Day by Day Archive Month September
| Benavides crosses Rio Grande in pursuit of Mexican "Unionists" (1863) |
| Huge law firm founded in Houston (1917) |
| Founding director of Barker Texas History Center retires (1969) |
| Last surviving signer of Texas Declaration of Independence dies (1895) |
| Pioneer Methodist ministers hold camp meeting on Caney Creek (1834) |
| San Antonio piano teacher composes polka (1847) |
| Fort Sam hospital renamed in honor of military physician (1942) |
| Black students attempt to enroll in white school (1950) |
| Former floating Texas capitol sold (1839) |
| Sam Houston elected first president of the Republic of Texas (1836) |
| Infamous outlaw sentenced to death (1877) |
| Future port developer weds future state legislator (1905) |
| Jaybirds order black leaders out of Fort Bend County (1888) |
| Constitutional convention meets in Austin (1875) |
| Texan's sacrifice in Korea earns Medal of Honor (1952) |
| Houston Ship Channel is deepened (1914) |
| Hill County cotton mill begins production (1901) |
| Soldiers charged with setting fires and looting in Brenham (1866) |
| Port Arthur and Orange County connected by bridge (1938) |
| Frank Baldwin captures mysterious "white Indian" Tehan (1874) |
| Hurricane devastates Galveston (1900) |
| East Dallas incorporated (1882) |
| Meteorite hits Grayson County (1961) |
| Terry's Texas Rangers mustered into Confederate service (1861) |
| Spanish colonizer of South Texas dies in Mexico City (1770) |
| Spanish regulations changes frontier line in Texas (1772) |
| Washerwoman buys valuable Dallas property (1869) |
| Ottine Swamp designated state park (1933) |
| Spanish-language dramatic company attracts large audiences (1891) |
| Irredentist forces from Mexico try to take back Texas (1842) |
| Early colony holds first election (1844) |
| Country singer born in country town (1909) |
| First producing oil well in Texas comes in (1866) |
| Philanthropist Alexander Sanger dies (1925) |
| Fence-cutting war reaches Mabel Day's ranch (1883) |
| Abolitionist minister lynched in Fort Worth (1860) |
| Mexican-American civil-rights conference meets in Laredo (1911) |
| Robert Neighbors assassinated at Fort Belknap (1859) |
| Hospital destroyed in hurricane (1919) |
| Mexico frees slaves (1829) |
| Revolutionary journalist attacks Mexico from Texas (1891) |
| Promotional stunt in non-existent town kills three people (1896) |
| Diez y Seis de Septiembre (1810) |
| Independent Democrats oppose KKK (1922) |
| Mexico releases remaining Texas captives from Perote Prison (1844) |
| Army officer paints watercolor of Kiowa Chief (1845) |
| Wood County dams completed (1962) |
| Emma loses out to Crosbyton as county seat (1910) |
| Baptist university opens in Dallas (1905) |
| Hurricane Beulah wracks Texas coast (1967) |
| Texan flies in first airship? (1865) |
| Oldest public junior college in Texas opens (1925) |
| Worst bus accident in Texas history (1989) |
| Future missionary ordained (1826) |
| Texas passes law restricting cotton acreage (1931) |
| "American Nightingale" debuts in New York (1920) |
| Nimitz Museum acquires Nimitz Hotel (1964) |
| James Perry marries into Austin family (1824) |
| Texas folklorist born (1867) |
| New Memorial Stadium scoreboard dedicated to Freddie Steinmark (1972) |
| G&I train arrives in Port Bolivar--three years late! (1903) |
| Future legal historian born in Denmark (1854) |
| Benjamin Grierson marries Alice Kirk (1854) |
| Radio broadcasting comes to South Texas (1922) |
| Goodnight, Loving! (1867) |
| West Texas's first professional woman artist dies (1874) |
| Future panjandrum of the KKK is born (1881) |
| Famed cowboy memoirist dies (1935) |
| Temperamental new governor arrives in San Antonio (1736) |
| Flamboyant railroad and town promoter dies (1928) |
| First TV station in Texas goes on the air (1948) |
| Mexico arrests pioneer merchant as a spy (1846) |
| Babe Zaharias dies of cancer (1956) |
| Rebel wife and diarist dies (1917) |
| Presidio commander resumes post after arrest (1769) |
| Cortina attacks Brownsville (1859) |
| Texas exile dies in Brazil (1867) |
| First Polish church in America consecrated (1856) |
| Texas native and former slave earns Medal of Honor in Union Army (1864) |
| Company chartered to develop the Rio Grande valley (1905) |
| Governor Pease resigns in protest against Reconstruction policies (1869) |
| Guadalupe Mountains National Park established (1972) |
