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Assassination of John F. Kennedy. Dallas. November 22, 1963. 2. While traveling in an open car, President John F. Kennedy was killed by a lone sniper, Lee Harvey Oswald, who then murdered J. D. Tippit, a Dallas police officer who had spotted him in a local neighborhood. Murder of Lee Harvey Oswald. Dallas. November 24, 1963.
Indigenous people lived in what is now Texas more than 10,000 years ago, as evidenced by the discovery of the remains of prehistoric Leanderthal Lady. In 1519, the arrival of the first Spanish conquistadors in the region of North America now known as Texas found the region occupied by numerous Native American tribes.
The Bullock Texas State History Museum (often referred to as the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum or Bullock Museum) is a history museum in Austin, Texas.The museum, located a few blocks north of the Texas State Capitol at 1800 North Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas, is dedicated to interpreting the continually unfolding "Story of Texas" to the broadest possible audience through ...
Texas historical marker in Crowell, Texas. The Fort Parker massacre, also known as the Fort Parker raid, was an event in which a group of Texian colonists were killed in an attack by a contingent of Comanche, Kiowa, Caddo, and Wichita raiders at Fort Parker on May 19, 1836. During the attack, Cynthia Ann Parker, then approximately nine years ...
December 30–31, 1842. Location. Austin, Republic of Texas. Result. Texas national archives retained in Austin. The Texas Archive War was an 1842 dispute over an attempted move of the Republic of Texas national archives from Austin to Houston and, more broadly, over President Sam Houston 's efforts to re-establish Houston as the capital of Texas.
Gateway Church is a non-denominational, charismatic Christian multi-site megachurch based in Southlake, Texas, near Fort Worth that promotes Word of Faith doctrines that have widely been dismissed as heresy by orthodox Christianity. [citation needed] It estimates its weekly attendance at 100,000 as of 2022.
Austin's history has also been largely tied to state politics and in the late 19th century, the establishment of the University of Texas made Austin a regional center for higher education, as well as a hub for state government. In the 20th century, Austin's music scene had earned the city the nickname "Live Music Capital of the World." [5]
December 7 – J. Thompson Baker, politician from New Jersey (born 1847) December 10 – William E. Miller soldier and Pennsylvania State Senator (born 1836) See also. List of American films of 1919; Timeline of United States history (1900–1929) References