History, News and Stories of Dallas, Texas, USA

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• 1841 - Dallas, Texas founded
  
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• 1854 - Dallas
  Dallas, a thriving post- village, capital of Dallas county, Texas, on the Trinity river, just below the mouth of the Elm fork, about 215 miles N. N.... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1856 - February 2 – Dallas, Texas is incorporated as a city.
  
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  February 2, 1856
  
• 1895 - Dallas
  Dallas, a flourishing town, capital of Dallas co., Tex., on Trinity River, about a mile below the mouth of the West Fork, and on the Houston & Texas... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1916
  Dallas, a city, capital of Dallas co., Tex., on the Trinity River, about a mile below the mouth of the West Fork, and on the Gulf. Colorado and Santa ... 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 persons were killed, two of them instantly, when a... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1922 - March 13 - WRR-AM in Dallas TX begins radio transmissions
  
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• 1929 - December 21 - 1st group hospital insurance plan offered (Dallas Tx)
  
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•   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 paint barrels throwing flames high into the air, fire... 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 death early today when fire swept the Elm Hotel, a... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1946 - June 21 - 10 die in fire at Baker Hotel, Dallas Texas
  
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• 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.
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  DALLAS (AP) - A huge, black tornado whirled and roared over a deadly, 21-mile path across Dallas yesterday as thousands watched in... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1958 - January 30 - 1st 2-way moving sidewalk in service, Dallas Tx
  
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  January 30, 1958
  
• 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.
  
  For the next several days, stunned Americans gathered around their television sets, as regular programming ... Read MORE...
  
  
• 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 murder
  
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  March 14, 1964
  
•   1972 - EXPLOSION WRECKS CHEMICAL PLANT.
  Dallas (AP) - Eight persons were killed Wednesday when tons of a volatile chemical exploded in a chemical plant, hurling steel girders, concrete and... Read MORE...