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Houston

seat of Harris County, and largest city in State of Texas, United States

8 dated entries naming Houston, drawn from 8 separate years between 1836 CE and 2021 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

  • 1836August 30 – The settlement of Houston, Texas is founded.source
  • 1837June 5 – The city of Houston is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.source
  • 1893Booker T. Washington High School (Houston) is founded as "Colored High", the first African-American high school in Houston, Texas.source

20th century

  • 1928June 29 – At the 1928 Democratic National Convention in Houston, Governor of New York Al Smith becomes the first Catholic nominated by a major political party for President of the United States.source
  • 1941September 23 – The 1941 Texas hurricane makes landfall near Bay City, Texas, causing extensive damage and flooding in Galveston and Houston.source
  • 1971June 18 – Southwest Airlines, a low-cost carrier, begins its first flights between Dallas, Houston and San Antonio.source

21st century

  • 2001June 5 – Tropical Storm Allison hits the U.S. state of Texas, severely flooding Houston and killing 23 people.source
  • 2021November 5 – A crowd crush at the Astroworld Festival hosted by Travis Scott in Houston, Texas, kills 10 people and causes 300+ injuries.source

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