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massive 200 yard spider web discovered in Lake Tawakoni State Park, Eastern Texas, United States. The web is stretched across a 200 yard section of a nature...

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Marshall is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located near the Louisiana and Arkansas borders in the Ark-La-Tex region. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, Marshall...

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The Texas Ranger Division, commonly known as the Texas Rangers, is a law enforcement agency with statewide jurisdiction based in Austin, the capital city...

Marshall is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located near the Louisiana and Arkansas borders in the Ark-La-Tex region. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, Marshall...

generally divided into North Texas, East Texas, Central Texas, South Texas, and West Texas, but according to the Texas Almanac, Texas has four major physical...

San Antonio is the second-most populous city in the state of Texas and seventh-most populous in the United States. As of the 2005 U.S. Census estimate...

The Texas State Cemetery is a cemetery located on about 22 acres (8.9 ha) just east of downtown Austin, the capital of Texas. Originally the burial place...

The Republic of Texas was a short-lived country in North America between the United States and Mexico that existed from 1836 to 1845. Formed as a break-away...

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the western area of the U.S. State of Texas. It is the principal city of and is included in the Midland, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is...

of Smith County in East Texas, United States. The city is named for President John Tyler in recognition of his support for Texas' admission to the United...

was a key figure in the history of Texas, including periods as President of the Republic of Texas, Senator for Texas after it joined the Union, and finally...

The Texas oil boom, sometimes called the gusher age, was a period of dramatic change and economic growth in the U.S. state of Texas during the early 20th...

The University of Texas at Austin, often called UT or Texas, is the flagship institution for the State Of Texas. The main campus is located less than...

Texas A&M Aggies is the name given to the sports teams of Texas A&M University. Texas A&M was a charter member of the Southwest Conference until its dissolution...

gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in the U.S. state of Texas have some protections in state law but may face legal and social challenges...

Dell Inc., an American computer hardware company based in Round Rock, Texas, develops, manufactures, supports, and markets a wide range of personal computers...

the name of the mascot of the sports teams at the University of Texas at Austin, a Texas longhorn steer with burnt orange coloring. The current Bevo is...

state capital of Texas and the county seat of Travis County. Situated in the region of Central Texas, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 16th-largest...

First Lady of the United States from 1963-1969. She was born in Karnack, Texas to Minnie Patillo-Taylor (1868-1918) and T.J. Taylor. Her nickname of "Lady...

The Texas longhorn is a breed of cattle known for its characteristic horns, which can extend to six feet in width and have a slight upward turn at their...

park, Six Flags Over Texas, was built halfway between the cities of Fort Worth and Dallas in Arlington (Tarrant County), Texas. The park took its name...

Tropical Storm Allison was a tropical storm that devastated southeast Texas in June of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season. The first storm of the season...

The Texas State Capitol at night Photo credit: Larry D. Moore (User:Nv8200p) Image:TMD-393.jpg Image:LlanoEstacadoShadedRelief.jpg Houston Museum of Natural...

The Texas Revolution was fought from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836 between Mexico and the Tejas portion of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas....

King Ranch, located in south Texas between Corpus Christi, Texas and Brownsville, Texas, is one of the world's largest ranches (larger than Rhode Island)...

a city in Taylor County, Texas. The population was 115,930 at the 2000 census. It is the principal city of the Abilene, Texas, Metropolitan Statistical...

common to several North American species of Lupinus, is the state flower of Texas. They typically grow about 0.3 m (1 ft) tall. The name is possibly derived...

Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, within the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population...

of Texas. According to the 2005 U.S. Census population estimates, the city had a population of 598,590, making it the sixth-largest city in Texas and...

Southwest Airlines, Inc. based in Dallas, Texas, is a low-fare airline in the United States. It is the third-largest airline in the world by number of...

doctor, businessman, congressman, and the last president of the Republic of Texas, sometimes called the "Architect of Annexation." Jones was born in Great...

Wind power in Texas consists of many wind farms with a total installed nameplate capacity of some 7,116 megawatts (MW) from over 40 different projects...

The Texas State Capitol, located in Austin, Texas, is the fourth building to serve as the seat of Texas government. Originally designed by Elijah E. Myers...

Texas Revolution and was killed at the Battle of the Alamo. He was born in Kentucky, and spent most of his life in Louisiana before moving to Texas and...

"The First Lady of Texas", was an American philanthropist, patron and collector of the arts, and one of the most respected women in Texas during the 20th...

mi) Texas border segment. The river has, since 1845, marked the boundary between Mexico and the United States from the twin cities of El Paso, Texas, and...

1851-March 3, 1906) Born near Rusk, Texas, Hogg was a Texas lawyer and statesman, and the first native to become Governor of Texas. Hogg is often remembered for...

...that Texas produces the most helium in the United States, all won from the Cliffside gas field near Amarillo? ...that the Temple Daily Telegram is...

Brownsville is a city in Cameron County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 139,722. It is the county seat of Cameron County. Brownsville...

McAllen is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas. It is located at the very southern tip of Texas in an area known as the Rio Grande Valley. As of the 2000 census...

Texas A&M University, the first public institution of higher education in Texas, began in 1871, when the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas...

Michael Saul Dell (born February 23, 1965 in Houston, Texas) is the founder of Dell, Inc.. Dell is the son of an orthodontist and grew up in a well-to-do...

Goliad was the second skirmish of the Texas Revolution. In the early-morning hours of October 10, 1835, rebellious Texas settlers attacked the Mexican Army...

debilitating and eccentric behavior later in life. Hughes was born in Houston, Texas, on December 24, 1905, although some biographers dispute this date. His...

Denton is the county seat of Denton County, Texas. Located at the northern edge of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area, the city's population was...

To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World, commonly referred to as the Victory or Death letter, is an open letter written on February 24, 1836...

of former mission and fortress compound, now a museum, in San Antonio, Texas. The compound, which originally comprised a church and surrounding buildings...

Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, TA&M, or TAMU) is a public land-grant research university in College Station, Texas, United States. It was founded...

contests for public elementary and secondary schools in the American state of Texas. Activities range from American football to marching band competitions....

and a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the region known as South Texas. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city had a population...

Irving is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within Dallas County. According to the 2000 U.S. census, the city population was 191,615. Irving is...

in and the county seat of Tom Green County, Texas. It is also the principal city of the 'San Angelo, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area' which encompasses...

Amarillo is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Potter County. A portion of the city extends into Randall County. As of the 2000...

region in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. It is the fastest-growing city in Texas—growing more than 158 percent...

Lubbock is the 10th-most populous city in the state of Texas and the county seat of Lubbock County. The city is located in the northwestern part of the...

a train and bank robber. Born in Indiana in 1851, Bass moved to Denton, Texas, as a young adult. He acquired a prized racing mare and made his living...

Houston is the largest city in the state of Texas and the fourth-largest in the United States. The city covers more than 600 sq mi (1,600 km2) and is...

April 1836 and were the evacuations by Texas residents fleeing the Mexican Army of Operations during the Texas Revolution, from the Battle of the Alamo...

The Grass Fight was a small battle during the Texas Revolution, fought between the Mexican Army and the Texian Army. The battle took place on November...

until 2015? ...that Santa Fe Railroad's Texas Chief service introduced in 1948 connecting Chicago and Galveston, Texas, was the first Santa Fe "Chief" outside...

between 1909 to around 1914, served as the first district attorney for Texas's 70th judicial district, with jurisdiction over eleven western counties...

February 27, 1836, between Texian rebels and the Mexican army, during the Texas Revolution. The battle occurred as a result of the outgrowth of the Texian...

The French colonization of Texas started in 1685 when Robert Cavelier de La Salle intended to found the colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River,...

The Fightin' Texas Aggie Band (also known as the Noble Men of Kyle or just the Aggie Band) is the official marching band of Texas A&M University. Composed...

1917 – June 15, 1993) was a powerful American politician from the state of Texas. He was first a member of the Democratic Party, and in 1973, at the height...

The 2005 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season, winning the Big...

Limits Music Festival is a three-day music and art festival in Austin, Texas, produced by Capital Sports & Entertainment and Charles Attal Presents,...

Plano Senior High School is a public secondary school in Plano, Texas, United States, serving students in grades 11–12. The school is part of the Plano...

for the Sprint Cup. It was held on November 8, 2009, at Texas Motor Speedway, in Fort Worth, Texas, before a crowd of 167,000. Kurt Busch of the Penske Racing...

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between the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, and is the busiest airport in Texas. In terms of aircraft movements, it is the third busiest airport in the...

Dell Inc. an American computer hardware company based in Round Rock, Texas, develops, manufactures, supports, and markets a wide range of personal computers...

The COVID-19 pandemic in Texas is a part of the viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute...

mid-May 2013. This event occurred just days after a deadly outbreak struck Texas and surrounding southern states on May 15. On May 16, a slow moving trough...

of Chester Bernhard and Anna (Henke) Nimitz, was born in Fredericksburg, Texas, where his house is now a museum. He was significantly influenced by his...

historian J.R. Edmondson describes as "the first major engagement of the Texas Revolution", occurred on the grounds of Mission Concepción, 2 miles (3.2 km)...

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Credit: User:Rei The Comal River, at Schlitterbahn, New Braunfels, Texas....

Credit: User:Joyous! Big Tex has presided over every Texas State Fair since 1952....

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Wichita Falls is a city in Wichita County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 104,197. It is the principal city of the Wichita...

Dallas is the third-most-populous city in the state of Texas and the ninth-most-populous in the United States. The city is also large in geographic area...

Credit: User:Ichabod Dr Pepper Museum in Waco, Texas. Damage inflicted by the 1953 Waco Tornado can be clearly seen in the newer, lighter bricks along...

Richardson is a city in Dallas County and Collin County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 91,803. The city of Buckingham...

Beaumont is a city and county seat of Jefferson County, Texas, and is within the Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area. As of the 2000 U.S. census, the...

Bank. 1836 - Texas Revolution: Goliad massacre - Antonio López de Santa Anna orders the Mexican army to kill about 400 Texans at Goliad, Texas. 1846 - Mexican–American...

have been nominated for an Academy Award. Harrelson was born in Midland, Texas to Charles Voyde Harrelson and Diane Lou Oswald, who divorced in 1964; he...

is the first Republican to have served as governor of the U.S. state of Texas since Reconstruction. He served two nonconsecutive terms from 1979-1983...

Waco is the county seat of McLennan County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 113,726. The Waco MSA consists of McLennan...

Jeana Yeager (born May 18, 1952 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an aviator, most famous for flying with Dick Rutan on a non-stop, non-refueled flight around...

satirical name given to the coastal city of Galveston in the U.S. state of Texas during the early-to-mid-20th century. Today, the term is sometimes used...

Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas and the 19th-largest in the United States. The city is also large in geographic area as it...

Gregory Alan Maddux (born April 14, 1966, in San Angelo, Texas, USA) is a pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team. He is one of only nine pitchers...

1912 – July 29, 1997) was a professional golfer, who was born in Dublin, Texas, he began caddying at the age of eleven and started as a professional golfer...

17-year-old African American farmhand who was lynched in the county seat of Waco, Texas, on May 15, 1916, in what became a well-known example of lynching. Washington...

Steven James Williams (born December 18, 1964 in Victoria, Texas), better known by his ring name Stone Cold Steve Austin, is an American actor and former...

"Holley" was engraved on his headstone. Buddy Holly was born in Lubbock, Texas to Lawrence Odell Holley and Ella Pauline Drake. The Holleys were a musical...

slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary is still officially celebrated in Texas and 13 other contiguous...

born to Emmett and Josie Bell Murphy (née Killian), two poor sharecroppers. He grew up near Celeste, Texas. He died in an airplane crash in May 1971....

founded in New York City. 1923 – Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas. 1933 – The New York City-based Postal...

Davidian ranch, the Mount Carmel Center. David Koresh was born in Houston, Texas to a 15-year-old single mother. He never knew his father and was raised...

camp Oflag IVc . 1947 - Texas City Disaster: An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost...

debilitating and eccentric behavior later in life. Hughes was born in Houston, Texas, on December 24, 1905, although some biographers dispute this date. His...

1863, and was the result of a Union expedition into Confederate-controlled Texas during the American Civil War. It has often been credited as the most one-sided...

(purge) The U.S. state of Texas has a series of estuaries along its coast on the Gulf of Mexico, most of them bounded by the Texas barrier islands. Estuaries...

the acceleration of the war in Vietnam. Johnson was born in Stonewall, Texas, on August 27, 1908, in a small farmhouse in a poor area on the Pedernales...

The Frost Bank Tower is a skyscraper in Austin, Texas, United States. Standing 515 feet (157 m) tall with 33 floors, it is the 15th tallest building in...

The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 made landfall on the city of Galveston, Texas, on September 8, 1900. It had estimated winds of 135 miles per hour at landfall...

House of Representatives. 1999 – In College Station, Texas, 12 are killed and 27 injured at Texas A&M University when the 59-foot-tall (18 m) Aggie Bonfire...

Big Bend National Park is a national park located in Texas. For more than 1,000 miles (1600 km) the Rio Grande / Río Bravo forms the international boundary...

three-story courthouse building in the city of Cooper, in Delta County, Texas, United States. The building is located at 200 West Dallas Avenue, and functions...

Governor of Texas, a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War, and a president of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. As a...

designated world's fair held in the Southwest United States. San Antonio, Texas, hosted the fair from April 6 through October 6, 1968. More than 30 nations...

Stoddart. 1846 - In Austin, Texas, the newly-formed Texas state government is officially installed. The Republic of Texas government officially transfers...

The Texas Oil Boom, was a period of dramatic change and economic growth in U.S. State of Texas during the early 20th century that began with the discovery...

International Airport is a mixed-use commercial airport located in Travis County, Texas, 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Austin. The airport began passenger service...

October • November • December Events 1836 - Texas Revolution: Battle of San Jacinto – Republic of Texas forces under Sam Houston defeat troops under...

Aransas Bay is a bay on the Texas Gulf Coast, approximately 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Corpus Christi, and 173 miles (278 km) south of San Antonio...

The 2005 Texas Longhorns football team represented The University of Texas at Austin during the college football season of 2005–2006, winning the Big...

Tropical Storm Allison was a tropical storm that devastated southeast Texas in June of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season. The first storm of the season...

The 2007 Texas Longhorn football team (variously "Texas" or "UT" or the "Horns") represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2007–2008 college...

an American engineering and construction firm, headquartered in Irving, Texas. It is a holding company that provides services through its subsidiaries...

The 2006 Alamo Bowl was a bowl game that faced the Texas Longhorns against the Iowa Hawkeyes as part of the 2006–2007 bowl season. The game was played...

The 2005 Oklahoma vs. Texas football game, played October 8, 2005, was the 100th meeting between the Texas Longhorns and the Oklahoma Sooners. This annual...

Retrieved January 10, 2007. "Texas Transportation Pioneer Inducted into Hall of Honor". Texas Transportation Researcher. Texas A&M Transportation Institute...

all 290 people aboard. 1994 – The deadliest day in Texas traffic history, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Forty six people were killed...

Wind power in Texas consists of many wind farms with a total installed nameplate capacity of 12,355 MW from over 40 different projects. Texas produces the...

To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World is an open letter written on February 24, 1836, by William B. Travis, commander of the Texian forces...

October • November • December Events 1836 - Texas Revolution: A day after the Battle of San Jacinto forces under Texas General Sam Houston capture Mexican General]Antonio...

Bowl 2005 Texas Longhorns football team 2006 Chick-fil-A Bowl 2007 ACC Championship Game Portal:College football/Selected article/1 The 2005 Texas Longhorns...

Ryan and his son Reid pitch against each other as the Texas Rangers take on the University of Texas at Austin. 1991 - The Chicago White Sox sign free agent...

Jim Bowie played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution, culminating in his death at the Battle of the Alamo. Countless stories of him as a fighter...

Tropical Storm Allison was a tropical storm that devastated southeast Texas in June of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season. The first storm of the season...

Brewery began in 1909 in Shiner, Texas as the Shiner Brewing Association, and is the oldest independent brewery in Texas. In 1914 a German immigrant brewer...

2007 •2008 •2009 •Article • Picture • Nominations edit  Texas fans celebrate and confetti flies in the 2006 Rose Bowl after defeating the USC Trojans...

August • September • October • November • December March: AggieCon (Texas) All-Con (Texas) BabelCon (Louisiana) CoastCon (Mississippi) DeepCon (Italy) I-CON...

To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World is an open letter written on February 24, 1836, by William B. Travis, commander of the Texian forces...

The 2005 Texas vs. Ohio State football game, played September 10, 2005, was the first-ever meeting between The University of Texas at Austin and The Ohio...

the governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. Born into the prominent Bush family in New Haven, Connecticut, Bush flew warplanes in the Texas Air National Guard...

slavery-free. 1836 - Texas Revolution: Battle of the Alamo - After a 13-day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers defending...

The 2006 Alamo Bowl was a bowl game that faced the Texas Longhorns against the Iowa Hawkeyes as part of the 2006–2007 bowl season. The game was played...

October • November • December Events 1837 – Houston, Texas is incorporated by the Republic of Texas. 1851 – Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti–slavery serial...

The World's largest Texas flag is unfolded at the 2007 matchup of the Texas Longhorns and Texas Tech Red Raiders...

The 2005 Oklahoma vs. Texas football game, played October 8, 2005, was the 100th meeting between the Texas Longhorns and the Oklahoma Sooners. This annual...

colonists in Mexican Texas. Delegates sought reforms from the Mexican government and hoped to quell the widespread belief that settlers in Texas wished to secede...

The 2005 Texas Longhorn football team (variously "Texas", "UT" or the "Horns") represented the University of Texas at Austin during the college football...

The Interstate Highways in Texas cover 3,233.4 miles (5,203.7 km) in the state. The freeways are maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation...

El Paso, Texas against a leading politician, supported by the Texas Rangers. The struggle climaxed with the siege and surrender of 20 Texas Rangers to...

of Texas in the 2010 election. In 1967, Chavez-Thompson became a secretary on the staff of the Construction Laborer's Local 1253 in Lubbock, Texas (Laborers'...

The 2005 Texas Longhorns football team (variously "Texas" or "UT" or the "Horns") represented the University of Texas at Austin in the college football...

more) edit  The 2005 Texas Longhorns football team (variously "Texas" or "UT" or the "Horns") represented the University of Texas at Austin in the college...

– The longest oil/natural gas explosion in the Houston, Texas area occurred in Crosby, Texas. The drill was owned by the Louisiana Oil and Gas Company...

playoffs? ...that the 2008 Texas Longhorns of The University of Texas at Austin played the Miners of University of Texas El Paso for the first time in...

moved through the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico before striking central Texas as a strong Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale....

1846 – In Austin, Texas, the newly-formed Texas state government is officially installed. The Republic of Texas government officially transfers power...

Texas. During his two terms, he oversaw the dedication of the new Texas State Capitol, resolved the Jaybird-Woodpecker War, and became the only Texas...

Battle of Sabine Pass, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas. 1883 – The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was completed in...

12 Conference (behind Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium at the University of Texas and Kyle Field at Texas A&M University). The record attendance...

Texas, mostly from strong winds, as well as extensive beach erosion. Because of the damage, President George W. Bush declared portions of South Texas...

Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003), is a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that U.S. state laws criminalizing...

The 2005 Texas vs. Ohio State football game, played September 10, 2005, was the first-ever meeting between The University of Texas at Austin and The Ohio...

States. Bush was also the first lady of Texas from 1995 to 2000 when her husband was governor. Born in Midland, Texas, Bush graduated from Southern Methodist...

1953 – The 1953 Waco tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado hits downtown Waco, Texas, killing 114. 1969 – Vietnam War: Operation Apache Snow – Near the Laos...

Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General...

Network) 2015 Texas–Oklahoma flood and tornado outbreak Dozens of people are rescued in the US state of Texas. The death toll from floods in Texas and Oklahoma...

President of the United States from 2001 to 2009. He was the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000 before being sworn in as President on January 20, 2001...

nineteenth-century American pioneer and soldier, played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution, culminating in his death at the Battle of the Alamo. Countless...

foreign kingdom, place, or country." 1836 - Texas Revolution: Declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico. 1861 - Nevada Territory and...

Bobak (talk · contribs) Idaho's Kibbie Dome Nominated by Bobak (talk · contribs) Texas' Quan Cosby catches a touchdown pass from Colt McCoy, over the outstretched...

1855 – Texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas. 1859...

Photo credit: Johntex The 2007 Texas Longhorns football team takes the field at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium for their opening game against Arkansas...

of former mission and fortress compound, now a museum, in San Antonio, Texas. The compound, which originally comprised a church and surrounding buildings...

destroyed areas of downtown Waco, Texas, killing 114 people. 1970: Seventeen years to the day after the deadliest tornado in Texas history, another tornado struck...

The cyclone then weakened before moving into Texas as a major hurricane. It spawned 115 twisters across Texas, which established a new record for the highest...

Photo credit: Johntex The 2007 Texas Longhorns football team takes the field at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium for their opening game against Arkansas...

and the team following the season The 2005 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the college football season...

Pittsburgh Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Austin Utah Vermont Virginia Washington Seattle Washington, D.C. West Virginia...

tornado outbreak impacted parts of Texas and Louisiana. An F3 tornado destroyed two trailers and a brick house near Nome, Texas, injuring five people. An F1...

hit parts of Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. An EF3 tornado severely damaged or destroyed several homes and businesses near Waskom, Texas before crossing...

football Sugar Bowl bowl game. It featured the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Texas Longhorns and was held at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans on December...

Photo credit: Johntex Texas Longhorns quarterback Colt McCoy is injured during a 2006 game with Texas A&M....

of Texas and Mexico after the annexation of the former by the United States during the Texas Revolution of 1836. Before 1836, Anglo settlers in Texas (which...

rodeo, held in 1948 in Amarillo, Texas, led to the formation of the first rodeo association for women? ... that the Texas saddlemaker Tooter Cannon's work...

Austin, Texas, reportedly confirmed its first cases on March 13, 2020, with the related onset of symptoms occurring as early as March 2, 2020. However...

Mack Brown is head coach of the University of Texas Longhorn football team. During the 2005 season, Brown led the Longhorns to a Rose Bowl victory and...

– Texas Pacifico Transportation operates the first test train over former Santa Fe Railroad tracks between Presidio and San Angelo Junction, Texas....

often been served at fairs in the US; among them, the State Fair of Texas in Dallas, Texas, the South Carolina State Fair, the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines...

August 2 1870 – The Texas legislature approves the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad (MKT) charter, which was originally granted by Kansas, allowing the MKT...

November 15 1930 – An outbreak produced tornadoes in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. An F2 tornado killed five people in the destruction of tenant...

The 2005 Texas Longhorns football team (variously "Texas" or "UT" or the "Horns") represented the University of Texas at Austin in the college football...

off to Antonio Pittman as the No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes defeats the No. 2 Texas Longhorn on 9 September 2006. edit  Clemson University Flag Corps members...

County. The crossing of the east-west California Road with the north-south Texas Road formed a natural point of settlement in Tobucksy County of the Choctaw...

2004, for the Texas Rangers. He had previously excelled in basketball and baseball at Highland Park High School in University Park, Texas and Princeton...

in the United States of America and the largest city within the state of Texas. As of the 2006 U.S. Census estimate, the city has a population of 2.14...

viaduct at Livermead? ...that DART Light Rail, the first light rail system in Texas, began service in June 1996 both on time and on budget? ...that the former...

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's Texas Chief passenger train discontinues station stops at Dallas, Texas. 1987 – New short line railroad Red River...

Frisco RoughRiders Class AA minor league baseball club. Located in Frisco, Texas U.S., the stadium has a capacity of up to 10,600. The ballpark is host to...

Texas, mostly from strong winds, as well as extensive beach erosion. Because of the damage, President George W. Bush declared portions of South Texas...

Interchange This is the Interstate 10 and Interstate 45 interchange in Houston, Texas. Recently selected: Foresthill Bridge • Interstate 84/Interstate 5 interchange •...

members up to F4 intensity, traveled 112 mi (180 km) across northeastern Texas and southwestern Arkansas, killing 59 people and injuring 300. The worst...

Nominations edit  Colt McCoy is the starting quarterback for the University of Texas at Austin "Longhorns" college football team. McCoy won the 2008 Walter Camp...

city of Dallas, Texas, with Betsy Price elected as the Mayor of Fort Worth, Texas and Beth van Duyne elected as the mayor of Irving Texas. (NBC Dallas Fort...

12 Conference (behind Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium at the University of Texas and Kyle Field at Texas A&M University). The record attendance...

lies within the state of Oklahoma. The highway crosses into the state from Texas west of Arnett and serves many towns and cities in the northern part of...

1956 - First container ship left Port Newark, New Jersey for Houston, Texas 1962 - NASA's Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon. 1991 - Seventy...

played in the 65,000-seat Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas on December 30. The game matched the Texas Longhorns versus the Iowa Hawkeyes and was televised...

bridge in the world? ...that the proposed Texas State Highway Spur 1966 connecting to the University of Texas at El Paso campus was numbered in honor of...

Frisco RoughRiders Class AA minor league baseball club. Located in Frisco, Texas U.S., the stadium has a capacity of up to 10,600. The ballpark is host to...

bestow on a non-citizen. Velásquez was born in February 1947 in Pharr, Texas. He was the third of nine children born to Cresencio and Vicenta Castillo...

The 2008 Texas Longhorns football team enters Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium on opening day....

landfall near Rockport, Texas before stalling for several days and producing up to 60 inches (150 cm) of rain in Southeast Texas. This was the most rainfall...

Chorioactis geaster; the mushroom is commonly known as the devil’s cigar or the Texas star in the United States, while in Japan it is called kirinomitake (キリノミタケ)...

years to the day after the deadliest tornado in Texas history, another tornado struck downtown Lubbock, Texas, killing 26 people. It was the only F5 tornado...

former Texas lieutenant governor Ben Barnes apologizes for his role in getting current United States President George W. Bush into the Texas Air National...

1959: Hurricane Debra made landfall near Galveston, Texas, bringing more than 15 inches (380 mm) of rain in Orange County that resulted in severe flooding...

The 2007 Texas Longhorn football team wore a commemorative Texas bluebonnet decal on their helmets in honor of President Lyndon B. Johnson, Lady Bird...

The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston, Texas. The team is currently a member of the South Division of the American...

Fans of Texas participate in the 2007 Torchlight Parade in Austin, Texas on the UT campus leading up to the 2007 Red River Shootout....

1836 – In the Battle of San Jacinto, Republic of Texas forces under Sam Houston (pictured) defeat troops under Mexican General Antonio López de Santa...

Ernest Paul is a Republican United States Congressman from Lake Jackson, Texas, a physician, a bestselling author and the fourth-place finisher in the...

Colt McCoy is the starting quarterback for the University of Texas at Austin "Longhorns" college football team. McCoy won the 2008 Walter Camp Award and...

monthly snowfall amount of zero, the only other such areas being southern Texas and California. However, snow does occur, especially in the northern interior...

December February: Boskone (Massachusetts) Capricon (Illinois) ConDFW (Texas) Gallifrey One (California) Life, the Universe, & Everything (Utah) MegaCon...

Retrieved January 10, 2007. "Texas Transportation Pioneer Inducted into Hall of Honor". Texas Transportation Researcher. Texas A&M Transportation Institute...

to the city of Houston, Texas. So that the Texans could become competitive with existing teams, the league awarded the Texans the first pick in the 2002...

died in Vienna, Austria. 1948 - Steven Schafersman was born in [Dumas, Texas]], Texas, USA. 1967 - Jørn Hurum was born. A New Leptoceratopsid (Ornithischia:...

Southern United States with the worst damage in Texas. An F4 tornado destroyed much of Hubbard, Texas, killing 6 people and injuring 77. An F3 tornado...

founded in New York City. 1923 – Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas. 1933 – The New York City-based Postal...

early 1940s, but not published until 1996, the novel is sometimes called Texas's Gone with the Wind. The book is set in the vicinity of Matamoros at the...

Frisco RoughRiders Class AA minor league baseball club. Located in Frisco, Texas U.S., the stadium has a capacity of up to 10,600. The ballpark is host to...

Dust Storm Texas 1935...

Squat Quarry (Devil’s Graveyard Formation, Texas) and Implications for the Early Uintan in Trans-Pecos Texas Christopher J. Campisano, E. Christopher Kirk...

Atlanta. 1865 – American Civil War: Battle of Palmito Ranch – In far south Texas, more than a month after Confederate General Lee's surrender, the last land...

after her death, George W. Bush, governor of Texas at the time, declared her birthday "Selena Day" in Texas. Warner Bros. produced Selena, a film based...

tornadoes struck Texas and Oklahoma. An EF3 tornado hit Jacksboro, Texas and an EF2 tornado killed one person in Sherwood Shores, Texas. An EF3 tornado...

Bank. 1836 - Texas Revolution: Goliad massacre - Antonio López de Santa Anna orders the Mexican army to kill about 400 Texans at Goliad, Texas. 1846 - Mexican–American...

Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, staged a publicity stunt to demonstrate a train wreck as a spectacle at a temporary "city" named Crush, Texas? ...that Kent...

moved across southeastern Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. An EF2 tornado killed one person and injured four near Liverpool, Texas. A high-end EF3 tornado...

States at Galveston, Texas, as a Category 2 hurricane. (Bloomberg) Hurricane Ike weakens to a tropical storm over eastern Texas. (National Hurricane Center...

local organization Galleri Texas. However, the maintenance and operation of the meeting place was transferred from Galleri Texas to the governmental corporation...

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's Texas Chief passenger train discontinues station stops at Dallas, Texas. 1987 – New short line railroad Red River...

of signing a professional contract, he opted to attend the University of Texas. Capel played on the 1982 USA College All-Star Team, which competed in the...

1881 – The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad connects to El Paso, Texas (pictured). 1884 – The Pine Bluff and Swan Lake Railway, in Arkansas (later...

Houston, Texas, rises to three with several more days of heavy rain causing "catastrophic" floods to come. (Houston Chronicle) The entire Texas National...

include: Before Writing (2 vols), University of Texas Press 1992; How Writing Came About, University of Texas Press 1996; The History of Counting, Morrow...

to the city of Houston, Texas. So that the Texans could become competitive with existing teams, the league awarded the Texans the first pick in the 2002...

Wichita Falls Railway, a predecessor of the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, is incorporated in Texas. 1914 – Regular scheduled service begins on the Portland–Lewiston...

Alamodome (pictured) in San Antonio, Texas, on December 30, 2006, matched the defending champion University of Texas Longhorns of the Big 12 Conference...

Decency Act violates the First Amendment 2003 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules that gender–based sodomy laws are unconstitutional in Lawrence v. Texas....

in 1978? ... that Debra Lehrmann won the Republican nomination for the Texas Supreme Court in the only contested statewide race on the April 13, 2010...

October • November • December June: Adventure Con (Tennessee) ApolloCon (Texas) BotCon (Florida) ConCarolinas (North Carolina) DucKon (Illinois) Hypericon...

Montreal Expos trade Rusty Staub to the Texas Rangers for Chris Smith and LaRue Washington. 1982 - The Texas Rangers trade Al Oliver to the Montreal Expos...

(230.1 km) intrastate Interstate Highway located within the U.S. state of Texas. The highway was first designated in 1959 as a route between Corpus Christi...

slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary is still officially celebrated in Texas and 13 other contiguous...

strong tornadoes developed in Texas and Louisiana. An F3 tornado destroyed homes in Zavalla and Sulphur Springs, Texas, with one home swept away. Two...

after her death, George W. Bush, governor of Texas at the time, declared her birthday "Selena Day" in Texas. Warner Bros produced Selena, a film based on...

...that a part of Texas State Highway 165 (pictured) runs within the Texas State Cemetery in Austin? ... that during the "Southbelt Shuffle" event on M-6...

the Korean War. 1957 – Hurricane Audrey kills 500 people in Louisiana and Texas. 1966 – The first broadcast of Dark Shadows is aired on ABC–TV. 1974 – U...

of the board (1972–1976) of the luxury retailer Neiman Marcus in Dallas, Texas, which his father and aunt had founded in 1907. During his tenure at the...

camp Oflag IVc . 1947 - Texas City Disaster: An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost...

promoter with Public Enemy, turns 67. Stewart Kerr, Scottish drummer of Texas fame, turns 63. Patty Griffin, American singer-songwriter and musician ...

State William H. Seward. The news media call this Seward's Folly. 1870 - Texas is readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction. 1909 - The Queensboro...

Yoshino River? ...that the 25-mile (40 km) long Texas State Railroad connecting Rusk and Palestine, Texas, now operated as a heritage railway, was originally...

after her death, George W. Bush, governor of Texas at the time, declared her birthday "Selena Day" in Texas. Warner Bros. produced Selena, a film based...

September: Con†Stellation (Alabama) Dragon Con (Georgia, USA) Fantasticon (Denmark) FanX (Utah) FenCon (Texas) Geek.Kon (Wisconsin) VCON (British Columbia)...

12 Conference (behind Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium at the University of Texas and Kyle Field at Texas A&M University). The record attendance...

Frisco RoughRiders Class AA minor league baseball club. Located in Frisco, Texas, U.S., the stadium has a capacity of up to 10,600. The ballpark is host...

San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site in Texas, is numbered to commemorate the year that Texas won its independence from Mexico? ... that the restoration...

grades nine to twelve in Lubbock, Texas (USA). It was named after Thomas Saltus Lubbock, a Confederate Colonel and Texas Ranger. Part of the Lubbock Independent...

Staten Island Railway is incorporated. 1870 – The Texas legislature approves the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad (MKT) charter, which was originally granted...

assassination: In Dallas, United States President John F. Kennedy is shot to death, Texas Governor John B. Connally is seriously wounded, and Vice President Lyndon...

Colorado, Southern Kansas, all of Oklahoma, and most of Northern and Southern Texas. There might once have been as many as 20,000 Comanches. Today, the Comanche...

injured in a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. A suspect Patrick Crusius of Allen, Texas was captured alive. The case is being investigated...

Ernest Paul is a Republican United States Congressman from Lake Jackson, Texas, a physician, a bestselling author and the fourth-place finisher in the...

August • September • October • November • December July: ArmadilloCon (Texas) Confluence (Pennsylvania) CONvergence (Minnesota) Festival fantazie (Czech...

– An F4 tornado severely damaged or destroyed every building in Cisco, Texas, killing at least 23 people. Half of the town's population was left with...

April 2 1957 – A highly-visible multiple-vortex F3 tornado struck Dallas, Texas, killing 10 people and injuring 216. Many poorly-built homes were leveled...

Senate. 1836 - A Convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico. 1845...

tornadoes across the southeastern and central United States, particularly in Texas. The outbreak damaged hundreds of homes, inflicting $40 million in damage...

1854 - Texas linked by telegraph with the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas. 1859...

12 Conference (behind Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium at the University of Texas and Kyle Field at Texas A&M University). The record attendance...

Portal:Speculative fiction/Upcoming conventions/March March: AggieCon (Texas) All-Con (Texas) BabelCon (Louisiana) CoastCon (Mississippi) DeepCon (Italy) I-CON...

El Paso, Texas against a leading politician, supported by the Texas Rangers. The struggle climaxed with the siege and surrender of 20 Texas Rangers to...

20th century, the first large-scale excavation of dinosaur footprints was undertaken in Texas for an exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History?...

enclaves of Germany? ...that although the 2007 movie Ghost Rider is set in Texas, USA, it was filmed in Melbourne, Australia, and a Victorian Railways L...

The Alamo in San Antonio, Texas Photo credit: Daniel Schwen...

Frank Joseph Malina (October 2, 1912 in Brenham, Texas- November 9, 1981 in Boulogne Billancourt (France) was an American aeronautical engineer and painter...

homes on the northern edge of Palacios, Texas, killing four people. An F2 tornado killed one person near Louise, Texas. 2000 – An F4 tornado struck Xenia,...

I-35W Mississippi River bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota on August 1, 2007 Recently selected: Delaware Route 52 • Texas State Highway 87 • Interstate 235...

This is the Interstate 10 and Interstate 45 interchange in Houston, Texas. Recently selected: Foresthill Bridge • Interstate 84/Interstate 5 interchange •...

Disasters 2011 Texas wildfires Wildfires of the Possum Kingdom Complex severely damage homes and infrastructure in the US states of Texas and Oklahoma....

Colt McCoy is the starting quarterback for the Texas Longhorn college football team. As a redshirt freshman in 2006, he was the starting quarterback for...

an enterprising circus emcee who brought culture and class to Houston, Texas. A storied ostrich jockey, she once rode to Hawaii to visit the Queen. Raised...

outbreak impacted coastal parts of Texas and Louisiana. Two tornadoes, rated F2 and F3, struck in and near Port Arthur, Texas. The second and stronger tornado...

is indicted on one count of criminal conspiracy by Texas grand jury, for allegedly funding Texas state elections secretly through the Republican national...

1901 – The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop (pictured) in Beaumont, Texas. 1920 – The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially...

1993 - The 51-day siege of the Branch Davidian building outside Waco, Texas, USA, ends when a fire breaks out. Eighty-one people die. 1995 - Oklahoma...

landfall near Rockport, Texas before stalling for several days and producing up to 60 inches (150 cm) of rain in Southeast Texas. This was the most rainfall...

4, 1937 – October 14, 2006), born Baldemar Garza Huerta in San Benito, Texas, United States, was a Mexican-American Tejano, country and rock and roll...

Wisconsin Highway 35 in Centerville. Recently selected: Denali Highway • Indiana State Road 26 • Texas State Highway 207...

1953 – An F5 tornado, obscured by heavy rain, leveled a potion of Waco, Texas and killed 114 people, including 30 in a six-story building that collapsed...

outbreak sequence, an F4 tornado destroyed much of the western part of Emory, Texas, killing 4 people and injuring 40. The same tornado may have also struck...

1885 – First serving of the soft drink Dr Pepper at a drug store in Waco, Texas. 1913 – The Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line...

Reagan, Remarks at a White House Briefing for Service Organization Representatives on Drug Abuse, July 30, 1986 (Archived at University of Texas site.)...

The Denali Highway near Cantwell, Alaska. Recently selected: Indiana State Road 26 • Texas State Highway 207 • New Hampshire Route 123...

Columbia breaks up over Texas The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster was the destruction of the Space Shuttle Columbia over Texas on February 1, 2003 during...

34-caliber). 1842 - Over 500 Mexican troops led by Rafael Vasquez invade Texas, briefly occupy San Antonio and then head back to the Rio Grande. 1861 -...

Frisco RoughRiders Class AA minor league baseball club. Located in Frisco, Texas U.S., the stadium has a capacity of up to 10,600. The ballpark is host to...

receivership. 1968 – Santa Fe Railroad discontinues the Dallas, Texas, section of the Texas Chief. 1816 – Russell Sage, director for Union Pacific Railroad...

die in Ciudad Acuña, Mexico in the city's first-ever tornado. (BBC News) Texas–Oklahoma floods Flash flood warnings are now in place in eight states with...

Colorado, Southern Kansas, all of Oklahoma, and most of Northern and Southern Texas. There might once have been as many as 20,000 Comanches. Today, the Comanche...

Delaware Route 52 in the Brandywine Valley north of Wilmington Recently selected: Texas State Highway 87 • Interstate 235 • Louisiana Highway 1040...

Texas, until 2009, when her family returned to West Virginia and again moved back to Houston in 2012. She is married to former University of Texas quarterback...

Plano, Plano Senior High, or PSHS) is a public secondary school in Plano, Texas, USA, serving students in grades 11–12. The school is part of the Plano...

Command (NORAD). 1966 – Charles Whitman kills 15 people at The University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police. 1971 – Concert for Bangladesh...

1826 – Benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican controlled Nacogdoches, Texas and declares himself ruler of the Republic of Fredonia. 1863 – American...

election, Super Tuesday II: Arizona Senator John McCain wins the Vermont, Texas, Rhode Island, and Ohio Republican primaries, giving him enough delegates...

This dust storm occurred around Spearman, Texas on April 14, 1935. This was in the heart of the Dust Bowl, a period of severe dust storms and drought...

tropical storm with sustained winds of 70 mph (110 kmh). It made landfall on Texas's eastern coast, the eye striking the town of Rockport, as a Category 4 hurricane...

Texas Stadium during a 2006 game between the Dallas Cowboys and Indianapolis Colts...

Center Shooting: A man with a handgun barricades himself in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself....

positioned prior to being x-rayed at the U.S.-Mexico border in southern Texas in 2004 by Rail VACIS system. Recently selected: Fichtelberg Railway steam...

time. Recently selected pictures: Hurricane Katrina Eye, Lightning strike near Swifts Creek, Victoria, Australia, Spearman, Texas dust storm, More......

start of Indiana State Road 26 at the Illinois border near Ambia. Recently selected: Texas State Highway 207 • New Hampshire Route 123 • U.S. Route 550...

Selena memorial, Corpus Christi, Texas image credit: Simiprof...

Recently selected pictures: Lightning strike near Swifts Creek, Victoria, Australia, Spearman, Texas dust storm, Cordell, Oklahoma tornado, More......

Railroad, building eastward from Los Angeles, California, reach El Paso, Texas. 1937 – The New York, Ontario and Western Railway files for bankruptcy....

Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss. 2017 – Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, the strongest hurricane to make landfall...

depression status to 90 mph (150 km) while 15 miles (24 km) off the coast of Texas, becoming a fastest developing storm on record to be so close to land. The...

per second across the world. Recently selected pictures: Moore, Oklahoma tornado damage, Spearman, Texas dust storm, Cordell, Oklahoma tornado, More......

Texas State Highway 207 as it winds its way through the valley of the Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River in Armstrong County. Recently selected: New Hampshire...

Credit: NASA Flight Control Room 1 in Houston, Texas as it is now used by International Space Station flight controllers. This area was first used during...

Victoria (July 2008) Moore, Oklahoma tornado damage (June 2008) Spearman, Texas dust storm (May 2008) Cordell, Oklahoma tornado (April 2008) Mammatus cloud...

with roots in the music of early European settlers in Texas. The awards are presented by the Texas Talent Musicians Association (TTMA), to "promote excellence...

tornado outbreak impacted parts of Texas and Louisiana. An F3 tornado destroyed two trailers and a brick house near Nome, Texas, injuring five people. An F1...

October 8 1919 – A tornado outbreak hit Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. An F4 tornado damaged or destroyed 60 buildings in Hoisington, Kansas. Four people...

Academy West Point is established. 1861 - Edward Clark became Governor of Texas, replacing Sam Houston, who was evicted from the office for refusing to...

The Texas Longhorns football team at the line of scrimmage in their spring practice game....

is decommissioned in Long Beach, California. 1995 - In Corpus Christi, Texas, Latin superstar Selena Quintanilla Perez is shot and killed by Yolanda...

Exterior of the Retro Studios offices in Austin, Texas....

notably the Mississippi River Delta, with the states of Louisiana and Texas being famous for them. A bayou is frequently an anabranch or minor braid...

October 12 2001 – Tornadoes touched down across Texas. An F2 tornado struck Hondo, causing extensive damage, costing $18 million, and injuring at least...

Castro's 1959 revolution. 2003 – Fifty–nine Democratic lawmakers bring the Texas Legislature to a standstill by going into hiding in a dispute over a Republican...

Mexico shoreline looking south along State Highway 87 towards Gilchrist, Texas, where beachfront houses once dotted the landscape. Hurricane Ike left little...

one of the worst rail disasters in American history. 1959 – Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit. 1959 – At...

and convincing song you have to listen to when dealing with jerks!", while Texas Public Radio said it "resonates best" with South Texas. Read more......

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people after destroying 31 blocks of Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Other tornadoes had large death tolls in Strong, Arkansas, Nevada, Texas, and Garland, Texas....

1846 - Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican–American War. 1847 - The last survivors of the Donner...

1836 – After a 13-day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers defending the Alamo are defeated and the fort taken, concluding...

authorizes $5 billion in aid for 16 countries. 1948 - First run of the Texas Chief passenger train. 1953 - TV Guide debuts. 1955 - The American Civil...

Photo credit: User:Johntex 2007 Texas Longhorns football team - Cobb scores on a touchdown pass against Arkansas State....

Caribbean Sea is in the far background. Recently selected: I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapse video • Delaware Route 52 • Texas State Highway 87...

Azteca Theater, Texas (1927) image credit: Frank J. Schlueter...

Appeals. Roberts was born in Texas in 1923, growing-up in that state during the Great Depression of the 1930s. After attending Texas Wesleyan College for one...

pregnant with her third child. McCorvey wanted an abortion but lived in Texas, where abortion was legal only when necessary to save the mother's life...

Arkansas Texas Colorado Kansas Louisiana Missouri New Mexico United States...

at the age of thirty-seven. Bean was born in Wheeler in the northeastern Texas Panhandle. As a boy, he lived in Minden, the seat of Webster Parish in northwestern...

The Fresno State Bulldogs block a Texas A&M field goal attempt...

Erika was a hurricane that struck extreme northeastern Mexico near the Texas–Tamaulipas border in mid-August of the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season. Erika...

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federal judge to reject attempts by Texas to block Syrian refugees from resettling in the state. Later, the Texas Attorney General withdraws the state’s...

House of Representatives. 1999 – In College Station, Texas, 12 are killed and 27 injured at Texas A&M University when the 59-foot-tall (18 m) Aggie Bonfire...

Haji Agha, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas at Austin, page 5...

killed 14 people in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. An F4 tornado, the strongest of the outbreak, destroyed 115 homes in Orange, Texas and killed one person...

Tornadoes of 2015 and 2015 Texas–Oklahoma flood and tornado outbreak The death toll from the recent storms in the American states of Texas and Oklahoma rises...

Pennsylvania. 1979 - On "Terrible Tuesday", a tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people. (see Red River Valley Tornado Outbreak). 2006 - Hundreds...

Earl R. Evans, 28, Houston, Texas; Capt. Frank E. Eve, 27, Dallas, Texas; 2d Lt. Harold D. Arensmen, 25, Irving, Texas, 1st Lt. Stanley Y. Lee, 25, Oakland...

around through his relationship with a young widow and her son in rural Texas. Robert Duvall plays the role of Mac; the supporting cast includes Tess...

Byrd Jr. is dragged to death by Shawn Allen Berry, Lawrence Russel Brewer and John William King in Jasper, Texas, in a racially motivated hate crime....

School District (HEB ISD) is a K-12 public school district based in Bedford, Texas (USA). The district serves the city of Bedford, most of the cities of Euless...

atokensis. Its fossil remains are found mainly in the U.S. states of Oklahoma, Texas, and Wyoming, although teeth attributed to Acrocanthosaurus have been found...

The Brazos Wind Farm in Texas. At the end of 2009 wind power accounted for about 2% of the electricity generated in the United States...

United States U.S. roads North America Alabama Florida Louisiana Maryland Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia...

is an unmarked Interstate 444 in Tulsa, Oklahoma? ... that Oklahoma and Texas once had a "war" over a toll bridge? ... that Hawaii Route 560 was added...

country music singer, turns 65. Dwayne O'Brien, American guitarist for Little Texas, turns 63. Craig Gannon, English guitarist for The Bluebells, The Smiths...

Andre Agassi and Jim Courier on a clay court in Houston, Texas....

winter storm, 2021 Texas power crisis The death toll from a destructive winter storm that triggered statewide blackouts in Texas, U.S., last year is...

Lockett, Texas and a similarly large EF2 tornado hit Seminole, Oklahoma. Two more EF2 tornado struck near Almyra, Arkansas and in Rusk County, Texas the next...

Its fossil remains are found mainly in the U.S. states of Oklahoma and Texas, although teeth attributed to Acrocanthosaurus have been found as far east...

Its fossil remains are found mainly in the U.S. states of Oklahoma and Texas, although teeth attributed to Acrocanthosaurus have been found as far east...

Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas image credit: AndreasPraefcke...

Supreme Court of the United States convenes for the first time. 1861 – Texas secedes from the United States as part of the American Civil War. 1865 –...

is scheduled. November 22, – In Dallas, Texas, United States President John F. Kennedy is assassinated, Texas Governor John B. Connally is seriously wounded...

hurricane on August 16 and made landfall in Texas on August 18. Alicia caused $3 billion in damage in Texas. Hurricane Barry formed on August 25, crossed...

of Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, stages a head-on collision between two steam locomotives as a publicity stunt north of Waco, Texas; the event has come...

October 28 1896 – At least three strong tornadoes hit Oklahoma and Texas. An F3 tornado killed three people east of Guthrie, Oklahoma, including two who...

1947 - The Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. 1947 - The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial...

group for Latinos in the United States. Founded in 1929 in Corpus Christi, Texas, LULAC is the nation's oldest Hispanic organization. According to its website...

States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirms previous rulings that Texas' 2011 voter ID law is discriminatory and does not comply with the Voting...

Route 66," proposed using an existing stretch of highway from Amarillo, Texas to Tulsa for the original portion of Highway 66? ...that Oklahoman Cyrus...

Southeast Texas, but soon reserves were found across Texas and wells were constructed in North Texas, East Texas, and the Permian Basin in West Texas. By 1940...

– The first container ship leaves Port Newark, New Jersey for Houston, Texas. 1991 – Seventy tornadoes break out in the central United States. Before...

the U.S. state of Texas for the murder of her ex-husband and two children. She is the first African American woman executed in Texas since 1858. (Reuters)[permanent...

and accidents Tornadoes of 2019 Tornadoes spawned by severe weather in Texas and Louisiana cause at least five deaths and over 17,000 power outages....

2 km) wide, moved across parts of Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas, killing 181 people and injuring more than 1,200. In Texas, all of Glazier and most of Higgins...

more than 1500 homes, killing 36 people. Recently selected pictures: Spearman, Texas dust storm, Cordell, Oklahoma tornado, Mammatus clouds, More......

before the Congress. (BBC) Cuba-United States relations: A judge in El Paso, Texas orders the release of accused terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, pending an...

Kennedy Space Center in Florida. 1998 – Karla Faye Tucker is executed in Texas becoming the first woman executed in the United States since 1984. 1998...

– An F4 tornado severely damaged or destroyed every building in Cisco, Texas, killing at least 23 people. Half of the town's population was left with...

1983: Hurricane Barry made landfall about 35 miles (56 km) south of the Texas border, in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. Hundreds of homes were destroyed...

(Reuters) COVID-19 pandemic in the United States COVID-19 pandemic in Texas Texas Governor Greg Abbott announces that five United States Navy teams would...

collectively known as the Inch pipelines, are petroleum pipelines extending from Texas to New Jersey, built between 1942 and 1944 as emergency war measures in...

Brewing Company (/ˈpæpst/) is an American brewery based in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1844 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by Jacob Best and later...

breaking a tie with Bobby Bonds. 1998 – Texas Rangers right fielder Juan Gonzalez hits a two-run home run in Texas' 7–2 win at Minnesota Twins. The blast...

... that the Texas State University labor historian Gregg Andrews is also a folk musician performing under the name "Doctor G"?...

than 500 square kilometres (190 sq mi)? ... that during dry weather, the Texas toad remains dormant? ... that, after the female Jog night frog has laid...

gust front or downburst rather than a tornado. 1905 – An unusual event for Texas at this time of year, an F4 tornado devastated small rural communities in...

of Canadian National Railway, dies (b. 1858). 1989 – The Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad is merged into the Missouri Pacific Railroad. 1990 – Construction...

(Wednesday) edit history watch An explosion occurs at a BP oil refinery in Texas City, Texas. Over 100 are injured, and at least 15 are dead. (Fox News) (Globe...

Nusserwanjee Mehta Mar 31, 2009 - Mona Burgin Apr 30, 2009 - Scouting in Texas May 31, 2009 - Norwegian Silver Wolf Award Jun 30, 2009 - Koshare Indian...

Sayfo Si Ronda St Scholastica Day riot Stonewall riots Subfossil lemur Texas Revolution Torture Tutupaca Veiqia George Washington and slavery Zhang Jingsheng...

The Texas A&M Aggies football team walks onto Kyle Field...

Colt McCoy is the starting quarterback for the Texas Longhorn college football team. As a redshirt freshman in 2006, he was the starting quarterback for...

1900: The Galveston Hurricane, the deadliest hurricane of the 20th century, made landfall at Galveston, Texas....

1805). 1919 – Samuel W. Fordyce, president of St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway 1886-1889, St. Louis Southwestern Railway 1890-1898, Kansas City...

Effects of Tropical Storm Allison in Texas...

considering a possible independent presidential run if Donald Trump or Texas Senator Ted Cruz face Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in the general election...

1896: The first tornado of a deadly sequence of tornado outbreaks killed 73 people in North-Central Texas....

Railroad, building eastward from Los Angeles, California, reach El Paso, Texas. 1909 – Henry H. Rogers (pictured), American financier who helped finance...

1953: An F5 tornado destroyed areas of downtown Waco, Texas, killing 114 people....

video game for 2008. Young played college football for the University of Texas Longhorns before turning professional. As a college junior, he was one of...

reinsertion of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. 2005 - A major explosion at the Texas City Refinery kills 15 workers. 2006 - Federal Reserve discontinues publishing...

two days before the end of the current month. ...that Interstate 69C in Texas is the only signed suffixed Interstate Highway to have a suffix letter other...

Newly-created DaimlerChrysler begins operations 2006 — Toyota begins production of Tundra full-size pickup trucks at its new San Antonio, Texas factory...

2003: Hurricane Claudette came ashore near Port O'Connor, Texas, destroying more than 200 homes along the Gulf Coast....

Texas safety Marcus Griffin intercepts a pass, which he returns for a touchdown against Baylor...

1886: An intense hurricane completely destroyed the port of Indianola, Texas, leading to the town's relocation further inland....

Hurricane Alicia made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane near Galveston, Texas. Alicia killed 21 people and caused $2 billion worth of damage. 2008 - Tropical...

(damage pictured), the deadliest disaster in U.S. history, struck Galveston, Texas, with estimated winds of 135 miles per hour (215 km/h) at landfall, killing...

Chicago White Sox (1974–76), the Seattle Mariners (1977–1980), and the Texas Rangers (1981–85). Over his career in the majors Stein batted .267 with...

include Missouri Pacific (1982), Western Pacific (1983), Missouri–Kansas–Texas (1988), Chicago and North Western (1995), and Southern Pacific (1996) railroads...

Texas fans celebrate and confetti flies in the 2006 Rose Bowl after defeating the USC Trojans to secure the 2006 BCS National Championship....

1947: A tornado or series of tornadoes plowed through several towns in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas, killing 181 people....

April 2 1957 – A highly-visible multiple-vortex F3 tornado struck Dallas, Texas, killing 10 people and injuring 216. Many poorly-built homes were leveled...

1915: A major hurricane struck the Galveston, Texas area, killing more than 200 people. However, due to the newly-constructed seawall, only 11 died in...

Red Sox . 1977 - The Oakland Athletics trade Claudell Washington to the Texas Rangers for two prospects and cash consideration. 1987 - The Philadelphia...

lies along 103° W with Oklahoma, and 3 miles (5 km) west of 103° W with Texas. Texas also lies south of most of New Mexico, although the southwestern boot-heel...

Franciscan missions, one in Southern California and the other in San Antonio, Texas. (Full article...) Attributes: habit of a Franciscan, with cross, cross...

football team Ennis, 38-28, in the Texas Class 4A Division II playoffs at Texas Stadium. Ennis was guided by future Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell...

include: Before Writing (2 vols), University of Texas Press 1992; How Writing Came About, University of Texas Press 1996; The History of Counting, Morrow...

Quarterback Colt McCoy leads the 2008 Texas Longhorns football team in their opening game against the Florida Atlantic Owls....

1886: An intense hurricane completely destroyed the port of Indianola, Texas, leading to the town's relocation further inland. 1970: The 8th deadliest...

2008: Hurricane Ike made landfall near Galveston, Texas, causing more than $30 billion (USD) in damage. Ike was the third-costliest tropical cyclone in...

killed 59 people. 1989 - Hurricane Chantal (pictured) makes landfall over in southern Texas at Category 1 intensity, causing $100 million in damages....

1936-09-07 - Buddy Holly is born in Lubbock, Texas. 1949-09-23 - Bruce Springsteen is born in Freehold Township, New Jersey. 1906-09-25 - Dmitri Shostakovich...

Martyrs tree discovered Girl killed by falling tree 380 million year old fossilized trees found in New York, USA Trees continue to die in Houston, Texas...

states. 1978: Tropical Storm Amelia formed just off the coast of southern Texas. Upon moving inland the next day, Amelia caused severe flooding which killed...

Leatherface, portrayed by Gunnar Hansen, from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) is considered one of the most famous horror villains in history....

California into the rest of California, as well as into Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Colorado, Idaho, Washington, and Tennessee, and is planning expansion...

outbreak killed three people in northeastern Texas. An F4 tornado swept away farms near Atlanta, Texas, killing one person and injuring 25, 13 of them...

fringes of the northern Spanish-colonial settlements of New Mexico and Texas. Pike's expeditions coincided with other Jeffersonian expeditions, including...

Ohio State's Troy Smith hands off to Antonio Pittman as the No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes defeats the No. 2 Texas Longhorn on 9 September 2006....

2007: Two tornadoes struck the towns of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico and Eagle Pass, Texas, United States, killing 10 people....

judge in Brownsville, Texas, temporarily halts President Barack Obama's November 2014 executive orders on immigration, allowing Texas and 25 other states...

1979: An extensive tornado outbreak devastated the area around Wichita Falls, Texas, killing 56 people....

three Texas Little League state championships. He subsequently played for the high school baseball team at Carthage High School in Carthage, Texas. Humber...

1879 – The Texas and St. Louis Railway, a predecessor of St. Louis Southwestern Railway, is organized as a way to ship cotton south to Texas. 1885 – Gare...

1902: A tornado killed 114 in Goliad, Texas....

Interstate 80 from an overpass approaching Carlin Canyon in Nevada Recently selected: Interstate 10 in Texas • Interstate 68 • Interstate 40 in Arizona...

volleyball player Madisen Skinner beat Texas in one national championship final – then won two national championships with Texas? ... that the Sanok Construction...

1928 - Alan Cheetham was born in El Paso, Texas, USA. A New Azhdarchid Pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous of the Transylvanian Basin, Romania: Implications...

Portal:American football/Selected article/9 The 2005 Texas Longhorns football team represented The University of Texas at Austin during the college football season...

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June 26, 1989 - Tropical Storm Allison hit Texas; associated flooding caused about $560 million of damage and 11 deaths. 2008 - Cyclone Yemyin (pictured)...

regulatory agencies to police money laundering operations? ...that Senator William A. Blakley of the U.S. state of Texas worked as ranch hand as a young man?...

during World War II. Here, a metal lathe operator machines parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas....

outbreak killed three people in northeastern Texas. An F4 tornado swept away farms near Atlanta, Texas, killing one person and injuring 25, 13 of them...

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1903 and 1936. 1977 – An F3 tornado touched down in northeastern Houston, Texas, destroying 12 homes, 18 trailers, and 13 businesses with hundreds more...

25 million trees in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of northeastern Minnesota. 2025: Flash flooding in the Texas Hill Country killed 135 people....

one million cases, becoming the third state to do so after California and Texas. (Newsweek) COVID-19 pandemic in Mississippi Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves...

bookmaking operation. 1977 - The Oakland A's sell Paul Lindblad to the Texas Rangers for $400,000. 1983 - Fernando Valenzuela wins his salary arbitration...

The news media of the day call the transaction Seward's Folly. 1870 – Texas is readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction. 1981 – President Ronald...

July 30, 1978 - Tropical Storm Amelia made landfall in Texas, causing severe flooding that killed 33 people. 2011 - Typhoon Muifa (pictured) reaches its...

70-1617, of the 36th Combat Aviation Brigade, Texas Army National Guard, crashes on the campus at Texas A&M University just after take-off due to tail...

New York Stock Exchange is formed. 1873 – El Paso, Texas is established by charter from the Texas Legislature. 1943 – The United States Army contracts...

founded. 1963 – In Dallas, US President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded. Suspect Lee Harvey Oswald is...

Oklahoma Sooners fan gives the "Horns down" sign to mock their rival, the Texas Longhorns, in the 2007 Red River Shootout. The taunting hand gesture is...

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1981. On February 1, 2003, Columbia disintegrated during re-entry over Texas, on its 28th mission, killing all seven crew members. More selected pictures...

southern High Plains of the United States, including 3 F4 tornadoes in the Texas Panhandle that killed 6 people. 1979: Flooding along the Pearl River in...

July 24, 1979 - Tropical Storm Claudette (pictured) made landfall near the Texas-Louisianan border, bringing record levels of rainfall. The resulting floods...