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Today in Texas History


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1808 - Albert Martin was born in Providence Rhode Island. Martin served Texas as one of the "Old Eighteen" defenders of the "Come take it cannon" in Gonzales.

1886 - Texas Congressman James Francis Miller introduced a National Trail proposal to the U.S. House of Representatives. The measure failed.

1918 - Revista Católica, a Catholic newspaper and publishing house, relocated to new quarters in El Paso.

1998 - Barry Switzer resigned as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.

1998 - The Dallas Cowboys signed lineman Larry Allen to a 6-year deal worth more than $3.5 million a year.

2002 - Emmitt Smith (Dallas Cowboys) became the first running back in the NFL to run gain 1,000 yards in 11 consecutive seasons.




Texas Quote

All my ex's live in Texas
And Texas is the place I'd dearly love to be
But all my ex's live in Texas
Therefore I reside in Tennessee
- George Strait





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