Article Archive

August

1

First election in Texas
(1731)

Baylor declares himself governor of Confederate Territory of Arizona
(1861)

Gunman opens fire on students at UT
(1966)

2

Law arrives west of the Pecos
(1882)

Texans oust Mexicans in battle of Nacogdoches
(1832)

Legislature grants Katy a Texas charter
(1870)

3

Murder of sheriff candidate kindles feud
(1898)

Clash with Rangers radicalizes rancher
(1915)

4

Stevenson becomes governor of Texas as O'Daniel departs for U.S. Senate
(1941)

Bracero program supplies labor during World War II
(1942)

Texas Revolution participant marries future memoirist
(1836)

5

Famous fraud Frederick Albert Cook dies
(1940)

World-famous female impersonator dies at his home
(1973)

First permanent settler arrives at Point Bolivar
(1838)

6

New British diplomat arrives in Texas
(1842)

Famous Texas missionary dies in Mexico City
(1726)

Oilman gives Paisano Ranch to UT
(1966)

Feminist folk artist born in Laredo
(1902)

7

Mickey Leland dies in plane crash
(1989)

Dallas strikers attract spectators and international attention
(1935)

Alexander Cockrell buys Dallas townsite
(1852)

Peripatetic pioneer elected first Bosque County judge
(1854)

8

Raiders attack Norias Division of King Ranch
(1915)

Abilene "Top Citizen" dies
(1968)

Soul legend born in Rogers
(1935)

9

Birth of Texas blues pianist Robert Shaw
(1908)

Last reunion at Camp Ben McCulloch
(1946)

"Bet-a-Million" Gates dies
(1911)

10

Confederate soldiers attack Unionists beside the Nueces River
(1862)

Texas Department of Public Safety established
(1935)

First woman poet laureate dies
(1958)

11

Future Texas woodcarver born in Switzerland
(1883)

Decline continues as Spanish officer leaves San Xavier missions
(1754)

Mysterious fire destroys evidence against Parr political machine
(1914)

12

Raiding Comanches soundly defeated at Plum Creek
(1840)

Eccentric ornithologist and editor dies in San Antonio
(1985)

Giant sinkhole appears at Boling Dome
(1983)

13

Black infantrymen allegedly attack Brownsville citizens
(1906)

U.S. agent advises against recognition of Texas independence
(1836)

UT professor speaks out for academic freedom
(1945)

14

First Texas newspaper begins brief life
(1819)

Hispanic meeting in Harlingen stalls, but lays groundwork for LULAC
(1927)

Texas suffragist dies
(1957)

15

Philip Sublett nominates Sam Houston for president of the Republic of Texas
(1836)

Future superior of Refugio Sisters of Mercy takes religious vows
(1872)

First Feast of the Assumption celebrated in Praha
(1855)

16

Irish colony founded in South Texas
(1828)

French adventurer marries Spanish official's daughter
(1719)

Civil rights attorney killed in accident
(1960)

17

Black Jack Ketchum is captured in New Mexico
(1899)

Pioneer settler's death prematurely announced
(1842)

Davy Crockett born
(1786)

18

Gutiérrez-Magee expedition squashed in bloodiest Texas battle
(1813)

Mexican Congress passes colonization law
(1824)

Famous Hollywood designer born in Waco
(1894)

19

Pioneer Methodist missionary enters Texas
(1837)

Apaches bury the hatchet
(1749)

John Selman kills John Wesley Hardin
(1895)

20

Repeat hurricane dooms Indianola
(1886)

The future Fort Lancaster is established
(1855)

Presidential parents wed
(1907)

Peace--finally!--between the U.S. and Texas
(1866)

21

Texan's sacrifice in Vietnam earns Medal of Honor
(1968)

Antisuffrage activist dies
(1928)

"La Musa Texana" dies in Laredo
(1910)

22

Racially integrated art exhibition opens in Texas
(1971)

A&M College of Medicine opens its doors
(1977)

H&TC absorbs four other rail lines
(1901)

23

Carl Crane, aviation pioneer, makes first automated landing
(1937)

San Patricio deserters face court-martial
(1847)

Loyalist warns governor of anti-Mexican sentiment in Nacogdoches
(1835)

24

Flood destroys West Texas town
(1882)

Military hero begins long Congressional career
(1946)

Treaty grants Mexican independence
(1821)

25

Ninetieth Division activated at Camp Travis
(1917)

DRT takes over French Legation
(1949)

Black medical organization founded
(1886)

Young Thomas Short confesses to cattle theft
(1849)

26

Alamo survivor Joe escapes from slavery
(1837)

State Police in gun battle
(1870)

Provincias Internas divided into three sectors
(1786)

Town opens with a barbecue
(1892)

27

Chihuahua Expedition ends after blazing trade route
(1840)

Stevie Ray Vaughan dies in crash
(1990)

Redeemed captive begins trip home
(1866)

28

Newt Gresham founds Farmers Union
(1902)

Texas sub commander receives Medal of Honor
(1945)

Hugo Oconór becomes ad interim governor of Texas
(1767)

María Calvillo petitions Mexican government for ranch title
(1828)

29

Future member of the Country Music Hall of Fame born in Texas
(1908)

Houston Academy chartered
(1856)

Founder of agricultural community dies
(1965)

30

El Paso Electric forerunner takes over as supplier for the Southwest
(1901)

Texans capture guns at Second Manassas
(1862)

Mob masses at Mansfield
(1956)

31

"Gentleman Jim" Ferguson, future Texas governor, born in Salado
(1871)

Camp Bowie closed
(1946)

Historic Baptist church founded
(1839)

Asa Borger murdered
(1934)

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