Dallas, Texas, USA
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Where is Dallas, Texas, USA? Dallas is a major city in Texas and along with Fort Worth, is one of the two urban centers of a metropolitan area that ranks fourth in the United States. The city's prominence arose from its historical importance as a center for the oil and cotton industries, and its position along numerous railroad lines. The bulk of the city is in Dallas County, of which it is the county seat. However, sections of the city are located in Collin, Denton, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties.
Dallas was founded in 1841 and formally incorporated as a city in February 1856.Wikipedia
Dallas, Texas, USA
Titche-Goettinger Bldg., Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas, USA
Main Street, showing City National Bank, Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas, USA
Race Track, State Fair Park, Dallas, Texas
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1916
Dallas, a city, capital of Dallas co., Tex., on the Trinity River, about a mile below the mouth of...Read MORE...
Dallas, a city, capital of Dallas co., Tex., on the Trinity River, about a mile below the mouth of...Read MORE...
1916 - FOUR KILLED WHEN AWNING COLLAPSES. WERE WATCHING PREPAREDNESS PARADE WHEN HEAVY SHADE GIVES WAY. MANY OTHERS HURT.IMMENSE CROWD MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR AID TO REACH INJURED AT ONCE.
Dallas, May 30. - Four...Read MORE...
1930 - Downtown Blaze Sweeps Through Block - Thousands See $100,000 Fire Defy Fighters - Radio Exaggeration of Size Adds to Crowd; Full Crew Called.Two Dare Death
Busses Driven Through Flaming Wall; Barrels Blast in Volley.
With exploding...Read MORE...
1932 - FOUR PERISH, FIVE HURT IN DALLAS HOTEL FIRE. ALARM SOUNDED BY GIRL SAVES MANY LIVES. VICTIMS TRAPPED WHILE ASLEEP IN SMALL SECOND STORY DOWNTOWN HOTEL.Dallas, March 22. (AP) - Four men, two of them cripples were trapped in their rooms and burned to...Read MORE...
1949 - September 17 - WFAA TV channel 8 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
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1957 - TORNADO RAKES DALLAS 10 DIE; MANY MISSING. 196 Injured; Damage Heavy.By Whitey Sawyer
DALLAS (AP) - A huge, black tornado whirled and roared over a deadly, 21-mile...Read MORE...
1963 - November 22 - American President John F. Kennedy assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas
On Friday, November 22, 1963, a shockwave ran through the whole nation, followed by grief. President John F. Kennedy was shot as he rode in a motorcade through the streets of Dallas, Texas.
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On Friday, November 22, 1963, a shockwave ran through the whole nation, followed by grief. President John F. Kennedy was shot as he rode in a motorcade through the streets of Dallas, Texas.
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January 16, 1964 - Fort Worth, TX, received 7.5 inches of snow, and Dallas reported a foot of snow.
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1964 - March 14 - Dallas, Texas; Jack Ruby sentenced to death for Lee Harvey Oswald's murderhistoryorb.com
March 14, 1964
1972 - EXPLOSION WRECKS CHEMICAL PLANT.Dallas (AP) - Eight persons were killed Wednesday when tons of a volatile chemical exploded in a...Read MORE...
Ancestors Who Were Born Here
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Sarah Elizabeth HORNBEAK
(30 April 1835, Centerville, Hickman, Tennessee, USA - 3 April 1917, Dallas, Texas, USA)
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John Fitzgerald KENNEDY
(29 May 1917, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA - 22 November 1963, Dallas, Texas, USA)
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Charles MITCHELL
(23 April 1915, Mart, Texas, USA - 21 October 1954, Dallas, Texas, USA)
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