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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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