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Houston

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

11 dated entries naming Houston, drawn from 11 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.

Also written as Houston, Texas in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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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
  • 1943September 7 – Gulf Hotel fire: A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, Texas kills 55.source
  • 1966April 21 – An artificial heart is installed in the chest of Marcel DeRudder in a Houston, Texas, hospital.source
  • 1971June 18 – Southwest Airlines, a low-cost carrier, begins its first flights between Dallas, Houston and San Antonio.source
  • 1976May 11 – An accident involving a tanker truck carrying anhydrous ammonia takes place in Houston, Texas, resulting in the deaths of 7 people.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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