Texas Events

1835 Oct 2 Battle of Gonzales
The Battle of Gonzales was the first military engagement of the Texas Revolution. It was fought near Gonzales, Texas, on October 2, 1835, between rebellious Texian settlers and a detachme...
1836 Mar 6 Mexican General Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna Recaptures The Alamo
Texans or Texians, according to some sources, began fighting for independence from Mexico in 1835. By December the small Texas army had captured the important crossroads town of San Anton...
1844 Jun 8 The Texas Annexation Treaty Is Defeated
In 1843, President John Tyler came out in support of annexation, entering negotiations with the Republic of Texas for an annexation treaty, which he submitted to the Senate. On 8 June 184...
1845 Feb 26 Congress Passes The Joint Resolution To Annex Texas
James K. Polk, a Democrat and a strong supporter of territorial expansion, was elected president in November 1844 with a mandate to acquire both the Republic of Texas and Oregon Country. ...
1845 Mar 1 Texas Is Offered Admission To The United States
Under U.S. President John Tyler, Texas was offered admission to the Union as a state. The bill was signed into law on March 1, 1845. It was ratified by Texas on July 4. Texas became the 2...
1845 Mar 1 Texas Ratifies The Annexation Bill
Under U.S. President John Tyler, Texas was offered admission to the Union as a state. The bill was signed into law on March 1, 1845. It was ratified by Texas on July 4. Texas became the 2...
1845 Jun James K. Polk Sends General Zachary Taylor To Texas
The United States supported Texas when it claimed all land north of the Rio Grande, and this provoked a dispute with Mexico. In June 1845, James K. Polk sent General Zachary Taylor to Tex...
1845 Jun 23 The Congress Of Texas Votes In Favor Of Annexation
On June 23, 1845, a joint resolution of the Congress of Texas voted in favor of annexation by the United States. The leaders of the republic first voted for annexation in 1836, soon after...
1845 Dec 29 James K. Polk Signs The Texas Annexation Bill
Under U.S. President John Tyler, Texas was offered admission to the Union as a state. The bill was signed into law on March 1, 1845. It was ratified by Texas on July 4. Texas became the 2...
1845 Dec 29 Texas is the 28th State Admitted to the Union
In the Spring of 1846, disputes over the ownership and boundaries of Texas thrust the United States and Mexico into war. On December 29, 1845, U.S. President James K. Polk fulfilled a ...
1845 Dec 29 The President Officially Signed The Ordinance Of Annexation Of Texas
The original controversy about the legality of the annexation of Texas stems from the fact that Congress approved the annexation of Texas as a territory with a simple majority vote approv...
1846 Apr 24 The Mexican-American War Begins
After the election of Polk, but before he took office, Congress approved the annexation of Texas. Polk moved to occupy a portion of Texas which was also claimed by Mexico, paving the way ...
1850 Sep 9 Compromise Sets Texas Boundaries
The Compromise of 1850 set Texas's boundaries at their present form. Texas ceded land which later became half of present day New Mexico, a third of Colorado, and small portions of Kansas,...
1862 Oct 4 First Battle of Galveston
The First Battle of Galveston was a naval engagement fought on October 4, 1862 near the city of Galveston, Texas between forces from the Union Navy and the Confederate States of America. ...
1863 Jan 1 Second Battle of Galveston
Description: Maj. Gen. John B. Magruder, who became the Confederate commander of military forces in Texas on November 29, 1862, gave the recapture of Galveston top priority. At 3:00 am on...
1863 Sep 8 Second Battle of Sabine Pass
The Second Battle of Sabine Pass took place on September 8, 1863, and was the result of a Union expedition into Confederate-controlled Texas during the American Civil War. It has often be...
1864 Jan 8 Confederate Spy David Dodd Hanged
Arrest and trial On December 29, 1863, Dodd was stopped by a Union sentry in west Little Rock, near Ten Mile House on Stagecoach Road, and was discovered to be without a pass. For iden...
1865 Jan 8 Battle of Dove Creek
The Battle of Dove Creek was a small engagement during the American Civil War that took place January 8, 1865, along Dove Creek in what is now southwest Tom Green County, Texas. Texan sol...
1865 May 12
to 1865 May 13
 Battle of Palmito Ranch
Other Names: Palmito Hill Location: Cameron County Campaign: Expedition from Brazos Santiago (1865) Date(s): May 12-13, 1865 Principal Commanders: Col. Theodore H. Barrett [US...
1869 Feb 5
to 1869 Apr 12
 Texas v. White
Texas v. White, 74 U.S. 700 (1869) was a significant case argued before the United States Supreme Court in 1869. The case involved a claim by the reconstruction government of Texas that U...
1896 Sep 15 The Crash at Crush
Crush, Texas, was a temporary "city" established as a one-day publicity stunt in 1896. William George Crush, general passenger agent of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (popularly known...
1897 Apr 17 Aurora UFO Incident
The Aurora crash differs from the Roswell crash in that original documentation was not tampered with by the military nor were the still living eye witnesses debriefed, or told to keep qui...
1900 Sep 8 A Hurricane Hits The Gulf Of Mexico
On September 8, 1900, hurricane winds of at least 120 miles per hour ripped across the Texas coastline of the Gulf of Mexico, killing over 5000 people and decimating the city of Galveston...
1900 Sep 8 Galveston Hurricane of 1900
The Hurricane of 1900 made landfall on the city of Galveston in the U.S. state of Texas, on September 8, 1900. It had estimated winds of 135 miles per hour (217 km/h) at landfall, making ...
1936 Sep 7 Buddy Holly is Born
Charles Hardin Holley was born in Lubbock, Texas to Lawrence Odell and Ella Pauline (Drake) Holley on September 7 Labor Day, 1936. The Holleys were a musical family, and as a boy Holley l...
1937 Mar 18 New London School Explosion
On March 18 students prepared for the next day's Inter-scholastic meet in Henderson. At the gymnasium, the PTA met. At 3:05 P.M. Lemmie R. Butler, instructor of manual training, turned on...
1943 Sep 7 Gulf Hotel Fire
Forty-eight men perished when fire swept a small, ancient hotel here today. Forty-four of them never got out of the three-story Gulf Hotel at Preston and Louisiana streets in midtown H...
1947 Apr 9 Glazier–Higgins–Woodward Tornadoes of 1947
The tornadoes began in Texas. Just after the White Deer tornado dissipated, the first tornado of this event formed five miles (8 km) northwest of Pampa, Texas. The series of tornadoes wou...
1947 Apr 16 Texas City Disaster
The 32.5% ammonium nitrate, used as fertilizer and in high explosives, was manufactured in Nebraska and Iowa and shipped to Texas City by rail before being loaded on the Grandcamp. It ...
1949 Nov 29 American Airlines Flight 157 Crashes, Killing 28
American Airlines Flight 157, a Douglas DC-6, was flying on November 29, 1949 from New York City bound for Mexico City with 46 passengers and crew. After one engine failed in mid-flight, ...
1952 Jun 28 American Airlines Flight 910 Collides with a Single Engine Temco Swift
American Flight 910 took off from San Francisco at 23:05 for a flight to Dallas. At 06:56 the following morning, a Temco Swift airplane (N3858K, cn 3558) departed Denton for Dallas-Love F...
1957 Nov 1
to 1957 Nov 2
 Levelland UFO Sitings
The Levelland UFO Case occurred on November 2-3, 1957 in and around the small town of Levelland, Texas. Levelland, which in 1957 had a population of about 10,000, is located west of Lubbo...
1984 Establishment of the Dallas Memorial Center for Holocaust Studies (Now Called the Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education & Tolerance)
The Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education & Tolerance is a Holocaust museum located in Dallas, Texas. In 1977, 125 Jewish Holocaust Survivors and North Texas residents joined toget...
1985 Aug 2 29 Survive Delta Air Lines Flight 191 Crash
Delta Air Lines Flight 191 was an airline service from Fort Lauderdale, Florida's Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, bound for Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angel...
1989 Oct 23 Phillips Disaster
After an explosion and fire on October 23, 1989, OSHA initiated an investigation to determine the cause of the accident that killed 23 workers and injured over 130 others at the Phillips ...
2001 Jun 4 Tropical Storm Allison
Allison originated off the coast of Africa on May 21. For the next two weeks it moved across the Atlantic, into the Caribbean and then along the Mexican coast. By the morning of June 6, t...
2001 Sep 15 Queen Isabella Causeway Collapse
Four loaded barges crashed into the Queen Isabella Causeway (Texas' longest bridge) taking out a 240 foot section of the bridge. The Brown Water V tug and its barges crashed into one of ...
2007 Oct 3 U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Kent Sex Complaint Becomes Physical
GALVESTON — When Cathy McBroom complained in May that she had been sexually harassed by U.S. District Judge Samuel B. Kent, she wasn’t just recounting an off-color remark. Rather, she ...
2008 Feb 7 U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Kent's Social Conduct Prompts Further Investigation
It is improper for judges to seek or accept gifts from those with business before their courts, but whether it is proper for judges to jump into a lawyer's sports car and head off for a s...
2008 Jun 2008 Houston Gay Pride Parade
The Houston Gay Pride Parade is a Gay Pride festival held annually since 1979 in the Montrose neighborhood of Houston, Texas (USA) . The festival takes place in June to celebrate the lesb...
2008 Sep 3 U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Kent Denies Charges of Sexual Abuse
HOUSTON -- U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent found himself on the other side of the bench Sept. 3 as he pleaded not guilty to charges of sexual abuse of a female employee before another fed...
2008 Sep 9 U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Kent Case Judge Enforces Gag Order
Citing a small handful of news stories to support his decision, U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson took a big step and issued a gag order in the criminal case of a Houston federal judge. ...
2009 Jan 7 U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Kent Faced with New Indictment by Federal Grand Jury
Only weeks away from a trial stemming from sexual abuse of an employee, a federal judge in Houston has now been indicted for attacking another female court employee. U.S. District Judg...
2009 Jan 15 New Criminal Charges Reopens U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Kent Investigation
New criminal charges against U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent has prompted the 5th Circuit judicial council to reopen its judicial misconduct investigation against the Houston judge. K...
2009 Feb 23 U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Kent Pleads Guilty as Trial Set to Begin
As a judge, Samuel Kent probably saw many defendants take a last minute plea agreement as jurors filed into the courthouse. This time it was Kent himself that pleaded guilty just as a jur...
2009 Feb 25 Media Outlets Call for Dissolution of U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Kent's Case Gag Order
The Houston Chronicle and other media have asked the judge overseeing the criminal case of U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent to dissolve a gag order he continued this week even after Kent p...
2009 May 12 Impeachment Process Underway
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-Congressional impeachment proceedings could begin today against disgraced U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent of Houston, who was sentenced Monday to lying to fede...
2009 May 28 Judicial Council Refuses U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Kent's Disability Status
Former U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent tried to blame his sexual attacks of female staff members on alcoholism and mental illness, but the Judicial Council for the Fifth U.S. Circuit Cour...
2009 Jun 3 U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Kent Resigns, but Receives Salary While Imprisoned
Convicted felon Samuel Kent agreed to resign from the federal bench - but not until 2010, assuring his retirement salary for another year while he sits in jail and Congress deals with his...
2009 Jun 9 House Judiciary Committee Votes Unanimously to Refer Articles of Impeachment on Judge Samuel Kent
If things keep moving along as they have this week, former federal judge Samuel Kent won't be earning his salary for much longer. On June 9, a panel of the House Judiciary Committee t...