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Austin History Center active. [30] Austin Children's Museum established. [31] Sister city relationship established with Adelaide, Australia. [25] 1984 - St. Michael's Catholic Academy established. 1985 Austin Film Society organized. Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival begins. 1986 Austin Lyric Opera founded.
A strong F3 tornado hit areas near Sudan, damaging or destroying up to 77 homes. 3 people were injured. [17] Another long-tracked tornado hit Lynn, Lubbock and Crosby counties, damaging over 120 buildings. One person was injured, the total length of the tornado path was 50 miles. A brief F1 tornado hit Cotton Center, damaging multiple homes.
The Austin History Center is the local history collection of the Austin Public Library and the city's historical archive. The building opened as the official Austin Public Library in 1933 and served as the main library until 1979, [ 2 ] when library functions moved to the John Henry Faulk Library, a newer facility next door.
The first European settlers in the present-day Austin were a group of Spanish friars who arrived from East Texas in July 1730. They established three temporary missions, La Purísima Concepción, San Francisco de los Neches and San José de los Nazonis, on a site by the Colorado River, near Barton Springs.
June 23, 1960 – Tropical Storm One of 1960 hit 30 miles (48 km) south of Corpus Christi, Texas as a 45 mph (72 km/h) storm. The storm looped over southern Texas, dumping heavy rain over the area. It moved slowly northward, and eventually dissipated over Illinois. Though weak, the storm caused $3.6 million in damage (1960 dollars) and 15 deaths.
Austin police called the Bexar County Sheriff's Office about the string of attacks in Texas' capital city, saying the suspect had links to a home on Port Royal Street near San Antonio, Salazar ...
The Bullock Texas State History Museum (often referred to as the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum or Bullock Museum) is a history museum in Austin, Texas.The museum, located a few blocks north of the Texas State Capitol at 1800 North Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas, is dedicated to interpreting the continually unfolding "Story of Texas" to the broadest possible audience through ...
South Point is a census-designated place in Cameron County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,376 at the 2010 census , [ 3 ] up from 1,118 at the 2000 census . Part of the Brownsville–Harlingen Metropolitan Statistical Area , South Point is the southernmost census designated place in the state of Texas.