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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). Text is available under the Creative ...
The 1950s Texas drought was a period between 1949 and 1957 in which the state received 30 to 50% less rain than normal, while temperatures rose above average. During this time, Texans experienced the second-, third-, and eighth-driest single years ever in the state – 1956, 1954, and 1951, respectively. [ 1 ]
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.
PHOTOS: Keller, Texas (1920s-1950s). Check out these shots from Star-Telegram archive. Matt Leclercq. ... from 1880s to 1950s. Labor Day in Fort Worth over the decades. Sept. 11, 2001, in Fort ...
Texas refused to celebrate the U.S. Thanksgiving. But Texans refused to go along. November has five Thursdays this year. That’s how it was in 1944, 1945, 1950, 1951 and 1956.
July 8, 1939: At Trading Day in Weatherford, Texas, parked cars of buyers around markets on a Saturday. ... from 1880s to 1950s. Labor Day in Fort Worth over the decades. Sept. 11, 2001, in Fort ...
1842 - Texas seat of government relocated from Austin to Houston. [1] 1845 - Austin becomes part of the new U.S. state of Texas. [2] 1846 - Texas seat of government relocated back to Austin from Houston. [1] 1850 - Population: 3,841. [4] 1854 - Swenson Building and Ziller Building constructed. [5] 1855 Texas State Capitol built. [2]
During the 1950s and 1960s, Dallas became the nation's third-largest technology center, with the growth of such companies as Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV Corporation) and Texas Instruments. In 1957, developers Trammell Crow and John M. Stemmons opened a Home Furnishings Mart, designed by Donald H. Speck, that grew into the Dallas Market Center , the ...