Day by Day Archive Month October
| General Land Office opens (1837) |
| Quicksilver mine goes bust (1942) |
| The Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville houses its first prisoner (1849) |
| Texas Revolution begins at Gonzales (1835) |
| Trials leading to Great Hanging at Gainesville begin (1862) |
| Lost Battalion shipped to Singapore (1942) |
| Joiner becomes "Dad" of East Texas Oilfield (1930) |
| General joins ranks with artist (1843) |
| Japanese colony honored (1982) |
| Texas hero falls at Battery Robinett (1862) |
| Smallpox breaks out in Laredo (1898) |
| Thomas S. Gathright takes charge of new A&M College (1876) |
| Hall for freethinkers burns down in Waco (1889) |
| Dallas Health Museum opens (1946) |
| Janis Joplin dies (1970) |
| Clyde Littlefield, future UT coach, born in Pennsylvania (1892) |
| Freethinker whipped in Bell County (1877) |
| Reuben Ross shoots Ben McCulloch in duel (1839) |
| Indians defeat Spanish force on Red River (1759) |
| Freedmen's Bureau agent is assassinated (1868) |
| Alamo survivor dies (1883) |
| Witte Memorial Museum opens (1926) |
| Filibusters captured at La Bahía (1821) |
| Liberty Gazette announces Shakespeare reading by Ada Bertha Théodore (1855) |
| Houston Direct Navigation Company chartered (1866) |
| Legendary West Texas historian dies (1995) |
| Governor imposes martial law on Freestone County (1871) |
| First Bloys Camp Meeting held in Big Bend region (1890) |
| First issue of Telegraph and Texas Register published (1835) |
| Salt War turns bloody (1877) |
| Kiowa chief commits suicide (1878) |
| Texas Woman's Fair begins in Houston (1915) |
| Yellow fever claims gubernatorial candidate (1847) |
| First Catholic Mass in Texas celebrated (1680) |
| UT president lambastes Board of Regents at faculty meeting (1944) |
| Future publisher joins Galveston News as office boy (1874) |
| Voters overwhelmingly approve annexation (1845) |
| New Orleans Greys assemble in historic meeting (1835) |
| Alexander Gregg consecrated first Episcopal bishop of Texas (1859) |
| Inventor and early settler born in Norway (1843) |
| Frustrated ex-ranger killed when he smashes his malfunctioning rifle against rock (1867) |
| Pan American Round Table founded in San Antonio (1916) |
| Attempt to kidnap alleged Union spy fails (1861) |
| On Texas soil, presidents meet for the first time (1909) |
| Sam Houston issues passport (1844) |
| President Lamar and cabinet arrive in new capital of Austin (1839) |
| Texans found first black police organization in the country (1935) |
| Follower of Mexican anarchist causes train crash (1915) |
| Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant begins production (1942) |
| Cowboy detective dies in California (1928) |
| In letter to king of Spain, Coronado is first to describe Llano Estacado (1541) |
| Community leader foresees her own death (1874) |
| Aaron Burr acquitted of charge of treason (1807) |
| Robert McKee, El Paso contractor, dies (1964) |
| New oil well starts Ranger boom (1917) |
| First bank in Texas founded (1822) |
| Death of Lady Bird's father (1960) |
| Chaos wanes as Houston administration replaces ad interim government (1836) |
| Students riot at Waller Creek (1969) |
| First Texas Cavalry, USA, embarks on Rio Grande campaign (1863) |
| Abilene replaces Buffalo Gap as seat of Taylor County (1883) |
| Plane crashes into religious shrine (1970) |
| Austin African-American colleges merge (1952) |
| Llanos-Cárdenas expedition begins mapping Matagorda Bay (1690) |
| Pioneer German authors killed by Indians (1845) |
| "Star Trek" creator beamed from Earth (1991) |
| Texas State Fair opens in Dallas (1886) |
| Up-and-down entrepreneur Franklin Shaeffer dies (1886) |
| Camp Gates established in Coryell County (1849) |
| First football game played at Cotton Bowl (1930) |
| Texas native dies in heroic action (1944) |
| Pride of Galveston launched in Scotland (1877) |
| Company chartered to connect Texas and Brazil by rail (1891) |
| Pioneering panoramic photographer dies (1986) |
| Battle of Concepción ignites siege of Bexar (1835) |
| German newspaper ceases publication (1945) |
| Chamizal Dispute finally settled (1967) |
| Father of conjunto born in Reynosa (1911) |
| State legislature receives proposal for Indian reservation (1853) |
| Colorado City-Snyder route inaugurates intercity bus service in Texas (1907) |
| Compromise bill establishes five Texas wilderness areas (1984) |
| Food merchant Crone Furr dies in Amarillo (1946) |
| San Antonio declares Ellen S. Quillin Day (1960) |
| Military commander removes Texas Supreme Court justice (1869) |
| Gulf Coast promoter and inventor dies (1893) |
| Leading black politician dies (1882) |
