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The Battle of Palo Alto, the first major fight of the Mexican War, results in a U.S. victory
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Lone Star Fair, Corpus Christi, May, 1852",
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Columbus "Dad" Joiner, who finds the East Texas Oil Field, is born in Alabama.
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Civil war
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John Wiles Booth gets shot at a Tobacco Barn in Virginia!
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13 May 1865 -- The last land engagement of the Civil War was fought at the Battle of Palmito Ranch in far south Texas, more than a month after Gen. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA
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17 January 1874 -- Coke-Davis Dispute ended peacefully in Austin as E. J. Davis relinquished the governor's office. Richard Coke began a democratic party dynasty in Texas that continued unbroken for over 100 years.
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15 September 1883 -- The University of Texas opened its doors in Austin for its inaugural session. First courses were offered in the Academic Department and a Law Department.
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10 January 1901 -- The discovery of "black gold" at the Spindletop oil field near Beaumont launched Texas into a century of oil exploration, electronics, and manned space travel.
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Martin Luther King Jr was a teen!
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11 August 1840 -- The Battle of Plum Creek, near present-day Lockhart, ended the boldest and most penetrating Comanche challenge to the Texas Republic.
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Runner Bobby Morrow of San Benito wins three gold medals at the Olympics.
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Football player Earl Campbell is born in Tyler.
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The Texas City Disaster claims hundreds of lives
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911
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Spends to much money
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3 January 1823 -- Stephen F. Austin received a grant from the Mexican government and began colonization in the region of the Brazos River
