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Historical Events
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1836-08-30 - The city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen
1917-08-23 - Race riot in Houston Texas (2 blacks & 11 whites killed)
1917-12-11 - 13 black soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot
1918-09-03 - 5 soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot of 1917
1919-05-31 - 1st wedding held in an aircraft (over Houston, Texas)
1939-06-23 - Bronko Nagurski beats Lou Thesz in Houston, to become wrestling champ
1942-11-27 - Bobby Managoff beats Yvon Robert in Houston, to become wrestling champ
1943-09-07 - Fire in decrepit old Gulf Hotel kills 45 (Houston Texas)
1949-01-01 - KPRC TV channel 2 in Houston, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953-05-12 - KUHT TV channel 8 in Houston, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting
1953-05-25 - 1st non-commercial educational television station-Houston, Texas
1954-11-20 - KTRK TV channel 13 in Houston, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
1956-04-26 - First container ship left Port Newark, New Jersey for Houston, Texas
1959-08-14 - AFL organized with NY, Dallas, LA, Minneapolis, Denver & Houston
1960-07-18 - Baseball's NL votes to add Houston & NY franchises
1960-10-16 - NL votes to admit Houston & NY to league
1961-01-31 - Houston voters approve bond to finance luxury domed stadium
1961-11-19 - Houston George Blanda passes for 7 touchdowns vs NY Titans (49-13)
1962-04-10 - 1st major league game in Houston, Colt .45s beat Chicago Cubs, 11-2
1962-12-22 - Harris County voters approve all-weather stadium for Houston Colt .45s
1963-05-17 - Houston Colt .45's Don Notterbart no-hits Phillies, 4-1
1963-06-09 - 1st Sunday night game in baseball SF Giants lose to Houston Colts 3-0
1963-06-15 - SF Giants Juan Marichal no-hits Houston Colt .45s, 1-0
1963-09-10 - Phillies beat Houston Colt .45s, 16-0
1963-09-29 - Houston Colt .45 John Paciorek goes 3 for 3 in his only game
1963-12-22 - Oakland Raider Tom Flores passes for 6 touchdowns vs Houston (52-49)
1964-04-23 - Houston Colt 45s Ken Johnson becomes 1st major league pitcher to lose a 9 inning no-hitter, Reds win 1-0
1964-05-17 - Phillies triple play Houston Colt .45s
1965-07-08 - Joe Morgan is 1st Houston player with 6 hits in a game
1967-01-06 - KHTV TV channel 39 in Houston, TX (IND) begins broadcasting
1967-02-06 - Heavyweight Cassius Clay beats Ernie Terrell in Houston
1967-06-18 - Houston Don Wilson no-hits Atlanta Braves, 2-0
1968-01-20 - Houston ends UCLA's 47-game basketball winning streak, 71-69
1968-01-20 - The Houston Cougars defeat the UCLA Bruins 71-69 to win the Game of the Century.
1969-05-01 - Houston Don Wilson 2nd no-hitter beats Cin Reds, 4-0
1970-04-13 - Apollo 13 announces "Houston, we've got a problem!" as Beech-built oxygen tank explodes en route to Moon
1973-07-20 - Jack Brisco beats Harley Race in Houston, to become NWA champ
1974-01-13 - Superbowl VIII: Miami Dolphins beat Minn Vikings, 24-7 in Houston Superbowl MVP: Larry Csonka, Miami, RB
1974-02-20 - Gordie Howe comes out of retirement for $1M from Houston Aeros, WHA
1975-05-04 - Houston's Bob Watson scores baseball's one-millionth run of all time
1975-11-02 - Summit in Houston opens - Rockets beat Milwaukee Bucks, 104-89
1978-09-02 - John McClain performs 180 outside loops in an airplane over Houston
1983-04-04 - 45th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: NC State beats Houston 54-52
1983-08-18 - Hurricane Alicia battered Houston & Galveston, Texas
1984-04-02 - 46th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: Georgetown beats Houston 84-75
1984-08-19 - Republican convention in Houston nominates Ronald Reagan for pres
1985-02-24 - Jim Kelly (Houston USFL) passes for pro football record 574 yds
1985-09-18 - BBC Radio reports prime # 2^216091-1 found in Houston
1988-08-25 - Challenger Center opens its classroom doors in Houston
1989-06-13 - Houston's Terry Puhl plays in his 1,403rd game (most by a Canadian)
1989-10-21 - Houston becomes 1st major college team to gain 1000 yards in a game
1989-12-02 - 55th Heisman Trophy Award: Andre Ware, Houston (QB)
1991-08-31 - Houston QB David Klingler sets NCAA record with 6 touchdown passes in the 2nd quarter as the Cougars clobbered Louisiana Tech 73-3
1991-09-11 - 14 die in a Continental Express commuter plane crash near Houston
1991-11-09 - Houston's Roman Anderson is 1st NCAA to kick 400 pts
1993-01-10 - Maiden flight of Ultrair (Houston to LA)
1993-09-08 - Houston's Darryl Kile throws 3rd no-hitter of season in 7-1 over Mets
1995-03-01 - Part of Houston begins using new area code 261
1995-04-18 - Houston Post folds after 116 years
1996-09-29 - Alanis Morissette ends her 1st US tour (Houston Texas)
2000-04-11 - AT&T Park in San Francisco, Minute Maid Park in Houston, and Comerica Park in Detroit open.
2001-06-05 - Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm caused $5.5 billion in damages, making Allison the costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.
2002-10-31 - A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas formally indicted former Enron Corp. chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer.
2005-06-01 - The longest oil/natural gas explosion in the Houston, Texas area occurs in Crosby, Texas. The drill was owned by the Louisiana Oil and Gas Company.
2007-04-20 - Johnson Space Center Shooting: A man with a handgun barricades himself in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself.
2008-09-13 - Hurricane Ike makes landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States, causing heavy damage to Galveston Island, Houston and surrounding areas.
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 75 of 75
1882-07-10 - Ima Hogg, Texas art patron/founder of Houston Symphony
1895-07-23 - Florence Vidor, [Arto], Houston TX, actress (Jack Knife Man)
1900-11-07 - Efrem Kurtz, St Petersburg Russia, conductor (Houston Symph 1948-54)
1905-01-19 - Oveta Culp Hobby, govt official/newspaper publisher/CEO (Houston Post)
1912-01-11 - Donald Barry, Houston Tx, actor (Mr Gallo-Mr Novak)
1916-09-02 - Penny Santon, Greenwich Village NY, actress (Roll Out, Matt Houston)
1920-08-22 - Denton Cooley, Houston, heart surgeon (1st artifical heart transplant)
1929-02-24 - David Houston, Major-General/Lord Lieutenant of Sutherland
1930-04-28 - James Baker 3, Houston, Sec of Treasury (1985-88), Sec State (1989-92)
1932-05-30 - Pauline Oliveros, Houston Texas, composer (Sound Patterns)
1933-11-25 - Kathryn Grant Crosby, Houston Texas, actress (Mr Cory, Big Circus)
1934-06-01 - Peter Masterson, Houston Texas, actor (Ambush Bay)
1934-09-24 - John Brunner, [Kilian Houston], UK, sci-fi author (100th Millennium)
1935-01-16 - A J Foyt, Houston, auto race driver (Indy 500 1961, 64, 67, 77)
1936-02-21 - Barbara Jordan, Houston, Tx, (Rep-D-Tx, 1972-78)
1938-11-06 - P J Proby, [James Marcus Smith], Houston Texas, American rocker
1938-12-09 - David Houston, rocker
1939-02-12 - John D Hancock, actor/director (Black Marble, Traxx, Houston Knights)
1940-08-19 - Johnny Nash, Houston, Tx, rocker (I Can See Clearly Now)
1941-03-04 - John Hancock, Hazen AR, actor (Black Marble, Traxx, Houston Knights)
1941-06-01 - Edo de Waart, Amsterdam Holland, conductor (Houston Opera-1976)
1941-11-01 - Robert Foxworth, Houston Tx, actor (Chase-Falcon Crest, Frankenstein)
1942-08-07 - B J Thomas, Houston TX, singer (Raindrops, Growing Pains Theme)
1942-12-30 - Michael Nesmith, Houston, rocker (Monkees-Last Train to Clarksville)
1943-03-17 - Don Mitchell, Houston Tx, actor (Mark-Ironside)
1943-04-06 - Susan Tolsky, Houston, actress (Madame's Place, Here Comes the Brides)
1945-05-30 - Meredith MacRae, Houston Tx, actress (Petticoat Junction, My 3 Sons)
1946-08-15 - Kathryn Jean Whitmire, Houston Texas, (4 time Mayor-Houston)
1946-09-02 - Billy Preston, Houston, Texas, American soul musician/singer and pianist, 5th Beatle (David Brenner Show)
1947-06-19 - Phylicia Ayers-Allen Rashad, Houston, actress (Clair-Bill Cosby)
1947-10-26 - Jaclyn Smith, Houston Tx, actress (Kelly-Charlie's Angel, Nightkill)
1948-12-06 - JoBeth Williams, Houston TX, actress (Kramer vs Kramer, Poltergeist)
1948-12-25 - Barbara Mandrell, Houston Tx, singer/TV host (Mandrell Sisters)
1949-01-10 - George Foreman, Houston Tx, world HW boxing champ (1973-74, 95)
1949-01-10 - Teresa Graves, Houston Tx, actress (Laugh-in, Get Christie Love)
1949-07-07 - Shelley Duvall, Houston Tx, actress (Popeye, Faery Tale Theater)
1949-12-16 - Billy Gibbons, Houston TX, jazz guitarist (Moving Sidewalks, ZZ Top)
1950-01-16 - Debbie Allen, Houston Tx, dancer/actress (3 Girls 3, Lydia-Fame)
1950-08-07 - Rodney Crowell, Houston TX, country singer (She's Crazy for Leavin')
1950-10-01 - Randy Quaid, Houston Tx, actor (Midnight Express, Vacation, SNL)
1952-02-27 - Dwight Elmo Jones, Houston Tx, basketball player (Olymp-silver-1972)
1952-04-01 - Annette O'Toole, Houston Texas, actress (Cat People, Superman III)
1952-08-18 - Patrick Swayze, Houston Tx, actor/dancer (Dirty Dancing, Ghost)
1953-12-06 - Gina Hecht, Houston Tx, actress (Melanie-Hizzoner, Mork & Mindy)
1954-04-09 - Dennis Quaid, Houston TX, actor (Big Easy, Dreamscape, Right Stuff)
1955-02-02 - Brent Spiner, Houston TX, actor (Data-Star Trek the Next Generation)
1955-05-15 - Lee Horsley, Muleshoe Tx, actor (Nero Wolfe, Matt Houston)
1956-05-27 - Lisa Niemi, Houston Tx, actress (Dirty Dancing, Will Rodgers Follies)
1956-06-01 - Lisa Hartman Black, Houston, singer/actress (Tabitha, Knots Landing)
1957-05-13 - Eloise Broady, Houston Tx, playmate (Apr, 1988)
1958-12-23 - Joan Severance, Houston Tx, actress (Hear No Evil, See No Evil)
1960-10-19 - Jennifer Holliday, Houston Tx, singer/actress (Dream Girls)
1962-07-21 - Ike Eisenmann, Houston Tx, actor (Scott-Fantastic Journey)
1963-03-24 - Sammy Giammatva, Houston Tex, tennis star
1963-07-13 - Bobby Rock, Houston Tx, rock drummer (Nelson-Love & Affection)
1963-11-16 - Zina Garrison Jackson, Houston Tx, tennis star (1988/90 Wimbledon)
1964-07-21 - Susan Swift, Houston Tx, actress (Chisholms)
1964-12-02 - Yolanda Henry, Houston Texas, high jumper
1964-12-22 - Mike Jackson, Houston TX, pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
1966-02-03 - Sean Patrick Wade, Houston Texas, NZ marathoner (Olympics-96)
1966-06-28 - Mary Stuart Masterson, Houston Tx, actress (Some Kind of Wonderful)
1966-12-12 - Cheryl Dickey, Houston Texas, 100m hurdler
1967-04-12 - Kirk Everist, Houston Texas, water polo driver (Olympics-96)
1967-06-02 - Mike Stanton, Houston TX, pitcher (NY Yankees, Boston Red Sox)
1967-06-29 - Melora Hardin, Houston Tx, actress (Family Tree, Best Times)
1967-10-04 - Roger Pavlik, Houston TX, pitcher (Texas Rangers)
1967-11-28 - Anna Nicole "Vickie" Smith, Houston Tex, playmate (May 1992)
1968-07-07 - Chuck Knoblauch, Houston TX, shortstop (NY Yankees, Minn Twins)
1968-09-16 - Tara Cross-Battle, Houston Texas, volleyball hitter (Oly-br-92, 96)
1970-07-14 - Mark Brandenburg, Houston TX, pitcher (Texas Rangers)
1970-12-13 - George Van Os Jr, Houston TX, team handball left back (Oly-1996)
1976-02-06 - Kim Zmeskal, Houston TX, US gymnist (Olympic-92)
1978-02-08 - Christa Williams, Houston TX, softball pitcher (Olympics-gold-96)
1978-07-06 - Rachel Rochelli, Houston TX, gymnast (alt-Olympics-96)
1978-08-24 - Melissa McElroy, Houston Tx, rhythmic gymnast (US team-96)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 4 of 4
1950-04-22 - Charles H Houston, architect of NAACP legal campaign, dies at 54
1961-04-29 - Cisco Houston, American folk singer (b. 1918)
1977-11-05 - Guy Lombardo, orch leader (Auld Lang Syne), dies in Houston at 75
2008-01-27 - Louie Welch, mayor of Houston (b. 1918)
