) Joiner, blows in, heralding the discovery of the huge East Texas Oil Field. -
Bonnie and Clyde Killed
Bonnie and Clyde were killed on May 23, 1934, on a desolate road in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. The couple appeared in daylight in an automobile and were shot by a posse of four Texas officers and two Louisiana officers. -
Texas Centennial Exposition Opens in Dallas
Texas Centennial Exposition opens at Dallas' Fair Park; it runs until Nov. 29. -
Explosion Under Rusk County School
A massive explosion, blamed on a natural-gas leak beneath the London Consolidated School building in Rusk County, kills an estimated 296 students and teachers. Subsequent deaths of people injured in the explosion bring the death count to 311. As a result, the Texas legislature requires that a malodorant be added to the odorless gas so that leaks can be more easily detected. -
World War II Begins
Nazi Germany invades Poland and begins World War II. -
World War II Ends
World War II ends. -
SS Grandcamp Explodes
The French-owned SS Grandcamp, carrying ammonium nitrate, explodes in the Texas City harbor, followed the next morning by the explosion of the SS High Flyer. The disaster kills almost 600 and injures at least 4,000 more. The concussion is felt 75 miles away in Port Arthur, and the force creates a 15-foot tidal wave. -
Integrated Circuit Invented
Integrated circuit, developed by Jack Kilby at Texas Instruments, Dallas, is successfully tested, ushering in the semiconductor and electronics age. -
John F. Kennedy Assasinated
President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas; vice president Lyndon B. Johnson succeeds to the office, becoming the 36th US president. -
First Words From the Moon
Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong transmits the first words from the surface of the moon: "Houston, the Eagle has landed." -
NRC is Held in Dallas
The National Republican Convention is held in Dallas -
George W. Bush Becomes President
George W. Bush becomes President of the United States. -
Tropical Storm Allison
Tropical Storm Allison devastates the Houston area. It floods much of the city, including the Central Business District, several cultural institutions, and major hospitals and research facilities in the Texas Medical Center. The storm is called a 500-year event -
9/11
19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners. The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing everyone on board and many others working in the buildings. -
War on Terror Begins
War on Terror begins. The campaign was launched in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks and had the stated objective of eliminating international terrorism. -
Hurrican Rita
Hurricane Rita was the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the most intense tropical cyclone ever observed in the Gulf of Mexico. Rita caused $11.3 billion in damage on the U.S. Gulf Coast in September 2005. Rita was the seventeenth named storm, tenth hurricane, fifth major hurricane, and third Category 5 hurricane of the historic 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. -
Barrack Obama Becomes President
Barrack Obama becomes the first African American President of the United States.
