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1959 – Jack Kilby, an engineer at Texas Instruments, filed a patent application for the first integrated circuit. refimprove section, outdated 1978 – The Blizzard of 1978 , one of the worst nor'easters in New England history, dropped record amounts of snow, caused approximately 100 deaths, and did over US$520 million in damage.
Tucson, Arizona, sits on the edge of the Sonoran Desert and is nearly as hot as Phoenix, located 100 miles to the northwest. One of Tucson's hottest summers in recent years occurred in 2013 when ...
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Fort Worth, do you suddenly feel “cool”? Jonathan Thomson, writing in the The Times of London, has declared our city the top destination in Texas now that it has five-star boutique hotels, a ...
Ronald Reagan Day is a day of recognition that occurs every February 6, starting in 2011, in the state of California for Ronald Reagan, who was that state's governor from 1967 to 1975 and President of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
The Washington's Birthday Celebration (WBCA) [1] is an almost month-long event held each February in Laredo, the seat of Webb County in south Texas, that celebrates the birthday of George Washington. It is the largest celebration of its kind in the United States with approximately 400,000 attendees annually.
North Texas recorded its hottest day of the year on Monday, with many more 100-degree days expected later this week. The National Weather Service’s Fort Worth office recorded 106 degrees Monday ...
1959 – Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit. 1959 – At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished. 1973 – The M s 7.6 Luhuo earthquake strikes Sichuan Province, causing widespread destruction and killing at least 2,199 ...