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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 ]
Pages in category "1950s in Texas" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1950s Texas drought; L.
1960 – U-2 incident, wherein a CIA U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission over Soviet Union airspace 1960 – Greensboro sit-ins, sparked by four African American college students refusing to move from a segregated lunch counter, and the Nashville sit-ins, spur similar actions and increases sentiment in the Civil Rights Movement.
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 ...
Keller, Texas, during the 1920s-1950s. Greater Fort Worth International Airport’s 1953 grand opening. Fort Worth Stock Show, 1930s to 1950s. Creepy clowns in Fort Worth. Queen Elizabeth visits ...
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
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 ...
[2] January 24 – Cold War: Klaus Fuchs, German émigré and physicist, walks into London's War Office and confesses to being a Soviet spy: for seven years, he passed top secret data on American and British nuclear weapons research to the Soviet Union; [3] formally charged February 2.