Article Archive

May

1

New Dallas NBA team franchised
(1980)

Mission, precursor of the Alamo, founded at San Antonio
(1718)

Cyclone hits Mobeetie
(1898)

2

Henry Robert, engineer and parliamentarian, born in South Carolina
(1837)

Governor Coke appoints commander of Frontier Battalion
(1874)

Boerne Village Band honored by German president
(1992)

3

Texan's London loop-the-loop dazzles His Majesty
(1903)

Spanish expedition leaves for East Texas
(1693)

First heart transplanted in Houston
(1968)

4

Predecessor of Texas Conference of Churches founded
(1953)

Texas Radical Republican involved in Haymarket Massacre
(1886)

Catholic Diocese of Galveston established
(1847)

5

Victory over French marks origin of Cinco de Mayo celebration
(1862)

Texas native Zaragoza repels French army on Cinco De Mayo
(1862)

UT observatory dedicated in Davis Mountains
(1939)

6

Noted Texas journalist Hugh Fitzgerald dies
(1936)

Hood's Texas Brigade rallies around General Lee
(1864)

Oldest active missionary Baptist church in Texas organized
(1838)

Former Texan rallies Union troops, wins Medal of Honor
(1864)

7

Historic steamer arrives in Texas
(1844)

Birth of Texas author and women's club leader
(1861)

Future founders of Harrisburg wed
(1813)

8

Training camp for "ninety-day wonders" opens at Leon Springs
(1917)

First battle of Mexican War fought in South Texas
(1846)

German scientist concludes tour of Texas
(1847)

9

Fugitive Confederate government officials captured in Georgia
(1865)

Orange Show opens to the public
(1979)

Lynch mob in Sherman touches off riot
(1930)

El Paso workers walk out on Farah
(1972)

10

Woman mayor celebrated in national magazine
(1937)

Two Texas women's organizations founded in Dallas
(1893)

Dallas designates Federal Reserve Bank a historic landmark
(1979)

Joan Crawford dies
(1977)

11

Army officer charged with murders at Franciscan mission
(1752)

Waco hit by tornado
(1953)

Construction begins at Toledo Bend Reservoir
(1964)

12

University of Texas anthem premiers in Austin
(1903)

Black postal workers' organization planned in Houston
(1913)

POW camp origin of Country Campus
(1942)

13

After Southern surrender, Confederates score a last victory in Texas
(1865)

Fiddler Bob Wills dies
(1975)

Author George Washington Daniels dies
(1921)

14

Leaks notwithstanding, new Capitol dedicated in Austin
(1888)

Texas Germans declare slavery to be evil
(1854)

Santa Anna and Burnet sign Treaties of Velasco
(1836)

15

Distinguished author born in Central Texas hamlet
(1890)

Sánchez family founds Laredo
(1755)

Historic lighthouse extinguished by title search
(1888)

16

Hispanic students stage historic walkout
(1968)

Shooting starts bloody feud between ranchers and rangers
(1902)

Austin and Wharton engage the Moctezuma and the Guadaloupe
(1843)

17

Republic of Texas defeats revolutionary plotters in key action
(1839)

Pioneer Norse colonist born
(1782)

Last Union prisoners leave Camp Ford
(1865)

18

Attack on wagontrain precipitates decisive Indian war
(1871)

Founder of Dewitt's colony dies in Mexico
(1835)

Legislature passes bill to study government reform
(1931)

19

Indians take captives at Fort Parker
(1836)

Halley's Comet drops meteorite in northeast Texas
(1910)

Irish trader takes citizenship oath
(1829)

20

North Texas settlement drew life from the railroad
(1885)

New Amarillo becomes Potter county seat
(1893)

Spanish king orders compilation of Texas-Louisiana boundary data
(1805)

21

German furniture artist arrives in Texas
(1849)

Pioneer Texas doctor born in Alabama
(1844)

Texas Physical Therapy Association organized
(1930)

22

Queen Elizabeth visits historic black church in Houston
(1991)

LBJ Library dedicated in Austin
(1971)

Mexican theatrical company opens in San Antonio
(1911)

23

Murderers and bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde gunned down in Louisiana
(1934)

Landmark public education suit filed
(1984)

State establishes agency to encourage immigration
(1871)

24

Alleged participants in mob killing go on trial
(1869)

Future Alamo defender and survivor elope
(1829)

El Paso civic leader and cigar manufacturer born in Prussia
(1857)

25

Woman joins Union army in male disguise
(1861)

First meeting of Texas Division of United Daughters of the Confederacy
(1896)

American Academy of Arts and Letters honors black Texas poet
(1966)

26

Historic clash leads to unionization of Texas farmworkers
(1975)

"Goat-gland" doctor dies in San Antonio
(1942)

"Singing Brakeman" dies
(1933)

Travis estate advertises for return of escaped slave
(1837)

27

Famous cattle trail debuts in print
(1870)

Houston photographer announces "pictures on glass"
(1852)

Texas elects first Republican senator since Reconstruction
(1961)

28

Black gold found on university land
(1923)

Mexican-American feminists meet in Houston
(1971)

Congress establishes United States Border Patrol
(1924)

San Antonio mission reopens as Marianist training center
(1861)

29

Texas booster fair opens in Fort Worth
(1889)

Texas-nurtured Hilton Hotels Corporation formed
(1947)

Soil Conservation Board established
(1939)

30

Spanish governor heads off French rule in South Texas
(1688)

El Chico's founder born in Mexico
(1871)

"Rough Riders" ordered from San Antonio to Florida
(1898)

31

End of an era: Fort Griffin closes down
(1881)

Last passenger train leaves Dallas terminal
(1969)

"Village Blacksmith of Cumby" born in Tennessee
(1839)

San Antonio merchant killed by Apaches
(1783)

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