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Sam Rayburn Middle School History in Context

By damonca
  • Sam Rayburn Junior High School opens

    Sam Rayburn Junior High School opens

    Sam Rayburn Junior High School opens, accepting 7th and 8th grades.

  • KLRN public television station begins broadcasting to San Antonio and Austin

  • Postmaster General announces the new ZIP code master for San Antonio will be 782.

  • The City Planning Commission details plans for a traffic loop encircling the business district and an outer loop encircling the county - what we know today as Loop 410 and 1604.

  • Massive explosion at Medina Air Base shatters windows around San Antonio and is felt as far away as Castroville

  • President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas

    The day before, he and Mrs. Kennedy had been in San Antonio, to dedicate something.

  • San Antonian Ed White becomes the first astronaut to "walk" in space.

  • “Tower of the Americas”, the name suggested by Rosa Gonzalez of Corpus Christi, is chosen as the official name of the 622-foot tall HemisFair tower. Ms. Gonzalez won a three-day expenses-paid stay at the Menger Hotel for herself and her immediate family,

  • Hemisfair '68 opens downtown

  • The University of Texas at San Antonio is established.

  • Principal Harlan retires

    Principal Harlan retires

  • The Riverwalk lights up for Christmas for the first time

  • San Antonio Spurs become members of the National Basketball Association

  • Ingram Park Mall opens

  • Ira Attebury opens fire on the Battle of Flowers Parade crowd, killing 2 and injuring 55, before committing suicide.

  • The first Raul Jimenez Thanksgiving Dinner is held

  • House Bill 72, or "No Pass, No Play", goes into effect

  • Challenger disaster

  • River Center Mall holds Grand Opening

  • Sea World of Texas opens

  • After 112 years, the San Antonio Light newspaper ceases publication

  • Dr. David J. Doyle Library dedicated

    Dr. David J. Doyle Library dedicated

    Rayburn Library
    Pictured: Principal Marquez, Dr. David J. Doyle, Superintendent Dr. John Folks

  • Spurs win their fourth championship in nine years.

    Sweeping the Cleveland Cavaliers

  • The Helotes mulch fire begins, burning for over two months.

  • Rayburn's 50th Anniversary Celebration

    Rayburn's 50th Anniversary Celebration