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March 9 – WWII: Executive order 9082 (February 28, 1942) reorganizes the United States Army into three major commands: Army Ground Forces, Army Air Forces, and Services of Supply, later redesignated Army Service Forces.
The Republican state convention was held at San Angelo on August 10 and 11, 1942. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Caswell Kelliston "C.K." McDowell, a former county judge of Val Verde County [ 11 ] and longtime Republican activist in the state [ 12 ] was nominated for Governor.
The predecessor to Texas Southern University, Texas State College for Negroes, a historically black college (HBCU) is the first state university in the Houston area. Its name was changed in 1951. 1948 - The Gulf Freeway, Texas' first freeway, opens as U.S. Highway 75, signalling the beginning of freeway construction in the city.
List of United States tornado outbreaks – 1940–1949 Outbreak Dates Region Tornadoes Casualties Notes February 1942 tornado outbreak: February 5–6, 1942: Southeast: ≥28: 22 fatalities, 330 injuries (22 significant, 9 killer) Tornado outbreak of March 16–17, 1942: March 16, 1942: Central – Southern U.S. – 148 fatalities, ≥1284 ...
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The event happened because of wind-shear from an intense thunderstorm downdraft that occurred at the north end of the airport, The National Transportation Safety Board’s accident board determined.
The 1942 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 3, 1942. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel was re-elected to a second term. O'Daniel, who had only been elected to the seat in a special election the year before, narrowly fended off a primary challenge from former Governor James V. Allred .