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Spanish explorer Alonso Alvarex de Pineda maps Texas Coastline.
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Thanksgiving is held near present-day El Paso by Juan de Onate.
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Texas's first recorded hurricane strikes near Galveston.
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First of several large groups of Irish immigrants arrive to settle in South TX.
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The Texas Rangers organization is officially established by Tx's provisional gov.
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In a battle lasting 18 minutes, texan troops led by Sam houston defeat the mexican army commanded by Santa Anna at San Jacinto.
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Republic of Texas is officially recognized by the United States
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The U.S. congress approves and James K. Polk signs the Joint Resolution for the admission of the state of Texas into the Union.Texas becomes the 28th state.
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed ending the two year war with mexico and specifying the location of the international boundary.
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The first railroad to actually begin operation in Texas is chartered by the state government.
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Present state constitution is adopted.
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Sam Houston resigns as governor in protest agaist sucession.
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Texas experiences its coldest winter on record.
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Texas women win the right to vote in primary elections.
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The university of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston admits its first black student.
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Texas women gain the right to serve on juries.
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John Tower wins special election for U.S. senat, becoming the first Republican senator from Texas since Reconstruction.Tower was born in Houston to Joe Z.He served from 1961 until his retirement in January 1985, after which time he was the chairman of the Reagan-appointed Tower Commission that investigated the Iran-Contra Affair.
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Civil Right Act was passed, which allowed great protection of the right for blacks.
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Barbara Jordan of Houston becomes the first black woman elected to the Texas Senate.Her persistence won her a seat in the Texas Senate in 1966.
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The no passs no play rule is part of an education reform package enacted by the Texas Legislature.
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The National Republican convention is held in Dallas.
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Houstonian George Bush is elected president of the united states.
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Democrat Ann Richards becomes the first woman governor of Texas in her own right.
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Republican Kay Bailey Hutchinson becomes the first woman to serve as US senator fromTexas.
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Former Texas Gov. ,George W. Bush elected president of the U.S.
