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April 1, 1954 (Thursday) The U.S. Congress and President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized the founding of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado. South Point School was founded in Kolkata, India. It would become the largest school in the world by 1988. [ 1]
The Texas Sports Hall of Fame recognizes athletes, coaches, and administrators who have made "lasting fame and honor to Texas sports ". [1] It was established in 1951 by the Texas Sports Writers Association. Once it made its first induction (baseball star Tris Speaker) in 1951, Texas became the first U.S. state to have a sports hall of fame.
The Texas Rangers Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise was established in 1961 as the second incarnation of the Washington Senators, an expansion team awarded to Washington, D.C., after the old Washington Senators team of the American League moved to Minnesota and became the Twins. The new Senators remained in Washington through 1971 playing ...
19th century: the beginning of baseball in Texas. The birth of baseball in Texas happened at the same time as the Civil War in 1861 with the formation of the Houston Base Ball Club to promote the game the same way Alexander Cartwright had during the 1840s with the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club in Manhattan. Baseball was played in Galveston and ...
This is a timeline of the Texas Revolution, spanning the time from the earliest independence movements of the area of Texas, over the declaration of independence from Spain, up to the secession of the Republic of Texas from Mexico . The first shot of the Texas Revolution was fired at the Battle of Gonzales on October 2, 1835.
March 16 - David G. Burnet becomes interim president of the Republic of Texas. March 19 – Battle of Coleto: General Urrea corners Colonel James Fannin near Goliad. March 20 – Fannin surrenders. March 21 – The Battle of Copano is fought. March 22 – King's troops are captured by the Mexicans. March 27 – Goliad Massacre: James Fannin and ...
1865–1899. Years in Texas. Texas portal. v. t. e. Following the defeat of the Confederate States in the American Civil War, Texas was mandated to rejoin the United States of America. Union Army soldiers officially occupied the state starting on June 19, 1865. For the next nine years, Texas was governed by a series of provisional governors as ...
January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 353 days remain until the end of the year (354 in leap years ).