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A Category 4 hurricane that struck Galveston with winds at 145 mph and a 15-foot-deep storm surge. The hurricane killed at least 8,000 people and left another 10,000 homeless. -
The assassination of Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand by Gavrilo Princip who was a Serbian nationalist with connection to the secretive military group known as the Black Hand. The war lasted roughly 4 years. -
Texas legislature passed the 19th amendment which allowed women the right to vote. -
Ma Ferguson was the first woman elected as governor of Texas. Also she was the first woman to serve two terms as governor. -
The war began when Germany invaded Poland. There were unresolved issue from WWI that Adolf Hitler used that to help the German power rise. The war lasted roughly 4 years. -
The Brown v Board of Education ended segregation in public schools. The Supreme Court revealed that the separation of white and African American in public school was inherently unequal. -
John F Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in downtown Dallas. Kennedy was up for reelection so he was campaigning in Texas and wanted to win over Texas. -
The Apollo 11 landed on the moon and Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon. -
The No Pass, No Play law was designed to help influence high school students to pass every class in order to be able to play sports. -
The Federal government and the religious sect known as the Branch Davidians lead by David Koresh had an altercation which ended in a horrible fire. The standoff lasted 51 days and in the end 76 Branch Davidians including 25 children, 2 pregnant women, and the leader David Koresh dying in a house fire.