Texas Almanac, 1996-1997 Page: 43
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History
lum.
1925 - Miriam "Ma" Ferguson becomes first woman
governor, serving as a figurehead for her husband,
former gov. James E. Ferguson.
- Texas Tech University begins classes in Lub-
bock as Texas Technological College.
1927 - Mockingbird is named state bird by legislature.
1928 - Democratic National Convention is held in
Houston in June, the first nominating convention held
in a Southemrn city since 1860.
1929 - League of Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
is founded in Corpus Christi.
1930 - The huge East Texas Oil Field begins produc-
tion with the blowing in of the Daisy Bradford well,
drilled near Turnertown in Rusk County by wildcatter
C.M. (Dad) Joiner.
- Georgetown woman, Jessie Daniel Ames, orga-
nizes the Association of Southern Women for the
Prevention of Lynching.
1931 - Texan Wiley Post begins flight around the
world.
1932 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins three Olympic
medals.
1933 - One of coldest days on record in Texas: -23 F.
at Seminole on Feb. 8.
1936 - One-hundredth anniversary of Texas' indepen-
dence from Mexico celebrated; Texas Centennial
Exposition held at Dallas' Fair Park.
- Hottest temperature ever recorded in Texas -
at Seymour on Aug. 12:120 F.
1937 - New London school is destroyed in a natural-
gas explosion that kills almost 300 students and teach-
ers.
1938 - Galveston native Douglas Corrigan flies to Ire-
land, supposedly by mistake, earning him the nick-
name "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
- San Antonio pecan shellers strike to protest
sweatshop conditions and miniscule wages. The 3-
month-long walkout, marked by violence between
strikers and police, results in victory for the mostly Lat-
ino women workers.
1941-1945 - Texans participate in World War II along
with rest of nation.
1943 - Race riot in Beaumont put down by National
Guard.1927 - Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo flight
across the Atlantic Ocean.
1929 - Oct. 29: Black Tuesday, the stock market
crashes, ushering in the Great Depression.
1931 - Empire State Building opens in New York.
1932 - Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president of
United States, with Texan John Nance Garner as his
vice president.
1933 - Prohibition ends.
1934 - Mexican government begins major land
reforms.
1936 - King Edward VIII abdicates throne of Great
Britain.San Antonio pecan shellers in 1938 (see item at left). Photo
courtesy The Institute of Texan Cultures, San Antonio, San
Antonio Light Collection.
1940 - Battle of Britain.
1941 - Bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Dec. 7
by Japanese pulls United States into World War II.
1944 - Allies invade Normandy on June 6 and 7.
1945 - V.E. Day, May 8, marks the end of the war in
Europe.
- Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and
Nagasaki force Japanese to surrender.
- On Sept. 2, war officially ends when Texan,
Adm. Chester Nimitz, accepts Japanese surrender.
- United Nations is formed.1947 - The French-owned S.S. Grandcamp, carrying
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Ramos, Mary G. Texas Almanac, 1996-1997, book, 1995; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth162514/m1/43/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.