Day by Day Archive Month May
| New Dallas NBA team franchised (1980) |
| Mission, precursor of the Alamo, founded at San Antonio (1718) |
| Cyclone hits Mobeetie (1898) |
| Boerne Village Band honored by German president (1992) |
| Governor Coke appoints commander of Frontier Battalion (1874) |
| Henry Robert, engineer and parliamentarian, born in South Carolina (1837) |
| Texan's London loop-the-loop dazzles His Majesty (1903) |
| First heart transplanted in Houston (1968) |
| Spanish expedition leaves for East Texas (1693) |
| Texas Radical Republican involved in Haymarket Massacre (1886) |
| Catholic Diocese of Galveston established (1847) |
| Predecessor of Texas Conference of Churches founded (1953) |
| Victory over French marks origin of Cinco de Mayo celebration (1862) |
| UT observatory dedicated in Davis Mountains (1939) |
| Texas native Zaragoza repels French army on Cinco De Mayo (1862) |
| Birth of Texas author and women's club leader (1861) |
| Future founders of Harrisburg wed (1813) |
| Historic steamer arrives in Texas (1844) |
| Training camp for "ninety-day wonders" opens at Leon Springs (1917) |
| German scientist concludes tour of Texas (1847) |
| First battle of Mexican War fought in South Texas (1846) |
| Construction begins at Toledo Bend Reservoir (1964) |
| Waco hit by tornado (1953) |
| Army officer charged with murders at Franciscan mission (1752) |
| University of Texas anthem premiers in Austin (1903) |
| Black postal workers' organization planned in Houston (1913) |
| POW camp origin of Country Campus (1942) |
| Author George Washington Daniels dies (1921) |
| Fiddler Bob Wills dies (1975) |
| After Southern surrender, Confederates score a last victory in Texas (1865) |
| Texas Germans declare slavery to be evil (1854) |
| Santa Anna and Burnet sign Treaties of Velasco (1836) |
| Leaks notwithstanding, new Capitol dedicated in Austin (1888) |
| Sánchez family founds Laredo (1755) |
| Historic lighthouse extinguished by title search (1888) |
| Distinguished author born in Central Texas hamlet (1890) |
| Shooting starts bloody feud between ranchers and rangers (1902) |
| Hispanic students stage historic walkout (1968) |
| Austin and Wharton engage the Moctezuma and the Guadaloupe (1843) |
| Last Union prisoners leave Camp Ford (1865) |
| Republic of Texas defeats revolutionary plotters in key action (1839) |
| Pioneer Norse colonist born (1782) |
| 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) |
| Halley's Comet drops meteorite in northeast Texas (1910) |
| Irish trader takes citizenship oath (1829) |
| Indians take captives at Fort Parker (1836) |
| New Amarillo becomes Potter county seat (1893) |
| Spanish king orders compilation of Texas-Louisiana boundary data (1805) |
| North Texas settlement drew life from the railroad (1885) |
| Pioneer Texas doctor born in Alabama (1844) |
| German furniture artist arrives in Texas (1849) |
| Texas Physical Therapy Association organized (1930) |
| Queen Elizabeth visits historic black church in Houston (1991) |
| LBJ Library dedicated in Austin (1971) |
| Mexican theatrical company opens in San Antonio (1911) |
| Landmark public education suit filed (1984) |
| State establishes agency to encourage immigration (1871) |
| Murderers and bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde gunned down in Louisiana (1934) |
| Future Alamo defender and survivor elope (1829) |
| Alleged participants in mob killing go on trial (1869) |
| El Paso civic leader and cigar manufacturer born in Prussia (1857) |
| First meeting of Texas Division of United Daughters of the Confederacy (1896) |
| Woman joins Union army in male disguise (1861) |
| American Academy of Arts and Letters honors black Texas poet (1966) |
| Texas elects first Republican senator since Reconstruction (1961) |
| Famous cattle trail debuts in print (1870) |
| Houston photographer announces "pictures on glass" (1852) |
| Soil Conservation Board established (1939) |
| Texas-nurtured Hilton Hotels Corporation formed (1947) |
| Texas booster fair opens in Fort Worth (1889) |
| El Chico's founder born in Mexico (1871) |
| "Rough Riders" ordered from San Antonio to Florida (1898) |
| Spanish governor heads off French rule in South Texas (1688) |
