Texas Independence Day celebrates the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence on March 2, 1836, in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas. The document listed grievances against the Mexican government by the citizens of this Mexican territory, and then declared Texas a “free, sovereign, and independent republic.” Meanwhile, Mexican dictator Santa Anna was besieging the Alamo as part of a campaign to quell the rebellion.
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1790s
1820s
1860s
1870s
1880s
1900s
- 1901: CONGRESS ADOPTED THE PLATT AMENDMENT, WHICH ESTABLISHED A U.S. PROTECTORATE OVER CUBA
- 1903: MARTHA WASHINGTON HOTEL, FOR WOMEN ONLY, OPENED IN N.Y.C.
- BORN 1904: THEODOR SEUSS GEISEL (BETTER KNOWN AS DR. SEUSS; AUTHOR)
1910s
- 1917: PUERTO RICO BECAME U.S. TERRITORY AND ITS INHABITANTS BECAME U.S. CITIZENS
- BORN 1917: DESI ARNAZ (MUSICIAN & ACTOR)
1930s
- DIED 1930: DH LAWRENCE (WRITER)
- BORN 1931: TOM WOLFE (WRITER)
- BORN 1931: MIKHAIL SERGEYVICH GORBACHEV (FORMER SOVIET POLITICAL LEADER)
- 1933: WORLD PREMIERE OF KING KONG
1940s
- BORN 1942: JOHN IRVING (AUTHOR)
- 1943: BATTLE OF BISMARCK SEA BEGAN, RESULTING IN MAJOR VICTORY BY U.S. OVER JAPANESE SHIPPING AND AIRCRAFT
- 1949: US AIR FORCE CAPTAIN JAMES GALLAGHER AND 13 CREW MEMBERS COMPLETED THE FIRST ROUND-THE-WORLD NONSTOP FLIGHT IN A BOEING B-50 SUPERFORTRESS, LUCKY LADY II
1950s
- BORN 1950: KAREN CARPENTER (SINGER)
- BORN 1952: LARAINE NEWMAN (COMEDIENNE & ACTRESS)
- 1958: FIRST CROSSING OF ANTARCTICA BY LAND COMPLETED BY DR. (LATER SIR) VIVIAN FUCHS AND TEAM. IT HAD TAKEN 99 DAYS.
1960s
- 1962: WILT CHAMBERLAIN SET AN NBA SCORING RECORD OF 100 POINTS AS THE PHILADELPHIA WARRIORS DEFEATED THE NEW YORK KNICKS
- BORN 1962: JON BON JOVI (MUSICIAN)
- BORN 1968: DANIEL CRAIG (ACTOR)
- 1969: CONCORDE PROTOTYPE 001, A SUPERSONIC JETLINER, TESTED FOR THE FIRST TIME
1970s
- 1972: PIONEER 10, UNMANNED U.S. INTERPLANETARY PROBE, WAS LAUNCHED FROM CAPE KENNEDY, FLORIDA
- 1973: CONGRESS SIGNED THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF 1973 TO PROVIDE BROAD PROTECTION FOR THREATENED SPECIES OF FISH, WILDLIFE, AND PLANTS
- BORN 1977: HEATHER MCCOMB (ACTRESS)
- BORN 1977: CHRIS MARTIN (MUSICIAN)
1980s
- DIED 1982: PHILIP K. DICK (AUTHOR)
- BORN 1982: BEN ROETHLISBERGER (FOOTBALL PLAYER)
- 1985: THE FDA APPROVED THE FIRST COMMERCIAL BLOOD TEST FOR AIDS
- 1986: QUEEN ELIZABETH II SIGNED THE AUSTRALIA ACT, DEFINING AUSTRALIA AS A SOVEREIGN, INDEPENDENT, AND FEDERAL NATION
1990s
2000s
- 2005: A 3.5 EARTHQUAKE RATTLED PARTS OF QUEBEC ALONG THE BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES
- 2005: MICROSOFT FOUNDER BILL GATES RECEIVED AN HONORARY KNIGHTHOOD FROM QUEEN ELIZABETH II
- 2006: THE NEW U.S. $10 BILLS WENT INTO CIRCULATION. THE REDESIGNED NOTE HAD SHADES OF ORANGE, YELLOW, AND RED
- DIED 2008: JEFF HEALEY (MUSICIAN)
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Nice read, I just passed this onto a friend who was doing some research on that. And he actually bought me lunch since I found it for him smile Therefore let me rephrase that: Thank you for lunch! “To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be 40 years old.” by Oliver Wendell Holmes.