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December 10 – The Pi Kappa Phi fraternity is founded at the College of Charleston in South Carolina. December 30 – The East Boston Tunnel opens, for streetcars . December 31 – In New York City, the first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square .
1901 – The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas. [16] 1901 – New York: Automobile Club of America installs signs on major highways. [17] 1916 – World War I: Imperial Russia begins the Erzurum Offensive, leading to the defeat of the Ottoman Empire 's Third Army. [18]
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1904 – István Horthy, Hungarian fighter pilot and deputy regent (d. 1942) 1904 – John Courtney Murray, American priest and theologian (d. 1967) 1904 – Lou Moore, American race car driver (d. 1956) 1905 – Linda Agostini, English-Australian murder victim (d. 1934) [29] 1907 – Louis MacNeice, Irish poet and playwright (d. 1963)
South Texas Community College opens. [1] 1995 - City Hall rebuilt. [1] 1997 City website online. [21] [22] Rubén Hinojosa becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 15th congressional district. [23] 1998 - Texas State Bank building constructed. [1] 1999 - "Futuro McAllen" civic group formed. [3] 2000 Green jay designated official city bird. [3 ...
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The event was conceived by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. October – November: Typhoon Angela leaves the Philippines and Vietnam devastated, with 882 deaths and US$315 million in damage. November 4: Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli Prime Minister and Defence Minister, by Yigal Amir, an Israeli right-wing extremist.