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1776 GEORGE WASHINGTON CONTINUES TO LEAD CONTINENTAL ARMY TO FIGHT BRITISH RULE JULY 4TH DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 1777 CONTINENTAL CONGRESS ADOPTS NATIONAL FLAG -TO BE CALLED “STARS
& STRIPES” CONTINENTAL CONGRESS APPROVES ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION 1778 LUDWIG VON BEETHOVEN INTRODUCED AS A SIX-YEAR-OLD CHILD PRODIGY FRANCE FORMALLY RECOGNIZES U.S. & DECLARES WAR
ON BRITAIN BRITISH INVADE SOUTH CAROLINA AS REVOLUTIONARY WAR CONTINUES 1779 JAN INGENHOUSZ DEMONSTRATES PLANTS USE CO2 & REQUIRE LIGHT TO MAKE OXYGEN SPAIN DECLARES WAR ON BRITAIN COMMODORE
JOHN PAUL JONES SAYS, “I HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT” AND WINS NAVAL BATTLE 1780 BENEDICT ARNOLD FLEES TO BRITISHHEEL NEW YORK 1781 SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL DISCOVERS THE PLANET URANUS CONTINENTAL
CONGRESS RATIFIES ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION. BRITISH GENERAL CHARLES CORNWALLIS SURRENDERS AFTER BATTLE AT YORKTOWN 1782 BRITISH EVACUATE SAVANNAH AND PARIS PEACE NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN
U.S. DIPLOMATS JOHN ADAMS, JOHN JAY & BEN FRANKLIN ATTEND PEACE TALKS IN PARIS 1783 THE PEACE OF PARIS TREATY RATIFIES U.S. INDEPENDENCE 1784 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN INVENTS BIFOCAL SPECTACLES
1785 CONGRESS NAMES U.S. CURRENCY “DOLLAR” & ADOPTS THE DECIMAL SYSTEM “ORDINANCE OF 1785" ESTABLISHES METHODS FOR SURVEYING LAND NORTH OF OHIO RIVER NORTHWEST ORDINANCE OUTLINES 3 STAGES
FOR ADMITTING STATES INTO THE UNION 1786 VIRGINIA ADOPTS THOMAS JEFFERSON’S STATUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SHAY’S REBELLION PROTESTS CRUSHING TAXES; CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION CALLED 1787
FIFTY-FIVE STATE DELEGATES APPROVE NEW CONSTITUTION AT PHILADELPHIA 1788 NEW CONSTITUTION RATIFIED BY CLOSE VOTE 1789 1ST U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON FRENCH REVOLUTION BEGINS FIRST
U.S. CONGRESS CONVENES IN NEW YORK JUDICIARY ACT CREATES FEDERAL COURT SYSTEM 1790 U.S. SUPREME COURT MEETS FOR 1ST TIME; CHIEF JUSTICE AND FIVE ASSOCIATES 1791 BILL OF RIGHTS RATIFIED
-TEN AMENDMENTS PROTECT PERSONAL RIGHTS 1ST BANK OF UNITED STATES CHARTERED 1792 CORNERSTONE PLACED FOR EXECUTIVE MANSION “THE WHITE HOUSE” 1793 FRANCE DECLARES WAR ON BRITAIN & SPAIN;
PRES. WASHINGTON DECLARES NEUTRALITY “FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT” DENIES SLAVES & FREE BLACKS PROTECTION OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS ELI WHITNEY INVENTS COTTON GIN REVOLUTIONIZING COTTON INDUSTRY
1794 BRITAIN CHALLENGES U.S. FOR CONTROL OF LAND WEST OF THE THIRTEEN STATES U.S. GOVERNMENT BUILDS FIRST SIX NAVY VESSELS INCL. “OLD IRONSIDES” “WHISKEY REBELLION” NATIONAL PROTEST
OVER PROPOSED EXCISE TAX ON DOMESTIC WHISKEY 1795 FRANCE ADOPTS THE METER AS NATIONAL UNIT OF LENGTH “JAY’S TREATY “ BRITISH REMOVE TROOPS FROM U.S. & WAR AVOIDED TREATY OF GREENVILLE
OPENS OHIO AREA TO WHITE SETTLEMENT; INDIANS SUBDUED 11TH AMENDMENT CITIZENS MAY NOT SUE STATES IN FED. COURTS ON CIVIL MATTERS 1796 EDWARD JENNER VACCINATES FIRST HUMAN SUBJECT AGAINST
SMALLPOX 1797 2ND U.S. PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS 1798 “XYZ AFFAIR” FRENCH THREATENED BY JAY’S TREATY; U.S. TRIPLES ARMY ALIEN & SEDITION ACTS PASSED IN ATTEMPT TO PROTECT NATIONAL SECURITY
FRANCE SEIZES U.S. VESSELS; U.S. NAVY RETALIATES 1799 FRANCE SEEKS PEACE; PRES. ADAMS SENDS DIPLOMATS TO FRANCE FIRST U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON DIES AT MOUNT VERNON 1800 SIR WILLIAM
HERSCHEL DISCOVERS INFRARED ALESSANDRO VOLTA INVENTS FIRST CHEMICAL BATTERY U.S. CAPITAL PERMANENTLY LOCATED TO WASHINGTON D.C. 1801 3RD U.S. PRESIDENT THOMAS JEFFERSON NORTH AFRICAN
BARBARY PIRATES THREATEN U.S. SHIPS; DEMAND TRIBUTE JEFFERSON REFUSES TO PAY TRIBUTE; PASHA OF TRIPOLI DECLARES WAR ON U.S. 1802 U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY FOUNDED AT WEST POINT 1803 FIRST
RAILWAY STEAM LOCOMOTIVE DEMONSTRATED IN GREAT BRITAIN UNITED STATES BUYS LOUISIANA TERRITORY FROM FRANCE 1804 LEWIS & CLARK EXPEDITION REACHES PACIFIC OCEAN 12TH AMENDMENT REQUIRES
ELECTORS TO CAST SEPARATE VOTES FOR PRESIDENT & VP 1805 U.S. PREVAILS OVER ARAB PIRATES IN NORTH AFRICA; TRIPOLI SEEKS PEACE “CUMBERLAND ROAD” FIRST NATIONAL HIGHWAY FUNDED BY U.S. GOVERNMENT
1806 ZEBULON PIKE PASSES THROUGH BRAZOS VALLEY 1807 MUNICIPAL COUNCILS INTRODUCED IN PRUSSIA 1808 SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS FEDERAL POWER OVER STATE GOVERNMENTS CONGRESS PROHIBITS IMPORTATION
OF SLAVES 1809 4TH U.S. PRESIDENT JAMES MADISON TEXAS’ FIRST NEWSPAPER FOUNDED IN NACOGDOCHES SPANISH GOVERNMENT GRANTS MOSES AUSTIN PERMISSION TO SETTLE COLONY IN TEXAS 1810 MISSOURI
EARTHQUAKE CHANGES COURSE OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER 1811 “WAR OF 1812" U.S. DECLARES WAR ON GREAT BRITAIN 1812 OLIVER HAZARD PERRY HANDS BRITISH NAVAL FORCES FIRST DEFEAT AT LAKE ERIE
1813 FRANCIS SCOTT KEY WRITES THE LYRICS FOR STAR-SPANGLED BANNER AT FT. McHENRY 1814 BRITISH BURN WASHINGTON, D.C. TREATY OF GHENT ENDS THE WAR OF 1812 1815 CONGRESS CHARTERS THE SECOND
BANK OF THE UNITED STATES 1816 NEW YORK LEGISLATURE AUTHORIZES BUILDING OF THE ERIE CANAL 1817 5TH U.S. PRESIDENT JAMES MONROE GREAT BRITAIN AND UNITED STATES SIGN CONVENTION CREATING
U.S./CANADA BOUNDARY 1818 SPAIN CEDES FLORIDA TO THE UNITED STATES 1819 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN PERMITTED TO BRING 300 FAMILIES TO SETTLE IN TEXAS 1820 CONGRESS APPROVES MISSOURI COMPROMISE;
TEMPORARILY RESOLVES FIRST SLAVERY CLASH FIRST AMERICAN SETTLEMENT IN TEXAS IS ESTABLISHED AT SAN FELIPE de AUSTIN MILLICAN FAMILY BECOMES 1st PERMANENT SETTLERS IN THE BRAZOS VALLEY
1821 MEXICO GAINS INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN WILLIAM B. DEWEES & 4 OTHER FAMILIES SETTLE ON BRAZOS AT EL CAMINO REAL RICHARD CARTER SETTLES IN STEPHEN F. AUSTIN’S COLONY 1822 1823 MONROE
DOCTRINE FORBIDS EUROPEAN INTERFERENCE IN THE AMERICAS JAMES FENIMORE COOPER WRITES ON AMERICAN THEMES IN “THE PIONEER” JAMES HOPE RECEIVES FIRST LAND GRANT IN BRAZOS COUNTY AREA 1824
ELECTION STALEMATE; U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SELECTS PRESIDENT 1825 6TH U.S. PRESIDENT JOHN QUINCY ADAMS 1826 SAMUEL MOREY PATENTS INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AMERICAN TEMPERANCE
SOCIETY FOUNDED 1827 THE FIRST MARDI GRAS IS CELEBRATED IN NEW ORLEANS CORNISH AND RUSSWURM PUBLISH 1ST AFRICAN AMERICAN NEWSPAPER “FREEDOM’S JOURNAL” ENGLISH CHEMIST JOHN WALKER PERFECTS
FRICTION MATCHES 1828 U.S. CONGRESS DEEMS UNCONSTITUTIONAL STATES’ RIGHT TO NULLIFY FEDERAL LAWS 1829 7TH U.S. PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON PRESIDENT JACKSON’S OFFER TO PURCHASE TEXAS REJECTED
BY MEXICAN GOVERNMENT IRISH IMMIGRANTS ARRIVE IN SOUTH TEXAS 1830 REMOVAL ACT REQUIRES INDIANS TO RESETTLE WEST OF MISSISSIPPI MEXICO FORBIDS AMERICAN IMMIGRATION TO TEXAS AND IMPORT
OF SLAVES JOHN W. HALL LAYS OUT TOWN TO BECOME WASHINGTONOONTHE-BRAZOS 1831 FARADAY DISCOVERS ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION, PRINCIPLE OF THE DYNAMO NAT TURNER LEADS SLAVE INSURRECTION IN
VIRGINIA 1832 CHOLERA EPIDEMIC STRIKES THE UNITED STATES SAM HOUSTON COMES TO TEXAS SEEKING A CONSTITUTION AND STATEHOOD
1833 SAMUEL COLT INVENTS COLT REVOLVER 1834 CYRUS McCORMICK PATENTS HIS REAPER; TRIPLES HARVESTING SPEED DEPARTMENT OF INDIAN AFFAIRS CREATED TO MOVE INDIANS WEST OF MISSISSIPPI MEXICO
JAILS STEPHEN AUSTIN FOR WANTING TEXAS TO BE SEPARATE STATE OF MEXICO 1835 “COME AND TAKE IT” GONZALES SKIRMISH SPARKS TEXAS WAR WITH MEXICO TEXAS RANGERS OFFICIALLY ESTABLISHED BEN
MILAM DIES WHILE LEADING TEXANS AGAINST SANTA ANNA’S ARMY IN SAN ANTONIO 1836 MEXICAN TEXAS CENSUS AMERICANS 30,000 SLAVES 5,000 MEXICANS 4,000 SIEGE OF THE ALAMO & GOLIAD MASSACRE TEXAS
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AT WASHINGTON ON BRAZOS TEXAN VICTORY AT SAN JACINTO SEALS TEXAS INDEPENDENCE 1837 8TH U.S. PRESIDENT MARTIN VAN BUREN JOHN DEERE MAKES FIRST STEEL PLOW AND
CUTS PLOWING TIME IN HALF TELEGRAPH PATENTED BY SAMUEL F. MORSE IN THE U.S. REPUBLIC OF TEXAS FORMALLY RECOGNIZED BY THE UNITED STATES 1838 “TRAIL OF TEARS” 4,000 CHEROKEES DIE ON RELOCATION
MARCH TO THE WEST 1839 SLAVE SHIP AMISTAD SEIZED BY REVOLTING SLAVES TO SECURE THEIR FREEDOM FREEDOM ARMY OFFICER ABNER DOUBLEDAY CONDUCTS FIRST BASEBALL GAME IN COOPERSTOWN, NY CHARLES
GOODYEAR DISCOVERS METHOD TO VULCANIZE RUBBER HARVEY MITCHELL LOCATES ON BRAZOS RIVER IN ROBERTSON COUNTY 1840 CAPT. ELI CHANDLER PUTS “MINUTE MEN” AT TRINITY AND BRAZOS RIVERS 1841
9TH U.S. PRESIDENT WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON 10TH U.S. PRESIDENT JOHN TYLER TAKES OFFICE ON DEATH OF HARRISON SUPREME COURT FREES AMISTAD MUTINEERS WHO HAD BEEN ENSLAVED ILLEGALLY BRAZOS
COUNTY ESTABLISHED WITH BOONVILLE AS COUNTY SEAT HARVEY MITCHELL TEACHES SCHOOL AT HOME OF RICHARD CARTER 1842 HARVEY MITCHELL MOVES TO BOONVILLE 1843 MEXICO WARNS U.S. ANY ATTEMPT TO
ANNEX TEXAS WILL BE DEEMED AN ACT OF WAR U.S. PRESIDENT TYLER CAMPAIGNS FOR UNITED STATES TO ANNEX TEXAS 1844 MEXICO SEVERS TIES FOLLOWING U.S. SENATE RATIFICATION OF THE ANNEXATION
OF TEXAS A SLAVE GIRL NAMED JANE SOLD FOR $600 AND A BOY SOLD FOR $300 IN BRAZOS CTY. 1845 11TH U.S. PRESIDENT JAMES KNOX POLK REPUBLIC OF TEXAS CHARTERS BAYLOR UNIVERSITY AT INDEPENDENCE
TEXAS BECOMES A STATE ON DECEMBER 29TH AND IS RECOGNIZED AS A SLAVE STATE 1846 WILLIAM MORTON DEMONSTRATES THE USE OF ETHER AS AN EFFECTIVE ANESTHETIC U.S. DECLARES WAR ON MEXICO OVER
TEXAS ANNEXATION SECOND COURTHOUSE BUILT IN BOONVILLE OF OAK TIMBERS FOR $150 DANIEL MOSLEY BEGINS A PUBLIC FERRY ON BRAZOS RIVER AT THE WEST END OF OSR
1847 SANTA ANNA DEFEATED AT BATTLE OF BUENA VISTA U.S. FORCES CAPTURE MEXICO CITY 1848 GOLD IS DISCOVERED NEAR COLOMA, CA SPURRING THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO
ENDS MEXICAN WAR; RECOGNIZES RIO GRANDE BOUNDARY MEXICO CEDES WESTERN TERRITORIES TO UNITED STATES 1849 12TH U.S. PRESIDENT ZACHARY TAYLOR ELIZABETH BLACKWELL BECOMES THE FIRST WOMAN
PHYSICIAN IN THE UNITED STATES 1850 13TH U.S. PRESIDENT MILLARD FILLMORE TAKES OFFICE ON DEATH OF TAYLOR U.S. CENSUS COUNT BRAZOS COUNTY 614 BRAZOS COUNTY HAS 148 SLAVES FIRST WAVE OF
GERMAN IMMIGRANTS SETTLE IN BRAZOS COUNTY 1851 YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOC. (YMCA) COMES TO UNITED STATES SEWING MACHINE PATENTED BY ISAAC SINGER HARVEY MITCHELL APPOINTED POSTMASTER
IN BOONVILLE 1852 “UNCLE TOM’S CABIN” BY HARRIET BEECHER STOWE IS PUBLISHED WELLS FARGO PROVIDES STAGECOACH AND MAIL SERVICE ACROSS THE NATION FOR 66 YEARS 15,000 MILES OF TELEGRAPH
LINE IN THE UNITED STATES 1853 14TH U.S. PRESIDENT FRANKLIN PIERCE FIRST YMCA FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS FOUNDED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. RICHARD KING BUYS 15,500 ACRES OF TEXAS LAND FOR $300
FORMING KING RANCH 1854 KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT COUNTERS MISSOURI COMPROMISE; ALLOWS VOTES ON SLAVERY HENRY DAVID THOREAU WRITES “WALDEN” BRAZOS RIVER REACHES FLOOD LEVEL OF 51 FEET 1855
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE INTRODUCES HYGIENIC STANDARDS IN MILITARY HOSPITALS “LEAVES OF GRASS” IS PUBLISHED BY WALT WHITMAN 1856 JOHN BROWN RAIDS PRO-SLAVERY SETTLEMENT IN KANSAS 1857 15TH
U.S. PRESIDENT JAMES BUCHANAN LOUIS PASTEUR PROVES LACTIC ACID FERMENTATION CAUSED BY LIVING BACTERIA “DRED SCOTT CASE” SUPREME COURT RULES THAT BLACKS ARE STILL NOT FREE 1858 CYRUS
W. FIELD COMPLETED FIRST TELEGRAPH LINE FROM EUROPE TO USA BIG BEN BELL WAS CAST AT WHITECHAPEL BELL FOUNDRY IN LONDON 1859 CHARLES DARWIN PUBLISHES “THE ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES” WORLD’S
FIRST SUCCESSFUL OIL WELL IN TITUSVILLE, PA JOHN BROWN RAIDS FEDERAL ARSENAL AT HARPER’S FERRY; SENTENCED TO HANG TOWNSITE OF BRYAN LAID OUT ALONG PROPOSED ROUTE OF RAILROAD 1860 PONY
EXPRESS TAKES MAIL FROM ST. JOSEPH, MO. TO SACRAMENTO FOR YEAR AND A HALF U.S. CENSUS COUNT BRAZOS COUNTY 2,776; 1,063 SLAVES IN BRAZOS COUNTY BRAZOS COUNTY PRODUCED 2,269 BALES OF COTTON
TOWNSITE OF BRYAN NAMED AFTER WILLIAM JOEL BRYAN, NEPHEW OF STEPHEN F. AUSTIN H&TC RAILROAD ARRIVES IN MILLICAN, NORTHERNMOST POINT OF THE RAILROAD
1861 16TH U.S. PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN 11 PROSLAVERY STATES SECEDE FROM UNION & FORM CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA BEGINNING OF THE CIVIL WAR BRAZOS COUNTY VOTES IN FAVOR OF SECESSION
FROM THE UNION FIRST MEN FROM BRAZOS COUNTY JOIN CONFEDERATE ARMY AS PART OF COMPANY ‘F’ 1862 LOUIS PASTEUR PUBLISHES THE “GERM THEORY” AND INTRODUCES VACCINES “HOMESTEAD ACT” 160 ACRES
FOR $10 FOR WORKING LAND FOR 5 YEARS PRES. LINCOLN SIGNS MORRILL LAND-GRANT ACT SUPPORTING AGRI. & MECH. ARTS COLLEGES 1863 PRES. LINCOLN ISSUES EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION TO LIBERATE
ALL SLAVES FIRST CIVIL WAR CASUALTY FROM BRAZOS COUNTY WAS T. JOHNSON MAWHINNEY 1864 ULYSSES S. GRANT ASSUMES COMMAND OF THE UNION ARMY GEN. SHERMAN’S MARCH TO THE SEA RESULTS IN THE
CAPTURE OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA “IN GOD WE TRUST” FIRST APPEARS ON THE 1864 TWO-CENT COIN HENRY KURTEN BRINGS GERMAN SETTLERS TO BRAZOS VALLEY GENEVA CONVENTION ESTABLISHES NEUTRAL BATTLEFIELD
MEDICAL FACILITIES 1865 CONFEDERATE DEFEAT; GEN. ROBERT E. LEE SURRENDERS AT APPOMATTOX 17TH U.S. PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON SUCCEEDS LINCOLN AFTER ASSASSINATION 13TH AMENDMENT RATIFIED
TO ABOLISH SLAVERY IN THE U.S. DYNAMITE IS PATENTED BY ALFRED NOBEL IN SWEDEN FREEDMEN’S BUREAU ESTABLISHED IN U.S. WAR DEPARTMENT 1866 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT ESTABLISHES RIGHTS FOR EVERYONE
EXCEPT INDIANS TEXAS LEGISLATURE ACCEPTS MORRILL ACT FOR AGRICULTURAL & MECHANICAL COLLEGE TELEGRAPH LINE & H&TC RAILROAD EXTENDED FROM MILLICAN TO BRYAN COUNTY SEAT OF BRAZOS COUNTY
MOVED FROM BOONVILLE TO BRYAN BOONVILLE POST OFFICE MOVES TO 27TH STREET AT TABOR IN BRYAN 1867 WELLBORN ESTABLISHED AT A RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION CAMP OF H&TC RAILROAD HILL & MOSELEY MERCHANDISE
STORE OPENS IN BRYAN SHILOH COMMUNITY SETTLED BY CZECH IMMIGRANTS 1868 14TH AMENDMENT ESTABLISHES DUE PROCESS AND EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER LAW U.S. SENATE HOLDS PRESIDENT JOHNSON’S IMPEACHMENT
TRIAL -ACQUITTED BY 1 VOTE RACE RIOTS OCCUR IN MILLICAN AFTER THE DEATH OF BLACK LEADERS 1869 18TH U.S. PRESIDENT ULYSSES S. GRANT GOLDEN SPIKE DRIVEN IN UTAH COMPLETES FIRST EAST COAST
TO WEST COAST RAILROAD ELIZABETH STANTON & SUSAN ANTHONY FORM THE NATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION JULIA WARD HOWE, L. STONE & H. BLACKWELL FORM AMERICAN WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION
1870 U.S. CENSUS COUNT BRAZOS COUNTY 9,205 15TH AMENDMENT GRANTS VOTING RIGHTS REGARDLESS OF RACE TEXAS RE-ADMITTED INTO THE UNION ITALIANS BEGIN TO SETTLE IN FLOODPRRON BRAZOS RIVER
BOTTOM IN BRAZOS CO.
1871 AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE OF TEXAS ESTABLISHED BY TEXAS LEGISLATURE THE COLLEGE IS LOCATED ON 2,416 ACRES IN BRAZOS CO. DONATED BY CITIZENS 1872 “YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL
PARK” CONGRESS ESTABLISHES FIRST NATIONAL PARK CITY OF BRYAN FORMALLY INCORPORATED 1873 “TIMBER CULTURE ACT” HOMESTEADERS RECEIVE EXTRA 160 ACRES FOR PLANTING TREES “BUFFALO SOLDIERS”
AFRICAN-AMERICAN TROOPS POSTED IN TEXAS POLISH SETTLERS BEGIN ARRIVING IN BRAZOS COUNTY 1874 BARBED WIRE INVENTED BY JOSEPH F. GLIDDEN REVOLUTIONIZES LIFE ON THE GREAT PLAINS 1875 FIRST
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE A&M COLLEGE – RICHARD COKE, CHAIR 1876 ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL RECEIVES PATENT FOR TELEPHONE THOMAS ALVA EDISON OPENS RESEARCH LABORATORY AT MENLO
PARK, NJ SIOUX INDIANS DEFEAT COLONEL CUSTER AND TROOPS AT LITTLE BIG HORN RIVER AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE OF TEXAS OPENS OCTOBER 4TH “BRAZOS PILOT” WEEKLY NEWSPAPER STARTED
1877 19TH U.S. PRESIDENT RUTHERFORD B. HAYES THOMAS ALVA EDISON INVENTS PHONOGRAPH “DESERT LAND ACT” ACT” GRANTS CHEAPER LAND FOR PROMISE TO IRRIGATE CITY OF BRYAN ESTABLISHES PUBLIC
SCHOOL SYSTEM U.S. POST OFFICE NAMES A&M RAILSTOP “COLLEGE STATION” 1878 “TIMBER & STONE ACT” ENCOURAGED THE PURCHASE OF FOREST LAND 1879 ELIAS MAYES, BRAZOS CO. AFRICAN-AMERICAN, ELECTED
TO 16TH TEXAS LEGISLATURE FRENCH COMPANY ATTEMPTS TO BUILD PANAMA CANAL ACROSS ISTHMUS OF PANAMA THOMAS ALVA EDISON DEMONSTRATES INCANDESCENT ELECTRIC LIGHT BULB NORTHERN MIGRATION BEGINS
AS BLACKS RUN FROM SOUTHERN RACISM CITY OF BRYAN EXHIBITS PHONOGRAPH OF THOMAS ALVA EDISON 1880 WILLIAM BOOTH’S FOLLOWERS ESTABLISH U.S. BRANCH OF SALVATION ARMY U.S. CENSUS COUNT BRAZOS
COUNTY 13,576 BRYAN 2,750 AFRICAN AMERICAN DENNIS BALLARD, ELECTED AS BRAZOS COUNTY COMMISSIONER CITY OF BRYAN OPENS FIRST GRADE SCHOOL FOR WHITE STUDENTS ELEVEN FORMER A&M CADETS GATHER
ON CAMPUS FOR EX-CADETS ASSOCIATION MEETING 1881 20TH U.S. PRESIDENT JAMES A. GARFIELD 21ST U.S. PRESIDENT CHESTER A. ARTHUR SUCCEEDS GARFIELD AFTER ASSASINATION CLARA BARTON AND ADOLPHUS
SOLOMONS FOUND THE AMERICAN RED CROSS BRAZOS CO. SHILOH COMMUNITY FORMS CZECH AGRICULTURE & GOODWILL CLUB 1882 THOMAS ALVA EDISON OPENS FIRST ELECTRIC POWER STATION IN NEW YORK CITY
LABOR DAY ESTABLISHED TO HONOR THE WORKING CLASS 1883 RAILROAD COMPANIES COOPERATE TO DIVIDE UNITED STATES INTO FOUR TIME ZONES “BUFFALO BILL” CODY ORGANIZES TOURING WILD WEST SHOW
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS OPENS IN AUSTIN “SHILOH CLUB” BRAZOS COUNTY CZECHS START FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION HOUSTON & TEXAS CENTRAL RAILROAD BUILDS DEPOT AT COLLEGE STATION WILLIAM C. BOYETT
OPENS GENERAL STORE AT NORTH GATE OF A&M COLLEGE 1884 MARK TWAIN WRITES “ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN” FENCE-CUTTING WARS LEAD TO TEXAS LAW MAKING FENCECUTTTIN A FELONY BRAZOS COUNTY
MEDICAL SOCIETY FORMED 1885 22ND U.S. PRESIDENT GROVER CLEVELAND WASHINGTON MONUMENT COMPLETED ON NATIONAL MALL IN WASHINGTON D.C. CITY OF BRYAN OPENS FIRST SCHOOL FOR BLACK STUDENTS
1886 FRANCE PRESENTS UNITED STATES WITH STATUE OF LIBERTY 1ST NATIONAL BANK OF BRYAN IS ELEVENTH IN TEXAS TO RECEIVE NATIONAL CHARTER 1887 “INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION” CONGRESS ESTABLISHES
RAILROAD REGULATION 1888 FIRST ELECTRIC TROLLEY LINE BEGINS SERVICE IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA TEXAS STATE CAPITAL BUILDING DEDICATED BY GOVERNOR LAWRENCE SULLIVAN “SUL” ROSS FEDERAL HATCH
ACT ENABLES CREATION OF TEXAS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 1889 23RD U.S. PRESIDENT BENJAMIN HARRISON OKLAHOMA TERRITORY OPENS FOR SETTLEMENT “THE BRYAN EAGLE” WEEKLY NEWSPAPER STARTED
BY RICHARD M. SMITH 1890 SHERMAN SILVER ACT INSTRUCTS TREASURY TO PURCHASE SILVER TO BACK CURRENCY NWSA & AWSA JOIN TO FORM NATIONAL AMERICAN WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION U.S. CENSUS COUNT
BRAZOS COUNTY-16,650 BRYAN – 2,979 BRAZOS COUNTYTTE BUILDINGS BEING RENTED FOR SCHOOLS TEXAS A&M COLLEGE CAMPUS RECEIVES ELECTRICITY 1891 GOVERNOR JAMES HOGG ESTABLISHES TEXAS RAILROAD
COMMISSION 1892 NATURALIST JOHN MUIR ORGANIZES THE SIERRA CLUB FRANCIS BELLAMY WRITES THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE “ELLIS ISLAND” IMMIGRANT ADMITTING STATION OPENS IN NEW YORK HARBOR JONES
BRIDGE REPLACES JONES FERRY ON BRAZOS RIVER 1893 24TH U.S. PRESIDENT GROVER CLEVELAND SECOND TERM (NON-CONSECUTIVE) “PANIC OF 1893" BEGINS FOUR YEARS OF DEPRESSION REPEAL OF SHERMAN
SILVER ACT TEXAS A&M “BATTALION” NEWSPAPER STARTED AS COMMUNITY PAPER 1894 “COXEY’S ARMY” MARCH ON WASHINGTON DEMONSTRATES EXTENT OF DEPRESSION CZECH-AMERICAN JOSEPH HOLICK ORGANIZES
THE TEXAS AGGIE BAND 1895 J.P. MORGAN AND OTHER BANKERS’ LOANS END DRAIN ON GOLD RESERVES 1896 PLESSY VS. FERGUSON: SUPREME COURT UPHELD “SEPARATE BUT EQUAL” RACIAL SEGREGATION SPJST
CZECH FRATERNAL LODGE #1 FOUNDED IN FAYETTE COUNTY, TEXAS 1897 25TH U.S. PRESIDENT WILLIAM MCKINLEY
TEXAS A&M PRESIDENT LAWRENCE SULLIVAN ROSS REPORTED TO FAVOR CO-EDUCATION 1898 SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR U.S. CONFLICT WITH SPAIN LASTS THREE MONTHS TEDDY ROOSEVELT RECRUITS ROUGH RIDERS
IN SAN ANTONIO FOR SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR U.S. CEDED GUAM, PHILIPPINES, & PUERTO RICO BY SPAIN AT WAR’S END PLATT AMENDMENT ESTABLISHES U.S. RIGHT TO INTERVENE IN CUBAN AFFAIRS SUPREME
COURT UPHOLDS POLL TAX & LITERACY TEST WHICH DENIED BLACK VOTE 1899 BOXER REBELLION TAKES PLACE IN CHINA TO PROTEST WESTERN INFLUENCE JOHN HAYS SECRETARY OF STATE ADVOCATES “OPEN DOOR”
TRADE POLICY ALLEN ACADEMY OPENS IN BRYAN AS PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOR BOYS 1900 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS INCORPORATED AS A NON-PROFIT NEWS COOPERATIVE “CURRENCY ACT” UNITED STATES OFFICIALLY
PLACED ON GOLD STANDARD HURRICANE STRIKES GALVESTON, TEXAS; DEATH TOLL 6,000 U.S. CENSUS COUNT BRAZOS COUNTY 18,859 BRYAN 3,589 I&GN RAILROAD REACHES BRYAN 1901 26TH U.S. PRESIDENT THEODORE
ROOSEVELT SUCCEEDED MCKINLEY AFTER ASSASSINATION WILHELM C. ROENTGEN, DISCOVERER OF X-RAY, RECEIVES ONE OF THE FIRST NOBEL PRIZES “SPINDLETOP” DERRICK HITS OIL; LAUNCHES TEXAS OIL INDUSTRY
BRYAN’S 1ST AUTO, A RED OLDSMOBILE OWNED BY M. BONNEVILLE TEXAS A&M CONDUCTS SUMMER SESSION OPEN TO WOMEN 1902 “NATIONAL RECLAMATION ACT” PROMOTES LAND CONSERVATION INSTALLATION OF TRANSPACIFIC
TELEGRAPH CABLE FROM CALIFORNIA TO HAWAII 1903 ANTOINE H. BECQUEREL, PIERRE & MARIE CURIE WIN NOBEL PRIZE FOR RADIOACTIVITY WORK U.S. TAKES OVER BUILDING OF PANAMA CANAL W.E.B. DUBOIS
WRITES “THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLKS” BROTHERS ORVILLE & WILBUR WRIGHT FLY 1ST POWER-DRIVEN PLANE AT KITTY HAWK $10,000 GRANT FROM ANDREW CARNEGIE FUNDS LIBRARY IN BRYAN 1904 3RD OLYMPICS
OF MODERN TIMES HELD IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI PROF. EDWIN J. KYLE FENCES OFF FIELD FOR TEXAS A&M FOOTBALL 1905 U.S. FOREST SERVICE ESTABLISHED 1906 SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE FOLLOWED BY
FIRE; COMBINED DEATH TOLL OF 3,000 UPTON SINCLAIR WRITES “THE JUNGLE” PURE FOOD & DRUG ACT & MEAT INSPECTION ACT PASSED BY CONGRESS CITY OF BRYAN ADOPTS 8 MPH SPEED LIMIT 1907 CHARLES
CURTIS OF KANSAS, FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN U.S. SENATOR 1908 “TIN LIZZY” HENRY FORD INTRODUCES MODEL “T” FORD “IN GOD WE TRUST” REQUIRED ON CERTAIN COINS BY CONGRESS 1909 27TH U.S. PRESIDENT
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE (NAACP) FOUNDED TEXAS A&M COLLEGE’S EARLIEST KNOWN STUDENT BONFIRE
LEGISLATURE APPROVES TEXAS A&M SUMMER SESSIONS OPEN TO BOTH SEXES 1910 “MANN-ELKINS ACT” GIVES ICC CONTROL OVER RAILROAD RATES AND COMMUNICATIONS U.S. CENSUS COUNT BRAZOS COUNTY-18,919
BRYAN – 4,132 THIRTY BUILDINGS RENTED FOR SCHOOLS IN BRAZOS COUNTY GAS POWERED BRYANCOLLLEG STATION INTERURBAN OPERATES ON TRACKS 1911 ROALD AMUNDSON AND FOUR OTHERS REACH SOUTH POLE
PARKER ASTIN HARDWARE OPENS IN BRYAN WITH CAPITAL STOCK OF $60,000 1912 BRITISH OCEAN LINER TITANIC SINKS TEXAS A&M DIRECTORS SET ASIDE LAND NORTH OF CAMPUS FOR BUSINESSES 1913 28TH
U.S. PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON 16TH AMENDMENT ESTABLISHES FEDERAL INCOME TAX 17TH AMENDMENT MANDATES DIRECT ELECTION OF U.S. SENATORS FEDERAL RESERVE ACT CREATES 12 BANKS UNDER MIXED
PRIVATE & PUBLIC CONTROL DR. W.H. OLIVER OPENS BRYAN HOSPITAL 1914 ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND OF AUSTRIAHUNNGAR ASSASSINATED LEADING TO WWI WORLD WAR I BEGINS; PRESIDENT WILSON PROCLAIMS
U.S. NEUTRALITY FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ESTABLISHED BY U.S. CONGRESS PANAMA CANAL COMPLETED BY UNITED STATES 1915 BRITISH OCEAN LINER LUSITANIA SUNK BY GERMAN U-BOAT U.S. CONGRESS ALLOWS
U.S. BANK LOANS TO BRITISH AND FRENCH ALLIES TEXAS FOREST SERVICE ESTABLISHED ELECTRIC TROLLEY REPLACES GAS POWERED INTERURBAN BETWEEN A&M & BRYAN 1916 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ACT PROVIDES MATCHING
FUNDS TO STATES FOR HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CREATED TO PROTECT NATIONAL PARKS AND MONUMENTS JEANETTE RANKIN OF MONTANA BECOMES FIRST WOMAN ELECTED TO U.S. HOUSE PERSHING
LEADS PUNITIVE EXPEDITION AGAINST PANCHO VILLA AFTER RAID INTO U.S. “NATIONAL DEFENSE ACT”; TEXAS A&M APPROVED FOR SENIOR ROTC PROGRAM 1917 GERMANY CARRIES OUT UNRESTRICTED U-BOAT WARFARE
BOLSHEVIKS SEIZE POWER ENDING RUSSIA’S WORLD WAR I PARTICIPATION U.S. CONGRESS DECLARES WAR AGAINST GERMANY 1918 “DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME” FEDERAL LAW PASSED AS A WARTIME CONSERVATION METHOD
ARMISTICE SIGNED; PRESIDENT WILSON MAKES SPEECH ON “FOURTEEN POINTS” TEXAS WOMEN WIN RIGHT TO VOTE IN PRIMARY ELECTIONS FIRST TELEPHONE INSTALLED IN BRYAN 1919 TREATY OF VERSAILLES SIGNED
BY GERMANY AND ALLIES ENDS WORLD WAR I FIRST NON-STOP TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT FROM NEWFOUNDLAND TO IRELAND 18TH AMENDMENT PROHIBITS SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES 1920 19TH AMENDMENT GRANTS
WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE U.S. CENSUS COUNT BRAZOS COUNTY 21,975 BRYAN 6,307 TEXAS A&M PRESIDENT WILLIAM BIZZELL & M.L. HAYES START A&M CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL
1921 CANADIANS FREDRICK BANTING & CHARLES BEST ISOLATE INSULIN HORMONE COLLEGE PARK SUBDIVISION OPENS SOUTH OF TEXAS A&M CAMPUS 1922 29TH U.S. PRESIDENT WARREN G. HARDING LINCOLN MEMORIAL
DEDICATED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. E. KING GILL’S COMMITMENT AT AGGIE FOOTBALL GAME STARTS 12TH MAN TRADITION 1923 30TH U.S. PRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE TAKES OFFICE UPON DEATH OF HARDING WALTER
& ROY O. DISNEY CREATE DISNEY BROTHERS STUDIOS 1924 FIRST MACY’S THANKSGIVING PARADE HELD IN NEW YORK CITY 1925 “MONKEY TRIAL” JOHN T. SCOPES FOUND GUILTY OF TEACHING EVOLUTION 75 FACULTY
HOMES ON TEXAS A&M CAMPUS AGGIELAND INN BUILT TO REPLACE SHIRLEY HOTEL ON A&M CAMPUS 1926 FIRST SCHEDULED U.S. AIRLINE SERVICE; MAIL ROUTE FROM PASCO,WA TO BOISE,ID 1927 CHARLES LINDBERGH
FLIES NEW YORK TO PARIS – 1ST SOLO TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT HENRY FORD LAUNCHES STYLISH MODEL “A” CAR IN A VARIETY OF COLORS MECHANICAL COTTON PICKER INVENTED BY TEXAS BROTHERS IMPACTS THE
SOUTH BRYAN TRACTION COMPANY REPLACES ELECTRIC TROLLEY WITH BUSES 1928 ALEXANDER FLEMING DISCOVERS PENICILLIN UNION HILL, WELLBORN, ROCK PRAIRIE & SHILOH JOIN A&M CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL
DISTRICT 1929 31ST U.S. PRESIDENT HERBERT CLARK HOOVER “BLACK TUESDAY” U.S. STOCK MARKET CRASHES TO START THE GREAT DEPRESSION ERNEST HEMINGWAY WRITES “A FAREWELL TO ARMS” BLACK PHYSICIAN
DR. WILLIAM A. HAMMOND SR. OPENS HOSPITAL ON 17TH STREET IN BRYAN 1930 PLUTO, 9TH PLANET FROM THE SUN, IS DISCOVERED CONTINENTAL BAKING INTRODUCES FIRST SLICED BREAD UNDER NAME “WONDER
BREAD” U.S. CENSUS COUNT BRAZOS COUNTY 21,835 BRYAN 7,814 A&M CHEMISTRY & CHEMICAL ENGR. DEPTS START TRAINING FOR TEXAS FIREMEN 1931 “THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER” CHOSEN AS NATIONAL ANTHEM
OF THE UNITED STATES PERMANENT UNIVERSITY FUND INCOME DIVIDED 2/3 TEXAS UNIVERSITY; 1/3 TEXAS A&M DR. L.O. WILKERSON OPENS BRYAN CLINIC 1932 AMELIA EARHART MAKES TRANSCONTINENTAL FLIGHT
-LOS ANGELES TO NEWARK, NJ OPHELIA WYATT CARAWAY OF ARKANSAS FIRST WOMAN ELECTED TO U.S. SENATE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS OAKWOOD ADDITION AND COLLEGE HILLS ESTATES OPEN NEAR TEXAS A&M OAKWOOD
BECOMES FIRST FHA APPROVED PROJECT BETWEEN HOUSTON & DALLAS OAKWOOD REALTY CONNECTS ELECTRIC AND WATER LINES TO TEXAS A&M CAMPUS 1933 32ND U.S. PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT INITIATES “NEW DEAL” PROGRAM TO ADDRESS UNEMPLOYMENT 20TH AMENDMENT SET TERMS FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND PRESIDENT SUCCESSION 21ST AMENDMENT 18TH AMEND. REPEALED; ALCOHOL BEVERAGE
PROHIBITION ENDS
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORP. (FDIC) GUARANTEES U.S. BANK ACCOUNTS 1934 COURT RULES THAT TEXAS A&M BOARD HAS RIGHT TO LIMIT ENROLLMENT TO MEN BRYAN HOSPITAL, CLOSED FOR A YEAR AFTER
DR. OLIVER’S DEATH, REOPENS 1935 SOCIAL SECURITY ACT PROVIDES SYSTEM OF OLD-AGE ANNUITIES & DISABILITY BENEFITS NYLON INVENTED BY WALLACE CAROTHERS AT DuPONT LABORATORY SISTERS OF ST.
FRANCIS RENAME BRYAN HOSPITAL FOR SAINT JOSEPH 1936 ATHLETE JESSE OWENS SHATTERS SPRINT RECORDS AT BERLIN OLYMPICS WALSH-HEALEY ACT SETS MINIMUM WAGE FOR COMPANIES WITH GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
STATE HIGHWAY 6 REROUTED TO EAST SIDE OF A&M CAMPUS; NEW ENTRANCE CREATED 1937 DIRIGIBLE HINDENBURG CRASHES IN FLAMES AT LAKEHURST, NJ; ENDS ZEPPELIN ERA BRYAN WEEKLY CEASES PUBLICATION;
BRYAN EAGLE LAUNCHES SUNDAY EDITION 1938 ENRICO FERMI EARNS NOBEL PRIZE FOR DISCOVERY OF NEW RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS W.J. COULTER DONATES 250 ACRES TO CITY OF BRYAN FOR AIRPORT ELECTION
APPROVES INCORPORATION OF CITY OF COLLEGE STATION BY VOTE OF 217-39 COLLEGE STATION AND BRYAN ARGUE OVER BRYAN ANNEXATION NEAR NORTH GATE AREA 1ST COLLEGE STATION CITY COUNCIL CHOSEN
BY DISTRICT WITH ONE AT-LARGE MEMBER 1939 WORLD WAR II BEGINS AS GERMANY INVADES POLAND AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA FIRST LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME IN WILLIAMSPORT, PA 1ST COLLEGE STATION CITY
COUNCIL MEETS IN TEXAS A&M AGRICULTURE BUILDING BOUNDARIES OF COLLEGE STATION ARE STAKED BY CIVIL ENGR. PROFESSOR JOSEPH ORR COLLEGE STATION CREATES PARKS BOARD, ZONING COMMISSION &
PLANNING BOARD 1940 21-36 YEAR OLDS BEGIN SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM REGISTRATION FOR MILITARY SERVICE USDA RECOGNIZES KING RANCH BREED OF SANTA GERTRUDIS CATTLE U.S. CENSUS COUNT BRAZOS
COUNTY 26,977 BRYAN 11,842 COLLEGE STA. 2,184 A&M CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL MOVED OFF TEXAS A&M CAMPUS COLLEGE STATION BUYS ELECTRIC, WATER AND SEWER SYSTEMS IN SOUTHSIDE AREA 1941 JAPANESE
ATTACK U.S. FLEET AT PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII; U.S. DECLARES WAR GERMANY DECLARES WAR ON UNITED STATES TEN STATIONS RECEIVE COMMERCIAL TELEVISION LICENSES FROM FCC JESSE L. EASTERWOOD AIR
FIELD DEDICATED AT TEXAS A&M 1942 CORREGIDOR AGGIES CELEBRATE TEXAS INDEPENDENCE; BEGIN MUSTER TRADITION U.S. FORCES IN THE PHILIPPINES SURRENDER TO JAPANESE; BATAAN DEATH MARCH “BATTLE
OF MIDWAY” U.S. NAVY SINKS 4 JAPANESE CARRIERS TO TURN WAR TIDE “OPERATION TORCH” ALLIED FORCE DEFEATS ROMMEL IN FRENCH NORTH AFRICA COLLEGE STATION DIVIDES INTO THREE WARDS, EACH HAVING
TWO REPRESENTATIVES 1943 BRYAN AIR FIELD BEGINS INSTRUMENT PILOT TRAINING COL. JOE
DUCKWORTH MAKES FIRST FLIGHT INTO A HURRICANE FROM BRYAN AIR FIELD COLLEGE STATION IS FIRST TEXAS CITY UNDER 5,000 TO EMPLOY CITY MANAGER BRYAN CLINIC IS NAMED BRYAN HOSPITAL
1944 “D-DAY” RUDDER’S RANGERS LEAD ALLIED FORCES LANDING AT NORMANDY “BATTLE OF THE BULGE” ALLIES WIN CRITICAL BATTLE AGAINST OVEREXTENDED GERMANS U.S. SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS TEXAS
LAW ALLOWING ONLY WHITES TO VOTE 1945 33RD U.S. PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN GERMANY SURRENDERS UNCONDITIONALLY TO THE ALLIES AT REIMS, FRANCE ATOM BOMBS USED AT HIROSHIMA AND THEN NAGASAKI
TO HASTEN END OF WORLD WAR II FORMAL SURRENDER OF JAPANESE ABOARD USS MISSOURI IN TOKYO BAY BRYAN AIR FIELD DEACTIVATED 1946 FORMER BRITISH PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL DELIVERS
“IRON CURTAIN” SPEECH DR. BENJAMIN SPOCK WRITES “BABY AND CHILD CARE” COLLEGE STATION HAS FIRST BOND ELECTION COLLEGE STATION STATE BANK OPENS AT NORTH GATE; SELECTED AS CITY DEPOSITORY
GENERAL DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER ADDRESSES HOMECOMING MUSTER AT KYLE FIELD 1947 MARSHALL PLAN PROVIDES ECONOMIC AID TO EUROPEAN NATIONS THE TERM “COLD WAR” COINED TO DESCRIBE RELATIONSHIP
OF THE U.S. AND SOVIET UNION CHUCK YEAGER BREAKS THE SOUND BARRIER FLYING THE BELL X-1 FIRST COLLEGE STATION CITY HALL OPENS ON CHURCH ST. AT NORTHGATE 1ST COLLEGE STATION PARK ESTABLISHED
AS “DEXTER PARK”; NOW “BRISON PARK” 1948 MODERN STATE OF ISRAEL FOUNDED PRESIDENT TRUMAN ENDS RACIAL SEGREGATION IN ARMED FORCES BERLIN AIRLIFT BRINGS FOOD & SUPPLIES DURING RUSSIAN
BLOCKADE 31 ACRES DEDICATED AS COLLEGE STATION CITY CEMETERY TEXAS A&M COLLEGE SYSTEM ESTABLISHED 1949 MAO TSE-TUNG LEADS COMMUNIST VICTORY IN CHINA 12 NATIONS ESTABLISH NORTH ATLANTIC
TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO) FOR MUTUAL DEFENSE COLLEGE STATION’S FIRST ZONING ORDINANCE APPROVED NEW COLLEGE STATION HIGH SCHOOL OPENS JUST SOUTH OF TEXAS A&M CAMPUS LINCOLN SCHOOL FOR
BLACKS OPENS ON SOUTHERN LIMITS OF COLLEGE STATION 1950 NORTH KOREA INVADES REPUBLIC OF SOUTH KOREA U.S. CENSUS COUNT BRAZOS COUNTY 38,390 BRYAN 18,102 COLLEGE STA. 7,925 MARION THOMAS
HARRINGTON BECOMES FIRST ALUMNI TO BE NAMED A&M PRESIDENT 1951 22ND AMENDMENT SETS PRESIDENTIAL TERM LIMITS BRYAN AIR FORCE BASE REACTIVATED DURING KOREAN WAR FOR PILOT TRAINING COLLEGE
STATION BUYS REA ELECTRIC LINES AT COLLEGE HILLS DEVELOPMENT OF WATER SYSTEM FOR THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION AND A&M COLLEGE 1952 U.S. DETONATES FIRST HYDROGEN BOMB AT BIKINI ATOLL IN
THE PACIFIC COLLEGE STATION CITIZENS VOTE TO ADOPT CHARTER 220-11 1953 34TH U.S. PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (FIRST TEXAS-BORN PRESIDENT) JAMES WATSON AND FRANCIS CRICK DETERMINE
MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF DNA KOREAN WAR ARMISTICE SIGNED AT PANMUNJOM; 36,516 AMERICANS DIED
JONAS SALK ANNOUNCES THE SUCCESSFUL TESTING OF A POLIO VACCINE COLLEGE STATION APPOINTS RECREATION BOARD 1954 “BROWN VS BD. OF EDUC.” SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST SEGREGATION OF SCHOOLS
BY RACE SECRETARY OF STATE DULLES FORMS “SEATO” TO CONTAIN COMMUNIST AGGRESSION IN ASIA 1955 BARDEEN, SCHOCKLEY & BRATTAIN WIN NOBEL PRIZE FOR DISCOVERY OF TRANSISTOR EFFECT ROSA PARKS
REFUSES TO GIVE UP BUS SEAT AND CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT BEGINS DISNEYLAND THEME PARK OPENS IN CALIFORNIA A&M BONFIRE MOVED FROM MAIN DRILL FIELD TO DUNCAN FIELD 1956 “IN GOD WE TRUST”
ADOPTED AS THE U.S. NATIONAL MOTTO EISENHOWER NAMES A&M GRAD FRANCIS TURNER TO PLAN THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS A&M FOOTBALL FIELD OFFICIALLY NAMED IN HONOR OF EDWIN JACKSON KYLE 1957 “SPUTNIK
I” FIRST MAN-MADE EARTH SATELLITE LAUNCHED BY USSR “SPUTNIK II” LAUNCHED WITH A DOG, “LAIKA,” ABOARD; 1ST ANIMAL IN SPACE BRAZOS COUNTY LEADERS MEET AT A&M MSC TO INITIATE FIRST LONG
RANGE PLAN BRYAN CREATES PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT 1958 UNITED STATES AND SOVIET UNION HALT ATOMIC TESTS “EXPLORER I” FIRST AMERICAN SATELLITE LAUNCHED ALASKA BECOMES THE 49TH STATE
BRYAN AIR FORCE BASE AGAIN DEACTIVATED TOWNSHIRE SHOPPING CENTER OPENS ON TEXAS AVENUE IN BRYAN 1959 “LUNIK II" USSR SPACECRAFT IS FIRST MAN-MADE OBJECT TO REACH MOON “LUNIK III” USSR
SPACECRAFT TAKES PHOTOS OF THE DARK SIDE OF MOON FIDEL CASTRO COMES TO POWER IN CUBA HAWAII BECOMES THE 50TH STATE JAMES EARL RUDDER, A&M CLASS OF 1932, APPOINTED PRESIDENT OF A&M COLLEGE
1960 FOUR BLACK STUDENTS SIT-IN AT SEGREGATED LUNCH COUNTER IN GREENSBORO, NC U.S. CENSUS COUNT BRAZOS COUNTY 44,895 BRYAN 27,542 COLLEGE STA. 11,396 COLLEGE STATION HIRES FULL-TIME
FIRE CHIEF 1961 35TH U.S. PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY RUSSIAN YURI GAGARIN FIRST MAN IN SPACE; ALAN SHEPARD BECOMES 1ST AMERICAN IN SPACE 23RD AMENDMENT CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATION FOR
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ILL-FATED BAY OF PIGS INVASION IN CUBA BERLIN WALL BUILT BY RUSSIANS; DIVIDES GERMAN CITY 1962 JOHN GLENN ORBITS EARTH 3 TIMES IN FRIENDSHIP 7 IN 295 MINUTES LINUS
PAULING RECEIVES NOBEL PEACE PRIZE (HIS 2ND NOBEL AWARD) ALBERT SABIN’S LIVE ORAL POLIO VACCINE IS LICENSED “CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS” U.S. COMPELS USSR TO WITHDRAW NUCLEAR WEAPONS FROM
CUBA BRYAN AIR FORCE BASE DEEDED TO A&M AS RESEARCH ANNEX 1963 CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH IN WASHINGTON; MARTIN LUTHER KING’S SPEECH “I HAVE A DREAM” PRESIDENT KENNEDY ASSASSINATED AND GOVERNOR
CONNALLY WOUNDED IN DALLAS
36TH U.S. PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON SUCCEEDS KENNEDY AFTER ASSASSINATION A&M COLLEGE OF TEXAS NAME CHANGED TO TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS PERMITS WOMEN TO ENROLL AT TAMU
ON A LIMITED BASIS 1964 CHINA TESTS NUCLEAR BOMB GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION; U.S. BOMBS NORTH VIETNAM 24TH AMENDMENT BANS POLL TAX IN NATIONAL ELECTIONS PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON SIGNS
THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT “ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT” ESTABLISHES HEAD START, VISTA, JOB CORPS AND MORE 1965 “OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER” BEGINS TO BOMB NORTH VIETNAM; WAR ESCALATES MARTIN
LUTHER KING LEADS CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH FROM SELMA TO MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 1966 ALMOST 450,000 U.S. TROOPS STATIONED IN AND AROUND SOUTH VIETNAM “MIRANDA WARNING” SUPREME COURT RULES POLICE
MUST INFORM SUSPECTS OF RIGHTS TEXAS REPEALS POLL TAX FOR VOTING IN LOCAL AND STATE ELECTIONS BARBARA JORDAN BECOMES FIRST BLACK WOMAN ELECTED TO TEXAS SENATE LINCOLN SCHOOL BURNS ENDING
SEGREGATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN COLLEGE STATION 1967 25TH AMENDMENT SPELLS OUT PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION THURGOOD MARSHALL BECOMES FIRST BLACK JUSTICE ON THE U.S. SUPREME COURT ASTRONAUTS
CHAFFEE, GRISSOM, AND WHITE KILLED IN FIRE ON APOLLO LAUNCH PAD 1968 CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER MARTIN LUTHER KING ASSASSINATED PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ROBERT KENNEDY ASSASSINATED FRANK BORMAN,
JAMES LOVELL AND WILLIAM ANDERS ORBIT MOON IN APOLLO 8 COLLEGE STATION CHANGES CHARTER TO ELECT COUNCIL MEMBERS AT-LARGE 1969 37TH U.S. PRESIDENT RICHARD M. NIXON APOLLO 11 ASTRONAUTS
ARMSTRONG AND ALDRIN LAND ON MOON; COLLINS MANS COMMAND MODULE COLLEGE STATION CITY HALL COMPLEX ON TEXAS AVENUE DEDICATED WORLD’S TALLEST BONFIRE (107 FT 10 IN) BUILT AND IGNITED AT
TEXAS A&M 1970 FIRST EARTH DAY OBSERVATION APOLLO 13 SPACECRAFT ASTRONAUTS USE LUNAR MODULE TO AVOID LIFETHREAATENIN SITUATION 1ST FEMALE GENERALS IN U.S. MILITARY, ANNA MAE HAYS AND
ELIZABETH HOISINGTON U.S. CENSUS COUNT BRAZOS COUNTY 57,978 BRYAN 33,719 COLLEGE STA. 17,676 PRESIDENT OF TAMU J. EARL RUDDER DIES 1971 26TH AMENDMENT VOTING RIGHTS EXTENDED TO 18-YEAR-OLDS
U.S. SUPREME COURT RULES THAT BUSING CAN BE ORDERED FOR RACIAL DESEGREGATION “PENTAGON PAPERS” VIETNAM WAR STUDY PUBLISHED IN NEW YORK TIMES JUDGE JAMES NOEL ORDERS END TO SEGREGATION
IN BRYAN SCHOOLS COLLEGE STATION CREATES PARKS & RECREATION DEPT. 1972 LAST U.S. TROOPS LEAVE VIETNAM BLACK HOUSTONIAN BARBARA JORDAN ELECTED TO CONGRESS “WATERGATE SCANDAL” REPUBLICAN
BREAK-IN AT DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS BARDEEN, COOPER AND SCHRIEFFER GET NOBEL FOR DISCOVERING SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
1973 WORLD TRADE CENTER OPENS IN NEW YORK CITY FORMER WHITE HOUSE AIDE BUTTERFIELD INFORMS SENATE ABOUT SECRET NIXON TAPES 1974 SUPREME COURT ORDERS NIXON TO RELEASE WATERGATE TAPES
RICHARD NIXON RESIGNS TO AVOID IMPEACHMENT; FIRST PRESIDENT TO RESIGN 38TH U.S. PRESIDENT GERALD FORD SWORN IN AFTER NIXON RESIGNATION LONGEST CIVILIAN HOSTAGE-TAKING IN U.S. HISTORY
TAKES PLACE IN HUNTSVILLE PRISON PARTICIPATION IN THE TAMU CORPS OF CADETS OPENS TO WOMEN; 50 WOMEN SIGN UP 1975 NORTH VIETNAM TAKES OVER MUCH OF SOUTH VIETNAM; WAR ENDS “APOLLO-SOYUZ
PROJECT” AMERICAN AND SOVIET SPACECRAFTS DOCK WHILE IN ORBIT BARBARA JORDAN SPONSORS EXTENSION OF VOTING RIGHTS ACT TO MORE MINORITIES COLLEGE STATION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS COMMITTEE
APPOINTED COLLEGE STATION DRILLS 1ST WATER WELL 1976 U.S. CELEBRATES BICENTENNIAL AND TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY CELEBRATES CENTENNIAL PERSONAL COMPUTER REVOLUTIONIZES THE WAY PEOPLE WORK
AND COMMUNICATE COLLEGE STATION CITY COUNCIL ADOPTS FIRST COMPREHENSIVE CITY PLAN COLLEGE STATION CHANGES CHARTER TO ELECT COUNCIL BY WARD SYSTEM FREDERICK McCLURE IS FIRST BLACK ELECTED
TAMU STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT 1977 39TH U.S. PRESIDENT JAMES EARL CARTER, JR. PANAMA CANAL TREATIES RATIFIED; CANAL CONTROL GOES TO PANAMA IN 2000 FIRST OIL FLOWS THROUGH TRANS-ALASKA
PIPELINE SYSTEM 15 COUNTRIES SIGN PACT TO CURB THE SPREAD OF NUBLEAR WEAPONS FIRST CLASS OF 32 STUDENTS ENROLL IN TEXAS A&M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE 1978 COLLEGE STATION CHANGES CHARTER BACK
TO AT-LARGE ELECTION SYSTEM C. E. “PAT” OLSEN BASEBALL STADIUM AT TEXAS A&M DEDICATED 1979 ACCIDENT AT 3-MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR PLANT IN PENNSYLVANIA IRAN HOSTAGE CRISIS BEGINS IN AMERICAN
EMBASSY; 52 HOSTAGES HELD 444 DAYS UNITED STATES AND REPUBLIC OF CHINA ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS CITY OF COLLEGE STATION BUYS LAND TO BUILD AN INDUSTRIAL PARK FEMALE CORPS MEMBER
SUES TAMU TO INTEGRATE WOMEN INTO CORPS ORGANIZATIONS 1980 MOUNT ST. HELENS VOLCANO ERUPTS IN WASHINGTON STATE KILLING 57 PEOPLE U.S. CENSUS COUNT BRAZOS COUNTY 93,588 BRYAN 44,337 COLLEGE
STA. 37,272 BRYAN HOSPITAL SOLD TO HUMANA 1981 40TH U.S. PRESIDENT RONALD W. REAGAN 52 U.S. EMBASSY HOSTAGES RELEASED IN IRAN AFTER 444 DAYS “COLUMBIA” 1ST FLIGHT OF REUSABLE SPACE SHUTTLE
1ST FEMALE U. S. SUPREME CT. JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O’CONNER APPOINTED COMPLETION OF 2 MORE WATER WELLS GIVES C. S. ITS 1ST INDEPENDENT WATER SUPPLY 1982 61-YEAR-OLD BARNEY CLARK RECEIVES
FIRST PERMANENT ARTIFICIAL HEART CZECH HERITAGE SOCIETY OF TEXAS FOUNDED IN TAYLOR, TEXAS
POST OAK MALL OPENS IN COLLEGE STATION C. S. CONFERENCE CENTER IN FORMER A&M CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL SIX AGGIES CLEAN A LOCAL CEMETERY; INSPIRE CREATION OF “THE BIG EVENT” 1983 U.S.
DEPLOYS PERSHING II & CRUISE MISSILES IN EUROPE “STAR WARS” PRESIDENT REAGAN PROPOSES STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE SALLY RIDE BECOMES FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN IN SPACE ABOARD SHUTTLE “CHALLENGER”
APPLE “LISA” FIRST BUSINESS COMPUTER WITH GRAPHIC INTERFACE “THE BIG EVENT” A&M STUDENT GOV’T BEGINS ANNUAL 1-DAY SERVICE PROJECT 1984 BRUCE McCANDLESS BECOMES FIRST HUMAN TO FLY UNTETHERED
IN SPACE GERALDINE FERRARO RUNS FOR VICE PRESIDENT ON DEMOCRATIC TICKET ALL TAMU CORPS ORGANIZATIONS OPEN TO WOMEN 1985 “SYMBOLICS.COM” THE FIRST ‘DOT COM’ DOMAIN NAME IS REGISTERED
1986 SIX ASTRONAUTS DIE WHEN SPACE SHUTTLE “CHALLENGER” EXPLODES AFTER LAUNCH 1987 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE CLOSES ABOVE 2,000 FOR FIRST TIME STOCK MARKET CRASHES BRYAN HOSPITAL
MOVES TO COLLEGE STATION; NAME BECOMES HUMANA 1988 RESEARCH ANNEX AT FORMER BRYAN AIR BASE NAMED TEXAS A&M “RIVERSIDE CAMPUS” 1989 41ST U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH TIM
BERNERS-LEE INVENTS WORLDWIDE WEB “WWW”; BIRTH OF THE INTERNET L. DOUGLAS WILDER OF VIRGINIA BECOMES 1ST AFRICAN AMERICAN GOVERNOR ELECTED 1990 “CLEAN AIR ACT” SETS NATIONWIDE AIR POLLUTION
LIMITS U.S. CENSUS COUNT BRAZOS COUNTY 121,862 BRYAN 55,002 COLLEGE STA. 52,443 1991 OPERATION DESERT STORM; 20-NATION COALITION; PERSIAN GULF WAR BEGINS TEXAS A&M SITE SELECTED FOR
THE GEORGE H.W. BUSH PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY 1992 COLD WAR ENDS U.S., MEXICO, & CANADA APPROVE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT 27TH AMENDMENT CONGRESSIONAL SALARY CHANGES IMPLEMENTED
AFTER NEXT ELECTION TAMU BONFIRE MOVED FROM DUNCAN FIELD TO FINAL LOCATION ON THE POLO FIELD 1993 42ND U.S. PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON KARY B. MULLIS AND MICHAEL SMITH EARN NOBEL PRIZE
FOR ENHANCED DNA METHODS KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON BECOMES FIRST WOMAN UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM TEXAS 1994 NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT GOES INTO EFFECT BROOKE LESLIE IS FIRST WOMAN
ELECTED TAMU STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT 1995 P. MURRAH FEDERAL BUILDING IN OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBED; 168 PEOPLE DIE 1996 “DEEP BLUE” CHESS COMPUTER DEFEATS WORLD CHESS CHAMPION KASPAROV “DOLLY
THE SHEEP” FIRST MAMMAL IS SUCCESSFULLY CLONED IN SCOTLAND
KHOBAR TOWERS BOMBED IN SAUDI ARABIA; 19 U.S. SERVICEMEN ARE KILLED CENTENNIAL OLYMPIC PARK BOMBING IN ATLANTA KILLS ONE AND INJURES 111 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE CLOSES ABOVE 6,000
FOR FIRST TIME 1997 MADELEINE ALBRIGHT BECOMES THE FIRST FEMALE U. S. SECRETARY OF STATE BRAZOS VALLEY CZECH HERITAGE SOCIETY FOUNDED IN BRYAN GEORGE H.W. BUSH PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY CENTER
IS DEDICATED 1998 JOHN GLENN BECOMES OLDEST PERSON TO FLY IN SPACE AT AGE 77 LAND PURCHASED FOR COLLEGE STATION VETERANS PARK 1999 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE CLOSES ABOVE 10,000 FOR
FIRST TIME TAMU BONFIRE STACK COLLAPSES; A FORMER STUDENT & 11 STUDENTS DIE AND 27 INJURED HUMANA HOSPITAL BECOMES COLLEGE STATION MEDICAL CENTER 2000 U.S. CENSUS COUNT BRAZOS COUNTY
152,415 BRYAN 65,660 COLLEGE STA 67,890 CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON COLLEGE STATION VETERANS PARK 2001 43RD PRESIDENT GEORGE WALKER BUSH TERRORIST ATTACK ON WORLD TRADE CENTER AND THE PENTAGON;
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