Texas History
1817 - Francisco Xavier Mina and his men arrived at the mouth of the Santander River. They had left Galveston on Apri 7 with the mission of driving the forces of Spanish king Ferdinand VII from Mexico. After minor victories Mina was captured and eventually executed at Fort San Gregorio.
1921 - In downtown Dallas, the Majestic Theatre opened.
1939 - Seito Saibara died. In 1903, he founded a Japanese colony of 30 families in Webster and started a successful rice farming industry.
2010 - In Irving, TX, Texas Stadium was imploded.
2015 - Jaime Benn (Dallas Stars) scored four points against the Nashville Predators to win the NHL's Art Ross Trophy with a season total of 87 points.
| I thought I knew Texas pretty well, but I had no notion of it's size until I campaigned it. - Former Governor Ann Richards |
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