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1977 - In Houston, the first National Women's Conference began. The event is recognized as a major event in the women's movement in the United States. 1990 - Paul McCartney's birth certificate sold for $18,000 in an auction in Houston, TX. 1999 - Twelve people were killed and 28 injured when a huge bonfire under construction collapsed at Texas ...
161 years ago today on November 18th, 1862. On this day in 1862, John Austin Wharton was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in the Confederate army. Wharton, born in Tennessee in 1828, was brought to Galveston as an infant and spent his early years on a Brazoria County plantation. Before the Civil War he enjoyed a successful career as a ...
118 years ago today on November 6th, 1906. On this day in 1906, Stanley Welch, South Texas politician and "silver-tongued orator of the Southwest," was murdered in Rio Grande City. After settling in Corpus Christi in the 1870s, Welch led the local Democratic party and was a personal friend of James B. Wells Jr., the regional Democratic leader.
1861-08-12 Skirmish at Texas - rebels are attacked by Apache Indians. 1862-10-05 Federal fleet occupies Galveston, Texas. 1863-01-01 Battle of Galveston, Texas-Confederates recapture the city. 1863-09-08 Battle of Sabine Pass Texas: 47 Texas volunteers repel Federal forces. 1863-11-27 -29] Battle at Fort Esperanza, Texas.
Tomorrow in. Misc. History. 1793 - The Louvre Museum, in Paris, opened to the public for the first time. 1887 - Doc Holliday died at the age of 35. The gun fighting dentist died from tuberculosis in a sanitarium in Glenwood Springs, CO. 1933 - The Civil Works Administration was created by executive order by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Oct 2, 2024 · Texas history is responsible for generating some of the most widely recognized symbols and mottos that embody a spirit of liberty and defiance of tyranny. One of special prominence among these symbols was a flag hastily made by two young ladies that bore the immortally defiant words “Come and Take It” and was flown as the first shots of the Texas Revolution rang out on October 2, 1835.
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Aug 9, 2022 · Thus, independence was won in one of the most decisive battles in history. November 1839 – The Texas Congress first met in Austin, the frontier site selected for the capital of the Republic. August 11, 1840 – The Battle of Plum Creek, near present-day Lockhart, ended the boldest and most penetrating Comanche challenge to the Texas Republic.
