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1985 Exploratory well at Ranger Tx, explodes spilling 6.3 m gallons of oil 1985 Discovery ferried back to Kennedy Space Center via Bergstrom AFB, Tx 1983 5 killed in a fire at a Ramada Inn in Fort Worth, Tx 1982 "Best Little Whorehouse in Tx" opens at Eugene O'Neill New York City for 63 perf 1979 On a flight to Austin, TX, Daniel Okrent sketches out the first 1977 Lindsay Lee, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Woodlands TX 1973 Frank Robinson homers in record 32nd ML park (Arlington Tx) 1966 Ronna Reeves, Big Spring TX 1966 Ruth Gates, Denton TX, actress (Aunt Jenny-Mama), dies at 79 1962 Duffy James Joseph Waldorf, Jr., born in Los Angeles, California, PGA golfer, 1995 LaCantera Tx 1958 1st airplane flight exceeding 1200 hours, lands, Dallas, Texas 1958 1st 2-way moving sidewalk in service, Dallas Tx 1951 World's largest gas pipeline opens (Brownsville Tx, to 134th St, New York City) 1949 Lucky Lady II (USAF B-50 Superfortress), completes 1st nonstop round- the-world flight at Fort Worth, Tx, covering 23,452-mis in 94 hrs 1941 1st commercial extraction of magnesium from seawater, Freeport, TX 1929 1st group hospital insurance plan offered (Dallas Tx) 1929 Dr. Annie Webb Blanton forms Delta Kappa Gamma Society in Austin Tx 1920 WTAW of College Station, Tx, broadcast 1st football play-by-play 1911 Mitch Miller, born in Rochester, New York, sing along with Mitch, Yellow Rose of Tx 1865 President Johnson proclaims an end to "insurrection" in Tx 1863 Battle of Sabine Pass TX: 47 Texas volunteers repel Federal forces 1862 Gen John Hunt Morgan and his raiders capture Gallatin, TX

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