Dallas

city in the state of Texas, United States

6 dated entries naming Dallas, drawn from 6 separate years between 1841 CE and 1985 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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19th century

  • 1841November – The settlement of Dallas, Texas, is founded by John Neely Bryan.source

20th century

  • 1963November 22 – Assassination of John F. Kennedy: In a motorcade in Dallas, Texas, U.S. President John F. Kennedy is fatally shot by Lee Harvey Oswald, and Governor of Texas John Connally is seriously wounded at 12:30 CST. Upon Kennedy's death, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson becomes the 36th president of the United States.source
  • 1968April 23 – The United Methodist Church is created by the union in Dallas, Texas, of the former Methodist and Evangelical United Brethren churches.source
  • 1971June 18 – Southwest Airlines, a low-cost carrier, begins its first flights between Dallas, Houston and San Antonio.source
  • 1978February 2 - the Reunion Tower opens in Dallas Texas.source
  • 1985October 19 - The first Blockbuster store opened in Dallas, Texas.source

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