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1950s Texas drought; L. List of people executed in Texas, 1950–1959 ... This page was last edited on 30 June 2024, at 10:01 (UTC).
Alamo moved to current site 300 years ago. You don't have to wait until 2036 to "remember the Alamo." On March 2, 2024, Texas Independence Day, the Remember the Alamo Foundation will kick off the ...
1950 – NBC airs Broadway Open House a late-night comedy, variety, talk show through 1951. Hosted by Morey Amsterdam and Jerry Lester and Dagmar, it serves as the prototype for The Tonight Show; 1950 – Failed assassination attempt by two Puerto Rican nationals on President Harry S. Truman while he was living at Blair House.
1941 – Attack on Pearl Harbor; U.S. enters World War II by declaring war on Japan the next day on December 8; and three days later against Germany and Italy. 1941 – Atlantic Charter, drafted by the UK and U.S., to serve as the blueprint for the postwar world after World War II
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Later that year, Texas passed more segregation laws that delayed integration even further. Facing the lack of federal funds, the Mansfield Independent School District quietly desegregated in 1965. [1] The decade long defiance of a federal school integration order was one of the longest in the nation during that period. [3]
The moon covers the sun during a total solar eclipse, as seen from Fort Worth, Texas, April 8, 2024. / Credit: AP Photo/LM Otero A rare total solar eclipse was witnessed across North America ...
Elections are scheduled to be held on November 5, 2024. [4] Seats up for election will be all seats of the Texas Legislature, [5] all 38 seats in the United States House of Representatives, and the Class I seat to the United States Senate, for which two-term incumbent Republican Senator Ted Cruz is running for re-election. [6]