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Texas has the first domed stadium in the country. The structure was built in Houston and opened in April 1965.
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- 1836 - August 30 - The city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen
historyorb.com - 1854 - Houston
Houston a city capital of Harris county, Texas, situated on Buffalo bayou, 45 miles by water from its entrance into Galveston bay, 82 miles N. W. from Galveston city, and 200 miles E. S. E. from Austin city. Lat. 29° 45' N., Lon. 95° 30' W. This flourishing town, the second of the state in...Read MORE... 
February 15, 1895 - Houston TX received 22 inches of snow.
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February 15, 1895- 1895 - Houston
Houston, a city of Texas, capital of Harris co., is on Buffalo Bayou, 49 miles by rail N.W. of Galveston, 164 miles E.S.E. of Austin, and 152 miles S. of Palestine. It is the S. terminus of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad and of the International & Great Northern Rail road, which connect...Read MORE... - 1896 - BOILER EXPLODES Disaster in a Texas Newspaper Office - Three Lives Lost
Houston, Tex., June 30 - Shortly after three o'clock Monday afternoon the boiler in the office of the Daily Age exploded, killing Engineer Henry Lyons, Miss Mattie Loeb, a stenographer in the office of W. G. Van Vleck, vice-president and general manager of the A. & T. system of the Southern Pacific ...Read MORE... 
Houston, Texas. High School.
Postcard- 1912 - April 1 - A tornado with incredible velocity ripped into downtown Houston, TX, breaking the water table and giving the city its first natural waterspout.
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April 1, 1912 - 1912 - HOUSTON, TEX., SWEPT BY DISASTROUS FIRE. DESTROYS MANUFACTURING AND RESIDENCE SECTION. STRONG GALE SWEEPS FIRE OVER CITY WIPING OUT FIFTEEN FACTORIES AND NEARLY THREE HUNDRED HOMES.
(By Associated Press.)
Houston, Tex., Feb. 21. - A fire which broke out here at an early hour today, swept by a 35 mile an hour wind, burned a mile across the city and and an area seven blocks wide. By 7 o'clock the fire is believed to be under control, although still burning. The loss is...Read MORE... 
Huston Station and Car. Galveston-Houston Interurban.
Postcard- 1916
Houston, a city of Texas, the second city (in 1900) in population of the state, an important railroad centre, and capital of Harris co., is on Buffalo Bayou, 49 miles NW. of Galveston, on the Southern Pacific, the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe and other railroads. It has the Houston Lyceum, a...Read MORE... - 1917 - August 23 - Race riot in Houston Texas (2 blacks & 11 whites killed)
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Main Street, Looking North, showing Theatrical District, Houston, Texas. "The Fastest Growing City in the United States"
Postcard- 1935 - December 7 - Severe flooding hit parts of the Houston, TX, area. Eight persons were killed as one hundred city blocks were inundated.
The Weather Channel
December 7, 1935 - 1943 - September 7 – Gulf Hotel fire: A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, Texas, kills 55.
wikipedia.org
September 7, 1943 - 1953 - May 25 - 1st non-commercial educational television station-Houston, Texas
historyorb.com - 1965 - Texas has the first domed stadium in the country. The structure was built in Houston and opened in April 1965.
www.ereferencedesk.com/ resources/ state-facts/ texas.html - 1983 - Hurricane Alicia
August 18, 1983
Hurricane Alicia makes landfall at Galveston Island, Texas, unleashing 23 small tornadoes. The storm kills 21 people, leaves Houston littered with tree limbs and broken glass, and causes $2 billion in damage.
Timeline: U.S. Storm Disasters
American...Read MORE...
Old Photos, Pictures, Advertisements and Postcards from Houston, Texas, USA
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Houston, Texas. High School.
Houston, Texas, USA
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Huston Station and Car. Galveston-Houston Interurban.
Houston, Texas, USA
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Main Street, Looking North, showing Theatrical District, Houston, Texas. "The Fastest Growing City in the United States"
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1836 - August 30 - The city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen
historyorb.com
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1854 - Houston
Houston a city capital of Harris county, Texas, situated on Buffalo bayou, 45 miles by water from its entrance into Galveston bay, 82 miles N. W. from Galveston city, and 200 miles E. S. E. from Austin city. Lat. 29° 45' N., Lon. 95° 30' W. This flourishing town, the second of the state in... Read MORE...
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1895 - Houston
Houston, a city of Texas, capital of Harris co., is on Buffalo Bayou, 49 miles by rail N.W. of Galveston, 164 miles E.S.E. of Austin, and 152 miles S. of Palestine. It is the S. terminus of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad and of the International & Great Northern Rail road, which connect... Read MORE...
February 15, 1895 - Houston TX received 22 inches of snow.
WeatherForYou.com
February 15, 1895
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1896 - BOILER EXPLODES Disaster in a Texas Newspaper Office - Three Lives Lost
Houston, Tex., June 30 - Shortly after three o'clock Monday afternoon the boiler in the office of the Daily Age exploded, killing Engineer Henry Lyons, Miss Mattie Loeb, a stenographer in the office of W. G. Van Vleck, vice-president and general manager of the A. & T. system of the Southern Pacific ... Read MORE...
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1912 - HOUSTON, TEX., SWEPT BY DISASTROUS FIRE. DESTROYS MANUFACTURING AND RESIDENCE SECTION. STRONG GALE SWEEPS FIRE OVER CITY WIPING OUT FIFTEEN FACTORIES AND NEARLY THREE HUNDRED HOMES.
(By Associated Press.)
Houston, Tex., Feb. 21. - A fire which broke out here at an early hour today, swept by a 35 mile an hour wind, burned a mile across the city and and an area seven blocks wide. By 7 o'clock the fire is believed to be under control, although still burning. The loss is... Read MORE...
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1912 - April 1 - A tornado with incredible velocity ripped into downtown Houston, TX, breaking the water table and giving the city its first natural waterspout.
WeatherForYou.com
April 1, 1912
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Houston, a city of Texas, the second city (in 1900) in population of the state, an important railroad centre, and capital of Harris co., is on Buffalo Bayou, 49 miles NW. of Galveston, on the Southern Pacific, the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe and other railroads. It has the Houston Lyceum, a... Read MORE...
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1917 - August 23 - Race riot in Houston Texas (2 blacks & 11 whites killed)
historyorb.com
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1935 - December 7 - Severe flooding hit parts of the Houston, TX, area. Eight persons were killed as one hundred city blocks were inundated.
The Weather Channel
December 7, 1935
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1943 - September 7 – Gulf Hotel fire: A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, Texas, kills 55.
wikipedia.org
September 7, 1943
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1953 - May 25 - 1st non-commercial educational television station-Houston, Texas
historyorb.com
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1965 - Texas has the first domed stadium in the country. The structure was built in Houston and opened in April 1965.
www.ereferencedesk.com/ resources/ state-facts/ texas.html
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1983 - Hurricane Alicia
August 18, 1983
Hurricane Alicia makes landfall at Galveston Island, Texas, unleashing 23 small tornadoes. The storm kills 21 people, leaves Houston littered with tree limbs and broken glass, and causes $2 billion in damage.
Timeline: U.S. Storm Disasters
American... Read MORE...
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