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San Antonio officially the City of San Antonio, serves as the seat of Bexar County.
San Antonio was named for Saint Anthony of Padua, whose feast day is on June 13, by a 1691 Spanish expedition in the area.
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San Antonio was named for Saint Anthony of Padua, whose feast day is on June 13, by a 1691 Spanish expedition in the area.
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- 1718 - San Antonio, Texas founded
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San Juan de Capistran, (3rd Mission)
Built 1718, San Antonio, Texas- 1842 - March 5 - Over 500 Mexican troops led by Rafael Vasquez invade Texas, briefly occupy San Antonio and then head back to the Rio Grande.
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1868 - THE TERRIBLE HAIL-STORM IN TEXAS - LOSS $500,000.
The San Antonio Express, of May 21, gives the following particulars of the late disastrous hail-storm:
"Our city is a perfect wreck; every house...Read MORE...- 1870 - The postmaster at San Antonio, Texas, was not long since puzzled by the receipt of a letter from New Orleans,
directed to "My Mammy, living in the City of San Antonio." One day, however, a small, fierce looking old woman appeared at the post office window,...Read MORE... - 1889 - A unique chair made of the horns of Texas cattle was lately sent from San Antonio to the White House.
It is the gift of a San Antonio banker to President Harrison, and cost its donor $1,500. The horns are riveted with gold, and there are a number of...Read MORE... - 1894 - FIRE RECORD. SAN ANTONIO BLAZE.
San Antonio, Tex., Feb. 13. - A destructive fire, resulting in a total loss of about $35,000 worth of property, occurred here early this morning. The ...Read MORE... - 1906
San Antonio, a city, the capital of Bexar co., Tex., is on the San Antonio River, which here receives the San Pedro, 80 miles SW. of Austin, on the...Read MORE... - 1910 - The first military air flight in a Wright brothers' plane took place in San Antonio
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ txtimeln.htm - 1920 - PLANE HITS POLE, TWO ARE KILLED
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 21. - Lieutenant Alvin M. St. John, of Memphis, Tenn., and Private Carl L. Cubler, of Elgin, Illinois, were instantly killed...Read MORE... 
Mission De La Purisima Conceptoin, First Mission, San Antonio, Texas- 1928 - January 1 - 1st US air-conditioned office building opens, San Antonio
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January 1, 1928 
Beautiful San Antonio River, San Antonio, Texas- January 31, 1949 - The temperature at San Antonio, TX, plunged to a record low of one degree below zero.
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January 31, 1949 - 1949 - December 11 - WOAI TV channel 4 in San Antonio, TX (NBC) 1st broadcast
historyorb.com - 1968 - MONORAIL AT FAIR STOPPED.
San Antonio (AP) - HemisFair and mini-monorail officials declined official comment Monday while an investigation began into Sunday's monorail train...Read MORE... - 1985 - FOUR KILLED IN EXPLOSION. ICE PLANT GUTTED BY AMMONIA BLAST; 21 PEOPLE INJURED.
San Antonio, Texas (AP) - Investigators poking through the remains of a gutted ice plant tentatively blamed an ammonia leak for an explosion that...Read MORE...
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San Juan de Capistran, (3rd Mission)
Built 1718, San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Mission De La Purisima Conceptoin, First Mission, San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Beautiful San Antonio River, San Antonio, Texas
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1718 - San Antonio, Texas founded
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1842 - March 5 - Over 500 Mexican troops led by Rafael Vasquez invade Texas, briefly occupy San Antonio and then head back to the Rio Grande.
historyorb.com
1868 - THE TERRIBLE HAIL-STORM IN TEXAS - LOSS $500,000.
The San Antonio Express, of May 21, gives the following particulars of the late disastrous hail-storm:
"Our city is a perfect wreck; every house... Read MORE...
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1870 - The postmaster at San Antonio, Texas, was not long since puzzled by the receipt of a letter from New Orleans,
directed to "My Mammy, living in the City of San Antonio." One day, however, a small, fierce looking old woman appeared at the post office window,... Read MORE...
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1889 - A unique chair made of the horns of Texas cattle was lately sent from San Antonio to the White House.
It is the gift of a San Antonio banker to President Harrison, and cost its donor $1,500. The horns are riveted with gold, and there are a number of... Read MORE...
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1894 - FIRE RECORD. SAN ANTONIO BLAZE.
San Antonio, Tex., Feb. 13. - A destructive fire, resulting in a total loss of about $35,000 worth of property, occurred here early this morning. The ... Read MORE...
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1906
San Antonio, a city, the capital of Bexar co., Tex., is on the San Antonio River, which here receives the San Pedro, 80 miles SW. of Austin, on the... Read MORE...
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1910 - The first military air flight in a Wright brothers' plane took place in San Antonio
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ txtimeln.htm
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1920 - PLANE HITS POLE, TWO ARE KILLED
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 21. - Lieutenant Alvin M. St. John, of Memphis, Tenn., and Private Carl L. Cubler, of Elgin, Illinois, were instantly killed... Read MORE...
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1928 - January 1 - 1st US air-conditioned office building opens, San Antonio
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January 1, 1928
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January 31, 1949 - The temperature at San Antonio, TX, plunged to a record low of one degree below zero.
WeatherForYou.com
January 31, 1949
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1949 - December 11 - WOAI TV channel 4 in San Antonio, TX (NBC) 1st broadcast
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1968 - MONORAIL AT FAIR STOPPED.
San Antonio (AP) - HemisFair and mini-monorail officials declined official comment Monday while an investigation began into Sunday's monorail train... Read MORE...
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1985 - FOUR KILLED IN EXPLOSION. ICE PLANT GUTTED BY AMMONIA BLAST; 21 PEOPLE INJURED.
San Antonio, Texas (AP) - Investigators poking through the remains of a gutted ice plant tentatively blamed an ammonia leak for an explosion that... Read MORE...
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