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Killed over 6,000 people in Galveston.
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The Mexican Civil War makes it's way across the Texas border. Troops were sent to the boarder but settlers were still ransacked.
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Women win the right to vote in primary elections.
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Prohibition goes into effect in Texas.
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Ma Ferguson become the first woman governor of Texas.
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The Daisy Braford #3 was used to drill in Rusk Country leading to the discovery of the huge East Texas Oil Field.
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A race riot took place in Beaumont resulting in the declaration of martial law.
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A manned spacecraft center opens in Houston.
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John F. Kennedy was assassinated during a parade in Dallas, TX which led to Lyndon B. Johnson becoming the 36th US President.
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The poll tax which originally passed in 1902 was a previous requirement to vote finally was repealed.
