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Destroyed a large amount of Galveston and killed 6,000 people.
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Lt. Benjamin D. Foulois makes first military air flight in a Wright brothers plane at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio.
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War started July 28, 1914 and ended November 11, 1918. Began when Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated.
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Texas women win the right to vote in primary elections.
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Miriam "Ma" Ferguson becomes Texas' first woman governor.
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The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is founded in Corpus Christi.
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World War started Sep. 01, 1939 and ended Sep. 2, 1945. Started from Germany's Invasion of Poland.
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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.
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The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston admits its first black student. He was Dr. Herman Aladdin Barnett.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the first Texas-born President of the United States.
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Texas women gain the right to serve on juries.
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President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas; vice president Lyndon B. Johnson succeeds to the office, becoming the 36th US president.
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Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison becomes the first woman to serve as US Senator from Texas.
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Former Texas Gov. George W. Bush elected President of the United States.
