Texas Today

By blackwidow2002

  • Sweatt v. Painter

    U.S. Supreme Court ruled to integrate the University of Texas Law School.

  • Texas Women Gain the Right to Serve On Juries

  • First Integrated Circuit

    The first integrated circuit was created in Texas Instruments, Dallas, advancing computer science.

  • NASA Opens A Manned Spacecraft Center

    The place where the U.S. was going to send the first person into space.

  • John F. Kennedy is Assassinated in Dallas

    Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as President after the tragedy.

  • Barbara Jordan Becomes the First African American Woman to be Elected into the Texas Senate

  • Neil Armstrong is the First Man on the Moon

    The Apollo 11 was launched into space carrying Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Micheal Collins. As Neil Armstrong took the first step onto the moon he said, "That's one small step for man, one large step for mankind."

  • George H. W. Bush is Elected U.S. President

    He was the second U.S. President from the state of Texas.

  • Ann Richards Becomes the First Female Texas Governor

  • Kay Bailey Hutchison is the First Female U.S. Senator from Texas

  • George W. Bush is Elected U.S. President

    He was the third U.S. President from Texas.

  • Terrorists Hijack Planes and Crash into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a Field in Pennsylvania

    About 3,000 innocent citizens were killed in these attacks - after this tragedy, airport security soared.