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WASHINGTON DECLARES NEUTRALITY BRITAIN CHALLENGES U.S. FOR CONTROL OF LAND WEST OF THE THIRTEEN STATES FRANCE ADOPTS THE METER AS NATIONAL UNIT OF LENGTH EDWARD JENNER VACCINATES FIRST HUMAN SUBJECT AGAINST SMALLPOX 2ND U.S. PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS “XYZ AFFAIR” FRENCH THREATENED BY JAY’S TREATY; U.S. TRIPLES ARMY FRANCE SEEKS PEACE; PRES. ADAMS SENDS DIPLOMATS TO FRANCE SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL DISCOVERS INFRARED 3RD U.S. PRESIDENT THOMAS JEFFERSON U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY FOUNDED AT WEST POINT FIRST RAILWAY STEAM LOCOMOTIVE DEMONSTRATED IN GREAT BRITAIN LEWIS & CLARK EXPEDITION REACHES PACIFIC OCEAN U.S. PREVAILS OVER ARAB PIRATES IN NORTH AFRICA; TRIPOLI SEEKS PEACE ZEBULON PIKE PASSES THROUGH BRAZOS VALLEY MUNICIPAL COUNCILS INTRODUCED IN PRUSSIA SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS FEDERAL POWER OVER STATE GOVERNMENTS 4TH U.S. PRESIDENT JAMES MADISON MISSOURI EARTHQUAKE CHANGES COURSE OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER “WAR OF 1812" U.S. DECLARES WAR ON GREAT BRITAIN OLIVER HAZARD PERRY HANDS BRITISH NAVAL FORCES FIRST DEFEAT AT LAKE ERIE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY WRITES THE LYRICS FOR STAR-SPANGLED BANNER AT FT. McHENRY BRITISH BURN WASHINGTON, D.C. CONGRESS CHARTERS THE SECOND BANK OF THE UNITED STATES NEW YORK LEGISLATURE AUTHORIZES BUILDING OF THE ERIE CANAL 5TH U.S. PRESIDENT JAMES MONROE SPAIN CEDES FLORIDA TO THE UNITED STATES STEPHEN F. AUSTIN PERMITTED TO BRING 300 FAMILIES TO SETTLE IN TEXAS CONGRESS APPROVES MISSOURI COMPROMISE; TEMPORARILY RESOLVES FIRST SLAVERY CLASH MEXICO GAINS INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN MONROE DOCTRINE FORBIDS EUROPEAN INTERFERENCE IN THE AMERICAS ELECTION STALEMATE; U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SELECTS PRESIDENT 6TH U.S. PRESIDENT JOHN QUINCY ADAMS SAMUEL MOREY PATENTS INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE THE FIRST MARDI GRAS IS CELEBRATED IN NEW ORLEANS U.S. CONGRESS DEEMS UNCONSTITUTIONAL STATES’ RIGHT TO NULLIFY FEDERAL LAWS 7TH U.S. PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON REMOVAL ACT REQUIRES INDIANS TO RESETTLE WEST OF MISSISSIPPI FARADAY DISCOVERS ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION, PRINCIPLE OF THE DYNAMO CHOLERA EPIDEMIC STRIKES THE UNITED STATES SAMUEL COLT INVENTS COLT REVOLVER CYRUS McCORMICK PATENTS HIS REAPER; TRIPLES HARVESTING SPEED “COME AND TAKE IT” GONZALES SKIRMISH SPARKS TEXAS WAR WITH MEXICO MEXICAN TEXAS CENSUS AMERICANS 30,000 SLAVES 5,000 MEXICANS 4,000 8TH U.S. PRESIDENT MARTIN VAN BUREN “TRAIL OF TEARS” 4,000 CHEROKEES DIE ON RELOCATION MARCH TO THE WEST SLAVE SHIP AMISTAD SEIZED BY REVOLTING SLAVES TO SECURE THEIR FREEDOM CAPT. ELI CHANDLER PUTS “MINUTE MEN” AT TRINITY AND BRAZOS RIVERS 9TH U.S. PRESIDENT WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON HARVEY MITCHELL MOVES TO BOONVILLE MEXICO WARNS U.S. ANY ATTEMPT TO ANNEX TEXAS WILL BE DEEMED AN ACT OF WAR MEXICO SEVERS TIES FOLLOWING U.S. SENATE RATIFICATION OF THE ANNEXATION OF TEXAS 11TH U.S. PRESIDENT JAMES KNOX POLK WILLIAM MORTON DEMONSTRATES THE USE OF ETHER AS AN EFFECTIVE ANESTHETIC SANTA ANNA DEFEATED AT BATTLE OF BUENA VISTA GOLD IS DISCOVERED NEAR COLOMA, CA SPURRING THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH 12TH U.S. PRESIDENT ZACHARY TAYLOR 13TH U.S. PRESIDENT MILLARD FILLMORE TAKES OFFICE ON DEATH OF TAYLOR YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOC. (YMCA) COMES TO UNITED STATES "UNCLE TOM'S CABIN" BY HARRIET BEECHER STOWE IS PUBLISHED 14TH U.S. PRESIDENT FRANKLIN PIERCE KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT COUNTERS MISSOURI COMPROMISE; ALLOWS VOTES ON SLAVERY FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE INTRODUCES HYGIENIC STANDARDS IN MILITARY HOSPITALS JOHN BROWN RAIDS PRO-SLAVERY SETTLEMENT IN KANSAS 15TH U.S. PRESIDENT JAMES BUCHANAN CYRUS W. FIELD COMPLETED THE FIRST TELEGRAPH LINE FROM EUROPE TO USA CHARLES DARWIN PUBLISHES "THE ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES" PONY EXPRESS TAKES MAIL FROM ST. JOSEPH, MO. TO SACRAMENTO FOR YEAR AND A HALF. 16TH U.S. PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN LOUIS PASTEUR PUBLISHES THE "GERM THEORY" AND INTRODUCES VACCINES PRES. LINCOLN ISSUES EMANICPATION PROCLAMATION TO LIBERATE ALL SLAVES ULYSSES S. GRANT ASSUMES COMMAND OF THE UNION ARMY CONFEDERATE DEFEAT; GEN. ROBERT E. LEE SURRENDERS AT APPOMMATOX CIVIL RIGHTS ACT ESTABLISHES RIGHTS FOR EVERYONE EXCEPT INDIANS WELLBORN ESTABLISHED AT A RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION CAMP OF H&TC RAILROAD 14TH AMENDMENT ESTABLISHES DUE PROCESS AND EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER LAW 18TH U.S. PRESIDENT ULYSSES S. GRANT U.S. CENSUS COUNT BRAZOS COUNTY 9,205 AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE OF TEXAS ESTABLISHED BY TEXAS LEGISLATURE "YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK" CONGRESS ESTABLISH FIRST NATIONAL PARK "TIMBER CULTURE ACT" HOMESTEADERS RECEIVE EXTRA 160 ACRES FOR PLANTING TREES BARBED WIRE INVENTED BY JOSEPH F. GLIDDEN REVOLUTIONIZES LIFE ON THE GREAT PLAINS FIRST MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTIONS OF THE A&M COLLEGE - RICHARD COKE, CHAIR ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL RECEIVES PATENT FOR TELEPHONE 19TH U.S. PRESIDENT RUTHERFORD B. HAYES "TIMBER & STONE ACT" ENCOURAGED THE PURCHASE OF FOREST LAND ELIAS MAYES, BRAZOS CO. AFRICAN AMERICAN, ELECTED TO 17TH TEXAS LEGISLATURE WILLIAM BOOTH'S FOLLOWERS ESTABLISH U.S. BRANCH OF SALVATION ARMY 20TH U.S. PRESIDENT JAMES A. GARFIELD THOMAS ALVA EDISON OPENS FIRST ELECTRIC POWER STATION IN NEW YORK CITY RAILROAD COMPANIES COOPERATE TO DIVIDE U.S. INTO FOUR TIME ZONES MARK TWAIN WRITES "ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN" 22ND U.S. PRESIDENT GROVER CLEVELAND FRANCE PRESENT U.S. WITH STATUE OF LIBERTY "INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION" CONGRESS ESTABLISHES RAILROAD REGULATION FIRST ELECTRIC TROLLEY LINE BEGINS SERVICE IN RICHMOND, VA. 23RD U.S. PRESIDENT BENJAMIN HARRISON SHERMAN SILVER ACT INSTRUCTS TREASURY TO PURCHASE SILVER TO BACK CURRENCY GOVERNOR JAMES HOGG ESTABLISHES TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION NATURALIST JOHN MUIR ORGANIZES THE SIERRA CLUB 24TH U.S. PRESIDENT GROVER CLEVELAND SECOND TERM (NON-CONSECUTIVE) "COXEY'S ARMY" MARCH ON WASHINGTON DEMONSTRATES EXTENT OF DEPRESSION J.P. MORGAN AND OTHER BANKERS' LOANS END DRAIN ON GOLD RESERVES PLESSY VS. FERGUSON; SUPREME COURT UPHELD "SEPARATE BUT EQUAL" RACIAL SEGREGATION 25TH U.S. PRESIDENT WILLIAM MCKINLEY SPANISH AMERICAN WAR U.S. CONFLICT WITH SPAIN LASTS THREE MONTHS BOXER REBELLION TAKES PLACE IN CHINA TO PROTEST WESTERN INFLUENCE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS INCORPORATED AS A NON- PROFIT NEWS COOPERATIVE 26TH U.S. PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT SUCCEEDED MCKINLEY AFTER ASSASSINATION "NATIONAL RECLAMATION ACT" PROMOTES LAND CONSERVATION ANTOINE H. BECQUEREL, PIERRE & MARIE CURIE WIN NOBEL PRIZE FOR RADIOACTIVITY WORK 3RD OLYMPICS OF MODERN TIMES HELD IN ST. LOUIS, MO. U.S. FOREST SERVICE ESTABLISHED SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE FOLLOWED BY FIRE; COMBINED DEATH TOLL OF 3,000 CHARLES CURTIS OF KANSAS, FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN U.S. SENATOR "TIN LIZZY" HENRY FORD INTRODUCES MODEL "T" FORD 27TH U.S. PRESIDENT WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT "MANN-ELKINS ACT" GIVES ICC CONTROL OVER RAILROAD RATES AND COMMUNICATIONS RONALD AMUNDSON AND FOUR OTHERS REACH SOUTH POLE BRITISH OCEAN LINER TITANIC SINKS 28TH U.S. PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND OF AUSTRIA-HUNGARY ASSASSINATED LEADING TO WWI BRITISH OCEAN LINER LUSITANIA SUNK BY GERMAN U-BOAT FEDERAL HIGHWAY ACT PROVIDES MATCHING FUNDS TO STATES FOR HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION GERMANY CARRIES OUT UNRESTRICTED U-BOAT WARFARE "DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME" FEDERAL LAW PASSED AS A WARTIME CONSERVATION METHOD TREATY OF VERSAILLES SIGNED BY GERMANY AND ALLIES END WWI 19TH AMENDMENT GRANTS WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE CANADIANS FREDERICK BANTING & CHARLES BEST ISOLATE INSULIN HORMONE 29TH U.S. PRESIDENT WARREN G. HARDING 30TH U.S. PRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE TAKES OFFICE UPON DEATH OF HARDING FIRST MACY'S THANKSGIVING PARADE HELD IN NYC "MONKEY TRIAL" JOHN T. SCOPES FOUND GUILTY OF TEACHING EVOLUTION FIRST SCHEDULE U.S. AIRLINE SERIVCE; MAIL ROUTE FROM PASCO, WA, TO BOISE, ID. CHARLES LINDBERGH FLIES NEW YORK TO PARIS - 1ST SOLO TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT ALEXANDER FLEMING DISCOVERS PENICILLIN 31ST U.S. PRESIDENT HERBERT CLARK HOOVER PLUTO, 9TH PLANET FROM THE SUN, IS DISCOVERED "THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER" CHOSEN AS NATIONAL ANTHEM OF THE U.S. AMELIA EARHART MAKES TRANSCONTINENTAL FLIGHT LOS ANGELES TO NEWARK, NJ. 32ND U.S. PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT COURT RULES THAT TEXAS A&M BOARD HAS RIGHT TO LIMIT ENROLLMENT TO MEN SOCIAL SECURITY ACT PROVIDES SYSTEM OF OLD-AGE ANNUITIES & DISABILITY BENEFITS ATHLETE JESSE OWENS SHATTERS SPRINT RECORDS AT BERLIN OLYMPICS DIRIGIBLE HINDENBURN CRASHES IN FLAMES AT LAKEHURST, NJ; ENDS ZEPPELIN ERA ENRICO FERMI EARNS NOBEL PRIZE FOR DISCOVERY OF NEW RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS WORLD WAR II BEGINS AS GERMANY INVADES POLAND AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA 21-36 YEAR OLDS BEGIN SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM REGISTRATION FOR MILITARY SERVICE JAPANESE ATTACK U.S. FLEET AT PEARL HARBOR, HA; U.S. DECLARES WAR CORREGIDOR AGGIES CELEBRATE TEXAS INDEPENDENCE; BEGIN MUSTER TRADITION BRYAN AIR FIELD BEGINS INSTRUMENT PILOT TRAINING "D-DAY" RUDDER'S RANGERS LEAD ALLIED FORCES LANDING AT NORMANDY 33RD U.S. PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN FORMER BRITISH PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL DELIVERS "IRON CURTAIN" SPEECH MARSHALL PLAN PROVIDES ECONOMIC AID TO EUROPEAN NATIONS MODERN STATE OF ISRAEL FOUNDED MAO TSE-TUNG LEADS COMMUNIST VICTORY IN CHINA NORTH KOREA INVADES REPUBLIC OF SOUTH KOREA 22ND AMENDMENT SETS PRESIDENTIAL TERM LIMITS U.S. DETONATES FIRST HYDROGEN BOMB AT BIKINI ATOLL IN THE PACIFIC 34TH U.S. PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (FIRST TEXAS- BORN PRESIDENT) "BROWN VS. BOARD OF EDUCATION" SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST SEGREGATION OF SCHOOLS BY RACE BARDEEN, SHOCKLEY & BRATTAIN WIN NOBEL PRIZE FOR DISCOVERY OF TRANSISTOR EFFECT "IN GOD WE TRUST' ADOPTED AS U.S. NATIONAL MOTTO "SPUTNIK I" FIRST MAN-MADE EARTH SATELLITE LAUNCHED BY USSR U.S. AND SOVIET UNION HALT ATOMIC TESTS "LUNK II" USSR SPACECRAFT IS 1ST MAN MADE OBJECT TO REACH MOON FOUR BLACK STUDENTS SIT IN SEGREGATED LUNCH COUNTER IN GREENSBORO, NC 35TH U.S. PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY JOHN GLENN ORBITS EARTH 3 TIMES IN FRIENDSHIP 7 IN 295 MINUTES CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH IN WASHINGTON; MARTIN LUTHER KING'S SPEECH "I HAVE A DREAM" CHINA TESTS NUCLEAR BOMB "OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER" BEGINS TO BOMB NORTH VIETNAM; WAR ESCALATES ALMOST 450,000 U.S. TROOPS STATIONED IN AND AROUND SOUTH VIETNAM 25TH AMENDMENT SPELLS OUT PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER MLK ASSASSINATED 37TH U.S. PRESIDENT RICHARD M. NIXON FIRST EARTH DAY OBSERVATION 26TH AMENDMENT VOTING RIGHTS EXTENDED TO 18 YEAR OLDS LAST U.S. TROOPS LEAVE VIETNAM WORLD TRADE CENTER OPENS IN NEW YORK CITY SUPREME COURT ORDERS NIXON TO RELEASE WATERGATE TAPES NORTH VIETNAM TAKES OVER MUCH OF SOUTH VIETNAM; WAR ENDS U.S. CELEBRATES BICENTENNIAL AND TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY CELEBRATES CENTENNIAL 39TH U.S. PRESIDENT JAMES EARL CARTER, JR. COLLEGE STATION CHANGES CHARTER BACK TO AT-LARGE ELECTION SYSTEM ACCIDENT AT 3-MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR PLANT IN PENNSYLAVNIA MOUNT ST. HELENS VOLCANO ERUPTS IN WASHINGTON STATE KILLING 57 PEOPLE 40TH U.S. PRESIDENT RONALD W. REAGAN 61 YEAR OLD BARNEY CLARK RECEIVES FIRST PERMANENT ARTIFICIAL HEART U.S. DEPLOYS PERSHING II & CRUISE MISSILES IN EUROPE BRUCE McCANDLESS BECOMES FIRST HUMAN TO FLY UNTETHERED IN SPACE “SYMBOLICS.COM” THE FIRST ‘DOT COM’ DOMAIN NAME IS REGISTERED SIX ASTRONAUTS DIE WHEN SPACE SHUTTLE “CHALLENGER” EXPLODES AFTER LAUNCH DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE CLOSES ABOVE 2,000 FOR FIRST TIME RESEARCH ANNEX AT FORMER BRYAN AIR BASE NAMED TEXAS A&M “RIVERSIDE CAMPUS” 41ST U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH “CLEAN AIR ACT” SETS NATIONWIDE AIR POLLUTION LIMITS OPERATION DESERT STORM; 20-NATION COALITION; PERSIAN GULF WAR BEGINS COLD WAR ENDS 42ND U.S. PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT GOES INTO EFFECT P. MURRAH FEDERAL BUILDING IN OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBED; 168 PEOPLE DIE “DEEP BLUE” CHESS COMPUTER DEFEATS WORLD CHESS CHAMPION KASPAROV MADELEINE ALBRIGHT BECOMES THE FIRST FEMALE U. S. SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN GLENN BECOMES OLDEST PERSON TO FLY IN SPACE AT AGE 77 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE CLOSES ABOVE 10,000 FOR FIRST TIME U.S. CENSUS COUNT BRAZOS COUNTY 152,415 BRYAN 65,660 COLLEGE STA 67,890 43RD PRESIDENT GEORGE WALKER BUSH CONGRESS APPROVES THE HOMELAND SECURITY ACT SPACE SHUTTLE “COLUMBIA” BREAKS UP UPON EARTH REENTRY; 7 ASTRONAUTS DIE TWO MARS ROVERS LAND ON RED PLANET TO PHOTOGRAPH AND STUDY PLANET MAKEUP “DEEP IMPACT” ROCKET MISSION LAUNCHED TO STUDY COMPOSITION OF COMETS TEXAS AGGIE MICHAEL FOSSUM FLIES ABOARD SHUTTLE STS-121 TO INT’L SPACE STATION PHASE II PROJECT WITH AMERICAN MILE WALK COMPLETED AT VETERANS PARK JULY 4TH DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS APPROVES ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION FRANCE FORMALLY RECOGNIZES U.S. & DECLARES WAR ON BRITAIN SPAIN DECLARES WAR ON BRITAIN CONTINENTAL CONGRESS RATIFIES ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION. U.S. DIPLOMATS JOHN ADAMS, JOHN JAY & BEN FRANKLIN ATTEND PEACE TALKS IN PARIS “ORDINANCE OF 1785" ESTABLISHES METHODS FOR SURVEYING LAND NORTH OF OHIO RIVER SHAY’S REBELLION PROTESTS CRUSHING TAXES; CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION CALLED FRENCH REVOLUTION BEGINS 1ST BANK OF UNITED STATES CHARTERED “FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT” DENIES SLAVES & FREE BLACKS PROTECTION OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS U.S. GOVERNMENT BUILDS FIRST SIX NAVY VESSELS INCL. “OLD IRONSIDES” “JAY’S TREATY “ BRITISH REMOVE TROOPS FROM U.S. & WAR AVOIDED ALIEN & SEDITION ACTS PASSED IN ATTEMPT TO PROTECT NATIONAL SECURITY FIRST U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON DIES AT MOUNT VERNON ALESSANDRO VOLTA INVENTS FIRST CHEMICAL BATTERY NORTH AFRICAN BARBARY PIRATES THREATEN U.S. SHIPS; DEMAND TRIBUTE UNITED STATES BUYS LOUISIANA TERRITORY FROM FRANCE 12TH AMENDMENT REQUIRES ELECTORS TO CAST SEPARATE VOTES FOR PRESIDENT & VP “CUMBERLAND ROAD” FIRST NATIONAL HIGHWAY FUNDED BY U.S. GOVERNMENT CONGRESS PROHIBITS IMPORTATION OF SLAVES TEXAS’ FIRST NEWSPAPER FOUNDED IN NACOGDOCHES TREATY OF GHENT ENDS THE WAR OF 1812 GREAT BRITAIN AND UNITED STATES SIGN CONVENTION CREATING U.S./CANADA BOUNDARY FIRST AMERICAN SETTLEMENT IN TEXAS IS ESTABLISHED AT SAN FELIPE de AUSTIN WILLIAM B. DEWEES & 4 OTHER FAMILIES SETTLE ON BRAZOS AT EL CAMINO REAL JAMES FENIMORE COOPER WRITES ON AMERICAN THEMES IN “THE PIONEER” AMERICAN TEMPERANCE SOCIETY FOUNDED CORNISH AND RUSSWURM PUBLISH 1ST AFRICAN AMERICAN NEWSPAPER “FREEDOM’S JOURNAL” PRESIDENT JACKSON’S OFFER TO PURCHASE TEXAS REJECTED BY MEXICAN GOVERNMENT MEXICO FORBIDS AMERICAN IMMIGRATION TO TEXAS AND IMPORT OF SLAVES NAT TURNER LEADS SLAVE INSURRECTION IN VIRGINIA SAM HOUSTON COMES TO TEXAS SEEKING A CONSTITUTION AND STATEHOOD DEPARTMENT OF INDIAN AFFAIRS CREATED TO MOVE INDIANS WEST OF MISSISSIPPI TEXAS RANGERS OFFICIALLY ESTABLISHED SIEGE OF THE ALAMO & GOLIAD MASSACRE JOHN DEERE MAKES FIRST STEEL PLOW AND CUTS PLOWING TIME IN HALF ARMY OFFICER ABNER DOUBLEDAY CONDUCTS FIRST BASEBALL GAME IN COOPERSTOWN, NY 10TH U.S. PRESIDENT JOHN TYLER TAKES OFFICE ON DEATH OF HARRISON U.S. PRESIDENT TYLER CAMPAIGNS FOR UNITED STATES TO ANNEX TEXAS A SLAVE GIRL NAMED JANE SOLD FOR $600 AND A BOY SOLD FOR $300 IN BRAZOS CTY. REPUBLIC OF TEXAS CHARTERS BAYLOR UNIVERSITY AT INDEPENDENCE U.S. DECLARES WAR ON MEXICO OVER TEXAS ANNEXATION U.S. FORCES CAPTURE MEXICO CITY TREATE OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO ENDS MEXICAN WAR; RECOGNIZES RIO GRANDE BOUNDARY ELIZABETH BLACKWELL BECOMES FIRST WOMAN PHYSICIAN IN THE U.S. U.S. CENSES COUNT BRAZOS COUNTY 614 SEWING MACHINE PATENTED BY ISAAC SINGER WELLS FARGO PROVIDES STAGECOACH AND MAIL SERVICE ACROSS THE NATION FOR 66 YEARS FIRST YMCA FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS FOUNDED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. HENRY DAVID THOREAU WRITES "WALDEN" "LEAVES OF GRASS" IS PUBLISHED BY WALT WHITMAN LOUIS PASTEUR PROVES LACTIC ACID FERMENTATION CAUSED BY LIVING BACTERIA BIG BEN BELL WAS CAST AT WHITECHAPEL BELL FOUNDRY IN LONDON WORLD'S FIRST SUCCESSFUL OIL WELL IN TITUSVILLE, PA. U.S. CENSUS COUNT BRAZOS COUNTRY 2,776; 1,063 SLAVES IN BRAZOS COUNTY. 11 PROSLAVERY STATES SECEDE FROM UNION & FORM CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA "HOMESTEAD ACT" 160 ACRES FOR $10 FOR WORKING LAND FOR 5 YEARS FIRST CIVIL WAR CASUALTY FROM BRAZOS COUNTY WAS T. JOHNSON MAWHINNEY GEN. SHERMAN'S MARCH TO THE SEA RESULTS IN THE CAPTURE OF ATLANTA, GA. 17TH U.S PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON SUCCEEDS LINCOLN AFTER ASSASSINATION TEXAS LEGISLATURE ACCEPTS MORRILL ACT FOR AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE HILL & MOSELEY MERCHANDISE STORE OPENS IN BRYAN U.S. SENATE HOLDS PRES. JOHNSON'S IMPEACHMENT TRAIL - ACQUITTED BY 1 VOTE GOLDEN SPOKE DRIVEN IN UTAH COMPLETES THE FIRST EAST COAST TO WEST COAST RAILROAD 15TH AMENDMENT GRANTS VOTING RIGHTS REGARDLESS OF RACE THE COLLEGE IS LOCATED ON 2,416 ACRES IN BRAZOS COUNTY. CITY OF BRYAN FORMALLY INCORPORATED "BUFFALO SOLDIERS" AFRICAN AMERICAN TROOPS POSTED IN TEXAS THOMAS ALVA EDISON OPENS RESEARCH LAB AT MENLO PARK, NJ. THOMAS ALVA EDISON INVENTS PHONOGRAPH FRENCH COMPANY ATTEMPTS TO BUILD PANAMA CANAL ACROSS ISTHMUS OF PANAMA U.S. CENSUS COUNT BRAZOS CO. 13,576 BRYAN 2,750 21ST U.S. PRESIDENT CHESTER A. ARTHUR SUCCEEDS AFTER GARFIELD ASSASINATION LABOR DAY ESTABLISHED TO HONOR THE WORKING CLASS "BUFFALO BILL" CODY ORGANIZES TOURING WILD WEST SHOW FENCE CUTTING WARS LEAD TO TEXAS LAW MAKING FENCE CUTTING A FELONY WASHINGTON MONUMENT COMPLETED ON NATIONAL MALL IN WASHINGTON, DC 1ST NATIONAL BANK OF BRYAN IS 11TH IN TEXAS TO RECEIVE NATIONAL CHARTER TEXAS STATE CAPITAL BUILDING DEDICATED BY GOVERNOR LAWRENCE SULLIVAN "SUL" ROSS OKLAHOMA TERRITORY OPENS FOR SETTLEMENT NWSA & AWSA JOIN TO FORM NATIONAL AMERICAN WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSO. FRANCIS BELLAMY WRITES THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE "PANIC OF 1893" BEGINS FOUR YEARS OF DEPRESSION CZECH-AMERICAN JOSEPH HOLICK ORGANIZES THE TEXAS AGGIE BAND SPJST CZECH FRATERNAL LODGE #1 FOUNDED IN FAYETTE COUNTY, TEXAS TEXAS A&M PRESIDENT LAWRENCE SULLIVAN ROSS REPORTED TO FAVOR CO-EDUCATION TEDDY ROOSEVELT RECRUITS ROUGH RIDERS IN SAN ANTONIO FOR SPANISH AMERICAN WAR. JOHN HAYS SECRETARY OF STATE ADVOCATE "OPEN DOOR" TRADE POLICY "CURRENCY ACT" UNITED STATES OFFICIALLY PLACED ON GOLD STANDARD WILHELM C. ROENTGEN DISCOVERED OF XRAY RECEIVE ONE OF THE FIRST NOBEL PRIZES INSTALLATION OF TRANSPACIFIC TELEGRAPH CABLE FROM CALIFORNIA TO HAWAII U.S. TAKES OVER BUILDING OF PANAMA CANAL PROF. EDWIN J. KYLE FENCES OFF FIELD FOR TEXAS A&M FOOTBALL UPTON SINCLAIR WRITES "THE JUNGLE" "IN GOD WE TRUST" REQUIRED ON CERTAIN COINS BY CONGRESS NATIONAL ASSO. FOR THE ADVANCE OF COLORED PEOPLE (NAACP) FOUNDED U.S. CENSUS COUNT BRAZOS COUNTY- 18,919 BRYAN - 4,132 PARKER ASTIN HARDWARE OPENS IN BRYAN WITH CAPITAL STOCK OF $60,000 TEXAS A&M DIRECTORS SET ASIDE LAND NORTH OF CAMPUS FOR BUSINESSES 16TH AMENDMENT ESTABLISHES FEDERAL INCOME TAX WWI BEGINGS; PRESIDENT WILSON PROCLAIMS U.S. NEUTRALITY U.S. CONGRESS ALLOWS U.S. BANK LOANDS TO BRITISH AND FRENCH ALLIES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CREATED TO PROTECT NATIONAL PARKS AND MONUMENTS BOLSHEVIKS SEIZE POWER ENDING RUSSIA'S WWI PARTICIPATION ARMISTICE SIGNED; PRESIDENT WILSON MAKES SPEECH ON "FOURTEEN POINTS" FIRST NON-STOP TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT FROM NEWFOUNDLAND TO IRELAND U.S. CENSUS COUNT BRAZOS CO- 21,975 BRYAN - 6,307 COLLEGE PARK SUBDIVISION OPENS SOUTH OF TEXAS A&M CAMPUS LINCOLN MEMORIAL DEDICATED IN WASHINGTON D.C. WALTER & ROY O. DISNEY CREATE DISNEY BROTHERS STUDIO 75 FACULTY HOMES ON TEXAS A&M CAMPUS HENRY FORD LAUNCHES STYLISH MODEL "A" CAR IN A VARIETY OF COLORS UNION HILL, WELLBORN, ROCK PRIARIE & SHILOH JOIN A&M CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT "BLACK TUESDAY" U.S. STOCK MARKET CRASHES TO START THE GREAT DEPRESSION CONTINENTAL BAKING INTRODUCES FIRST SLICED BREAD UNDER THE NAME "WONDER BREAD" PERMANENT UNIVERSITY FUND INCOME DIVIDED 2/3 TEXAS UNIVERSITY; 1/3 TEXAS A&M OPHELIA WYATT CARAWAY OF ARKANSAS FIRST WOMAN ELECTED TO U.S. SENATE PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT INITIATES "NEW DEAL" PROGRAM TO ADDRESS UNEMPLOYMENT BRYAN HOSPITAL, CLOSED FOR A YEAR AFTER DR. OLIVER'S DEATH REOPENS NYLON INVENTED BY WALLACE CAROTHERS AT DuPOINT LABORATORY WALSH-HEALEY ACT SETS MINIMUM WAGE FOR COMPANIES WITH GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS BRYAN WEEKLY CEASES PUBLICATION; BRYAN EAGLE LAUNCHES SUNDAY EDITION W.J. COULTER DONATES 250 ACRES TO CITY OF BRYAN FOR AIRPORT FIRST LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME IN WILLIAMSPORT, PA USDA RECOGNIZES KING RANCH BREED OF SANTA GERTRUDIS CATTLE GERMANY DECLARES WAR ON UNITED STATES U.S. FORCES IN THE PHILIPPINES SURRENDER TO JAPANESE; BATAAN DEATH MARCH COL. JOE DUCKWORTH MAKES FIRST FLIGHT INTO A HURRICANE FROM BRYAN AIR FIELD "BATTLE OF THE BULGE" ALLIES WIN CRITICAL BATTLE AGAINST OVEREXTENDED GERMANS GERMANY SURRENDERS UNCONDITIONALLY TO THE ALLIES AT REIMS, FRANCE DR. BENJAMIN SPOCK WRITES "BABY AND CHILD CARE" THE TERM "COLD WAR" COINED TO DESCRIBE THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE U.S. AND THE SOVIET UNION PRESIDENT TRUMAN ENDS RACIAL SEGREGATION IN ARMED FORCES 12 NATIONS ESTABLISH NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO) FOR MUTUAL DEFENSE U.S. CENSUS COUNT BRAZOS CO - 38,390 BRYAN - 18, 102 COLLEGE STA. 7,925 BRYAN AIR FORCE BASE REACTIVATED DURING THE KOREAN WAR FOR PILOT TRAINING COLLEGE STATION CITIZENS VOTE TO ADOPT CHARTER 220-11 JAMES WATSON AND FRANCIS CRICK DETERMINE MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF DNA SECRETARY OF STATES DULLES FORMS "SEATO" TO CONTAIN COMMUNIST AGGRESSION IN ASIA ROSA PARKS REFUSES TO GIVE UP BUS SEAT AND CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT BEGINS EISENHOWER NAMES A&M GRAD FRANCIS TURNER TO PLAN THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS "SPUTNIK II" LAUNCHED WITH A DOG, "LAIKA" ABOARD; 1ST ANIMAL IN SPACE "EXPLORER I" FIRST AMERICAN SATELLITE LAUNCHED "LUNK II" USSR SPACECRAFT TAKES PHOTOS OF THE DARK SIDE OF MOON U.S. CENSUS COUNT BRAZOR CO - 44,895 BRYAN - 27,542 COLLEGE STA. 11, 396 RUSSIAN YURI GAGARIN FIRST MAN IN SPACE; ALAN SHEPARD BECOMES 1ST AMERICAN IN SPACE LINUS PAULING RECEIVES NOBEL PEACE PRIZE (2ND NOBEL AWARD) PRESIDENT KENNEDY ASSASSINATED AND GOVERNOR CONNALLY WOUNDED IN DALLAS GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION U.S. BOMBS NORTH VIETNAM MARTIN LUTHER KING LEADS CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH FROM SELMA TO MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA. "MIRANDA WARNING" SUREPEME COURT RULES POLICE MUST INFORM SUSPECTS OF RIGHTS THURGOOD MARSHALL BECOMES 1ST BLACK JUSTICE ON THE U.S. SUPREME COURT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ROBERT KENNEDY ASSASSINATED APOLLO 11 ASTRONAUTS ARMSTRONG AND ALDRIN LAND ON MOON; COLLINS MANDS COMMAND MODULE APOLLO 13 SPACECRAFT ASTRONAUTS USE LUNAR MODULE TO AVOID LIFE THREATENING SITUATION U.S. SUPREME COURT RULES THAT BUSING CAN BE ORDERED RACIL DESEGREGATION BLACK HOUSTONIAN BARBARA JORDAN ELECTED TO CONGRESS FORMER WHITE HOUSE AIDE BUTTERFIELD INFORMS SENATE ABOUT SECRET NIXON TAPES RICHARD NIXON RESIGNS TO AVOID IMPEACHMENT; 1ST PRESIDENT TO RESIGN "APOLLO-SOYUZ PROJECT" AMERICAN AND SOVIET SPACECRAFTS DOCK WHILE IN ORBIT PERSONAL COMPUTER REVOLUTIONIZES THE WAY PEOPLE WORK AND COMMUNICATE PANAMA CANAL TREATIES RATIFIED; CANAL CONTROL GOES TO PANAMA IN 2000 C.E. "PAT" OLSEN BASEBALL STADIUM AT TEXAS A&M DEDICATED IRAN HOSTAGE CRISIS BEGINS IN AMERICAN EMBASSY; 52 HOSTAGES HELD 444 DAYS U.S. CENSUS COUNT BRAZOS CO - 93,588 BRYAN - 44,337 COLLEGE STA. - 37,272 52 U.S. EMBASSY HOSTAGES RELEASED IN IRAN AFTER 444 DAYS CZECH HERITAGE SOCIETY OF TEXAS FOUNDED IN TAYLOR, TEXAS. "STAR WARS" PRESIDENT REAGAN PROPOSES STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE GERALDINE FERRARO RUNS FOR VICE PRESIDENT ON DEMOCRATIC TICKET STOCK MARKET CRASHES TIM BERNERS-LEE INVENTS WORLDWIDE WEB “WWW”; BIRTH OF THE INTERNET U.S. CENSUS COUNT BRAZOS COUNTY 121,862 BRYAN 55,002 COLLEGE STA. 52,443 TEXAS A&M SITE SELECTED FOR THE GEORGE H.W. BUSH PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY U.S., MEXICO, & CANADA APPROVE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT KARY B. MULLIS AND MICHAEL SMITH EARN NOBEL PRIZE FOR ENHANCED DNA METHODS BROOKE LESLIE IS FIRST WOMAN ELECTED TAMU STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT “DOLLY THE SHEEP” FIRST MAMMAL IS SUCCESSFULLY CLONED IN SCOTLAND BRAZOS VALLEY CZECH HERITAGE SOCIETY FOUNDED IN BRYAN LAND PURCHASED FOR COLLEGE STATION VETERANS PARK TAMU BONFIRE STACK COLLAPSES; A FORMER STUDENT & 11 STUDENTS DIE AND 27 INJURED CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON COLLEGE STATION VETERANS PARK TERRORIST ATTACK ON WORLD TRADE CENTER AND THE PENTAGON; ALMOST 3,000 DIE TAMU PRESIDENT RAY BOWEN ANNOUNCES “NO BONFIRE IN 2002" FIRST AMERICAN BOMBS DROP ON BAGHDAD, BEGINNING THE IRAQ WAR NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MONUMENT IS DEDICATED ON THE MALL IN WASHINGTON, D.C. EARTHQUAKE IN KASHMIR KILLS 80,000 PEOPLE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE CLOSES ABOVE 11,800 FOR FIRST TIME BRITISH INVADE SOUTH CAROLINA AS REVOLUTIONARY WAR CONTINUES COMMODORE JOHN PAUL JONES SAYS, “I HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT” AND WINS NAVAL BATTLE BRITISH GENERAL CHARLES CORNWALLIS SURRENDERS AFTER BATTLE AT YORKTOWN NORTHWEST ORDINANCE OUTLINES 3 STAGES FOR ADMITTING STATES INTO THE UNION FIRST U.S. CONGRESS CONVENES IN NEW YORK ELI WHITNEY INVENTS COTTON GIN REVOLUTIONIZING COTTON INDUSTRY “WHISKEY REBELLION” NATIONAL PROTEST OVER PROPOSED EXCISE TAX ON DOMESTIC WHISKEY TREATY OF GREENVILLE OPENS OHIO AREA TO WHITE SETTLEMENT; INDIANS SUBDUED FRANCE SEIZES U.S. VESSELS; U.S. NAVY RETALIATES U.S. CAPITAL PERMANENTLY LOCATED TO WASHINGTON D.C. JEFFERSON REFUSES TO PAY TRIBUTE; PASHA OF TRIPOLI DECLARES WAR ON U.S. SPANISH GOVERNMENT GRANTS MOSES AUSTIN PERMISSION TO SETTLE COLONY IN TEXAS MILLICAN FAMILY BECOMES 1st PERMANENT SETTLERS IN THE BRAZOS VALLEY RICHARD CARTER SETTLES IN STEPHEN F. AUSTIN’S COLONY JAMES HOPE RECEIVES FIRST LAND GRANT IN BRAZOS COUNTY AREA ENGLISH CHEMIST JOHN WALKER PERFECTS FRICTION MATCHES IRISH IMMIGRANTS ARRIVE IN SOUTH TEXAS JOHN W. HALL LAYS OUT TOWN TO BECOME WASHINGTONON- THE-BRAZOS MEXICO JAILS STEPHEN AUSTIN FOR WANTING TEXAS TO BE SEPARATE STATE OF MEXICO BEN MILAM DIES WHILE LEADING TEXANS AGAINST SANTA ANNA’S ARMY IN SAN ANTONIO TEXAS DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AT WASHINGTON ON BRAZOS TELEGRAPH PATENTED BY SAMUEL F. MORSE CHARLES GOODYEAR DISCOVERS METHOD TO VULCANIZE RUBBER SUPREME COURT FREES AMISTAD MUTINEERS WHO HAD BEEN ENSLAVED ILLEGALLY TEXAS BECOMES A STATE ON DECEMBER 29TH AND IS RECOGNIZED AS A SLAVE STATE SECOND COURTHOUSE BUILT IN BOONVILLE OF OAK TIMBERS FOR $150 MEXICO CEDES WESTERN TERRITORIES TO UNITED STATES BRAZOS COUNTY HAS 148 SLAVES HARVEY MITCHELL APPOINTED POSTMASTER IN BOONVILLE 15,000 MILES OF TELEGRAPH LINE IN THE UNITED STATES RICHARD KING BUYS 15,000 ACRES OF TEXAS LAND FOR $300 FORMING KING RANCH BRAZOS RIVER REACHES FLOOD LEVEL OF 51 FEET "DRED SCOTT CASE" SUPREME COURT RULES THAT BLACKS ARE STILL NOT FREE JOHN BROWN RAIDS FEDERAL ARSENAL AT HARPER'S FERRY; SENTENCED TO HANG TOWNSITE OF BRYAN NAMED AFTER WILLIAM JOEL BRYAN, NEPHEW OF STEPHEN F. AUSTIN BEGINNING OF CIVIL WAR PRES. LINCOLN SIGNS MORRILL LAND GRAND ACT SUPPORTING AGRI. & MECH. ARTS COLLEGES "IN GOD WE TRUST" FIRST APPEARS ON THE 1864 TWO-CENT COINT 13TH AMENDMENT RATIFIED TO ABOLISH SLAVERY IN THE U.S. TELEGRAPH LINE & H&TC RAILROAD EXTENDED FROM MILLICAN TO BRYAN SHILOH COMMUNITY SETTLED BY CZECH IMMIGRANTS RACE RIOTS OCCUR IN MILLICAN AFTER THE DEATH OF BLACK LEADERS ELIZABETH STANTON & SUSAN ANTHONY FORM THE NATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSO. TEXAS RE-ADMITTED INTO THE UNION POLISH SETTLERS BEGIN ARRIVING IN BRAZOS CO. SIOUX INDIANS DEFEAL COLONEL CUSTER AND TROOPS AND LITTLE BIG HORN RIVER "DESERT LAND ACT" GRANTS CHEAPER LAND FOR PROMISE TO IRRIGATE THOMAS ALVA EDISON DEMONSTRATES INCANDESCENT ELECTRIC LIGHT BULB AFRICAN AMERICAN DENNIS BALLARD, ELECTED BRAZOS CO. COMMISSIONER CLARA BARTON AND ADOLPHUS SOLOMONS FOUND THE AMERICAN RED CROSS UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS OPENS IN AUSTIN BRAZOS COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY FORMED CITY OF BRYAN OPENS FIRST SCHOOL FOR BLACK STUDENTS FEDERAL HATCH ACT ENABLES CREATION OF TEXAS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION "THE BRYAN EAGLE" WEEKLY NEWSPAPER STARTED BY RICHARD M. SMITH U.S CENSUS COUNT BRAZOS CO - 16, 650. BRYAN - 2,979. "ELLIS ISLAND" IMMIGRANT ADMITTING STATION OPENS IN NEW YORK HARBOR REPEAL OF SHERMAN SILVER ACT U.S. CEDED GUAM, PHILIPPINES & PUERTO RICE BT SPAIN AT WAR'S END ALLEN ACADEMNY OPENS IN BRYAN AS PREPATORY SCHOOL FOR BOYS HURRICANE STRIKES GALVESTON, TX; DEATH TOLL 6,000 "SPINDLETOP" DERRICK HITS OIL; LAUNCHES TEXAS OIL INDUSTRY W.E.B. DUBOIS WRITES "THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLKS" PURE FOOD & DRUG ACT & MEAT INSPECTION ACT PASSED BY CONGRESS TEXAS A&M COLLEGE'S EARLIEST KNOWN STUDENT BONFIRE THIRTY BUILDINGS RENTED FOR SCHOOLS IN BRAZOS COUNTY 17TH AMENDMENT MANDATES DIRECT ELECTION OF US. SENATORS FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ESTABLISHED BY U.S. CONGRESS TEXAS FOREST SERVICE ESTABLISHED JEANETTE RANKIN OF MONTANA BECOMES FIRST WOMAN ELECTED TO U.S. HOUSE U.S. CONGRESS DECLARES WAR AGAINST GERMANY TEXAS WOMEN WIN RIGHT TO VOTE IN PRIMARY ELECTIONS 18TH AMENDMENT PROHIBITS SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TEXAS A&M PRESIDENT WILLIAM BIZZEL & M.L. HAYES START A&M CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL E. KING GILL'S COMMITMENT AT AGGIE FOOTBALL GAME STARTS 12TH MAN TRADITION AGGIELAND INN BUILT TO REPLACE SHIRLEY HOTEL ON A&M CAMPUS MECHANICAL COTTON PICKER INVETED BY TEXAS BROTHERS IMPACTS THE SOUTH ERNEST HEMINGWAY WRITES "A FAREWELL TO ARMS" U.S. CENSUS COUNT BRAZOS COUNTY - 21,835 BRYAN - 7,814 DR. L.O. WILKERSON OPENS BRYAN CLINIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS OAKWOOD ADDITION AND COLLEGE HILLS ESTATES OPEN NEAR TEXAS A&M 20TH AMENDMENT SET TERMS FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND PRESIDENT SUCCESSION SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS RENAME BRYAN HOSPITAL FOR ST. JOSEPH STATE HIGHWAY 6 REROUTED TO EAST SIDE OF A&M CAMPUS; NEW ENTRANCE CREATED ELECTION APPROVES INCORPORATION OF CITY OF COLLEGE STATION BY VOTE 217-39 1ST COLLEGE STATION CITY COUNCIL MEETS IN TEXAS A&M AGRICULTURE BUILDING U.S. CENSUS COUNT BRAZOS CO - 26, 977 BRYAN - 11,842 COLLEGE STA. - 2,184 TEN STATIONS RECEIVE COMMERCIAL TELEVISION LICENSES FROM FCC "BATTLE OF MIDWAY" U.S. NAVY SINKS 4 JAPANESE CARRIERS TO TURN WAR TIDE COLLEGE STATION IS FIRST TEXAS CITY UNDER 5,000 TO EMPLOY CITY MANAGER U.S. SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS TEXAS LAW ALLOWING ONLY WHITES TO VOTE ATOM BOMBS USED AT HIROSHIMA AND THEN NAGASAKI TO HASTEN END OF WWII COLELGE STATION HAS FIRST BOND ELECTION CHUCK YEAGER BREAKS THE SOUND BARRIER FLYING THE BELL X-1. BERLIN AIRLIFT BRINGS FOOD & SUPPLIES DURING RUSSIAN BLOCKADE COLLEGE STATION'S FIRST ZONING ORDINANCE APPROVED MARION THOMAS HARRINGTON BECOMES FIRST ALUMNI TO BE NAMED A&M PRESIDENT COLLEGE STATION BUYS REA ELECTRIC LINES AT COLLEGE HILLS KOREAN WAR ARMISTICE SIGNED AT PANMUNJON, 36,516 AMERICANS DIED. DISNEYLAND THEME PARK OPENS IN CALIFORNIA A&M FOOTBALL FIELD OFFICIALLY NAMED IN HONOR OF EDWIN JACKSON KYLE BRAZOS COUNTY LEADERS MEET AT A&M MSC TO INITIATE FIRST LONG RANGE PLAN ALASKA BECOMES THE 49TH STATE FIDEL CASTRO COMES TO POWER IN CUBA COLLEGE STATION HIRES FULL TIME FIRE CHIEF 23RD AMENDMENT CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATION FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA "CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS" U.S. COMPELS USSR TO WITHDRAW NUCLEAR WEAPONS FROM CUBA 36TH U.S. PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON SUCCEEDS AFTER KENNEDY ASSASSINATION 24TH AMENDMENT BANS POLL TAX IN NATIONAL ELECTIONS TEXAS REPEALS POLL TAX FOR VOTING IN LOCAL AND STATE ELECTIONS ASTRONAUTS CHAFFEE, GRISSOM AND WHITE KILLED IN FIRE ON APOLLO LAUNCH PAD FRANK BORMAN, JAMES LOVELL AND WILLIAM ANDERS ORBIT MOON IN APOLLO 8 COLLEGE STATION CITY HALL COMPLEX ON TEXAS AVENUE DEDICATED 1ST FEMALE GENERALS IN U.S. MILITARY, ANNA MAE HAYS AND ELIZABETH HOISINGTON "PENTAGON PAPERS" VIETNAM WAR STUDY PUBLISHED IN NEW YORK TIMES "WATERGATE SCANDAL" REPUBLICAN BREAK-IN AT DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS 38TH PRESIDENT GERALD FORD SWORN IN AFTER NIXON RESIGNATION BARBARA JORDAN SPONSORS EXTENSION OF VOTING RIGHTS ACT TO MORE MINORITIES COLLEGE STATION CITY COUNCIL ADOPTS FIRST COMPREHENSIVE CITY PLAN FIRST OIL FLOWS THROUGH TRANS-ALASKA PIPELINE SYSTEM U.S. AND REPUBLIC OF CHINA ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BRYAN HOSPITAL SOLD TO HUMANA "COLUMBIA" 1ST FLIGHT OF REUSABLE SPACE SHUTTLE POST OAK MALL OPENS IN COLLEGE STATION SALLY RIDE BECOMES 1ST AMERICAN WOMAN IN SPACE ABOARD SHUTTLE "CHALLENGER" ALL TAMU CORPS ORGANIZATIONS OPEN TO WOMEN BRYAN HOSPITAL MOVES TO COLLEGE STATION; NAME BECOMES HUMANA L. DOUGLAS WILDER OF VIRGINIA BECOMES 1ST AFRICAN AMERICAN GOVERNOR ELECTED 27TH AMENDMENT CONGRESSIONAL SALARY CHANGES IMPLEMENTED AFTER NEXT ELECTION KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON BECOMES FIRST WOMAN UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM TEXAS KHOBAR TOWERS BOMBED IN SAUDI ARABIA; 19 U.S. SERVICEMEN ARE KILLED GEORGE H.W. BUSH PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY CENTER IS DEDICATED HUMANA HOSPITAL BECOMES COLLEGE STATION MEDICAL CENTER U.S. INVASION OF AFGHANISTAN BEGINS IN RETALIATION FOR 9/11 ATTACKS BRAZOS VALLEY VETERANS MEMORIAL DEDICATED AT VETERANS PARK U.S. CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS HISPANICS ARE LARGEST MINORITY IN UNITED STATES “SPACESHIPONE” FIRST PRIVATELY-FUNDED AIR-LAUNCHED HUMAN SUBORBIT SPACEFLIGHT HURRICANE KATRINA HITS U.S. GULF COAST; OVER 1,400 DIE IN LA, MISS & ALABAMA CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON PHASE II PROJECT AT COLLEGE STATION VETERANS PARK JUDICIARY ACT CREATES FEDERAL COURT SYSTEM 11TH AMENDMENT CITIZENS MAY NOT SUE STATES IN FED. COURTS ON CIVIL MATTERS TEXAN VICTORY AT SAN JACINTO SEALS TEXAS INDEPENDENCE IN THE U.S. REPUBLIC OF TEXAS FORMALLY RECOGNIZED BY THE UNITED STATES HARVEY MITCHELL LOCATES ON BRAZOS RIVER IN ROBERTSON COUNTY BRAZOS COUNTY ESTABLISHED WITH BOONVILLE AS COUNTY SEAT DANIEL MOSLEY BEGINS A PUBLIC FERRY ON BRAZOS RIVER AT THE WEST END OF OSR FIRST WAVE OF GERMAN IMMIGRANTS SETTLE IN BRAZOS COUNTY TOWNSITE OF BRYAN LAID OUT ALONG PROPOSED ROUTE OF RAILROAD H&TC RAILROAD ARRIVES IN MILLICAN, NORTHERN MOST POINT OF THE RAILROAD. BRAZOS COUNTY VOTES IN FAVOR OF SECESSION FROM THE UNION HENRY KURTEN BRINGS GERMAN SETTLERS TO BRAZOS VALLEY DYNAMITE IS PATENTED BY ALFRED NOBEL IN SWEDEN COUNTY SEAT OF BRAZOS COUNTY MOVED FROM BOONVILLE TO BRYAN JULIA WARD HOWE, L. STONE & H. BLACKWELL FORM AMERICAN WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSO. ITALIANS BEGIN TO SETTLE IN FLODD-PRONE BRAZOS RIVER BOTTOM IN BRAZOS COUNTY. AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE OF TEXAS OPENS OCTOBER 4 CITY OF BRYAN ESTABLISHES PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM NORTHERN MIGRATION BEGINS AS BLACKS RUN FROM SOUTHERN RACISM CITY OF BRYAN OPENS FIRST GRADE SCHOOL FOR WHITE STUDENTS BRAZOS CO. SHILOH COMMUNITY FORMS CZECH AGRICULTURE & GOODWILL CLUB "SHILOH CLUB" BRAZOS COUNTY CZECHS START FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION BRAZOS COUNTY- TEN BUILDINGS BEING RENTED FOR SCHOOLS JONES BRIDGE REPLACES JONES FERRY ON BRAZOS RIVER TEXAS A&M "BATTALION" NEWSPAPER STARTED AS COMMUNITY PAPER PLATT AMENDMENT ESTABLISHES U.S. RIGHT TO INTERVENE IN CUBAN AFFAIRS U.S. CENSUS COUNT BRAZOS CO 18,859 BRYAN 3,589 BRYAN'S 1ST AUTO, A RED OLDMOBILE OWNED BY M. BONNEVILLE BROTHER ORVILLE & WILBUR WRIGHT FLY 1ST POWER-DRIVEN PLANE AT KITTY HAWK CITY OF BRYAN ADOPTS 8 MPH SPEED LIMIT LEGISLATURE APPROVES TEXAS A&M SUMMER SESSIONS OPEN TO BOTH SEXES GAS POWERED BRYAN - COLLEGE STATION INTERURBAN OPERATIONS ON TRACKS FEDERAL RESERVE ACT CREATES 12 BANKS UNDER MIXED PRIVATE & PUBLIC CONTROL PANAMA CANAL COMPLETED BY U.S. ELECTRIC TROLLEY REPLACES GAS POWERED INTERURBAN BETWEEN A&M & BRYAN PERSHING LEADS PUNITIVE EXPEDITION AGAINST PANCHO VILLA AFTER RAID INTO U.S. FIRST TELEPHONE INSTALLED IN BRYAN BRYAN TRACTION COMPANY REPLACES ELECTRIC TROLLEY WITH BUSES BLACK PHYSICIAN DR. WILLIAM A. HAMMOND SR. OPENS HOSPITAL ON 17TH STREET IN BRYAN A&M CHEMISTRY & CHEMICAL ENGR. DEPTS START TRAINING FOR TEXAS FIREMEN OAKWOOD BECOMES FIRST FHA APPROVED PROJECT BETWEEN HOUSTON & DALLAS 21ST AMENDMENT 18TH AMENDMENT REPEALED; ALCOHOL BEVERAGE PROHIBITION ENDS COLLEGE STATION & BRYAN ARGUE OVER BRYAN ANNEXATION NEAR NORTH GATE AREA BOUNDARIES OF COLLEGE STATION ARE STAKED BY CIVIL ENGR. PROF. JOSEPH ORR A&M CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL MOVED OFF A&M CAMPUS JESSE L. EASTERWOOD AIR FIELD DEDICATED AT TEXAS A&M "OPERATION TORCH" ALLIED FORCE DEFEATS ROMMEL IN FRENCH NORTH AFRICA BRYAN CLINIC IS NAMED BRYAN HOSPITAL FORMAL SURRENDER OF JAPANESE ABOARD USS MISSOURI IN TOKYO B AY COLLEGE STATION STATE BANK OPENS AT NORTH GATE; SELECTED AS CITY DEPOSITORY FIRST COLLEGE STATION CITY HALL OPENS ON CHURCH STREET AT NORTH GATE 31 ACRES DEDICATED AS COLLEGE STATION CEMETARY NEW COLLEGE STATION HIGH SCHOOL OPENS JUST SOUTH OF TEXAS A&M CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT OF WATER SYSTEM FOR THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION AND A&M COLLEGE JONAS SALK ANNOUNCES THE SUCCESFUL TESTING OF A POLIO VACCINE A&M BONFIRE MOVED FROM MAIN DRILL FIELD TO DUNCAN FIELD BRYAN CREATES PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT BRYAN AIR FORCE BASE AGAIN DEACTIVATED HAWAII BECOMES THE 50TH STATE ILL-FATED BAY OF PIGS INVASION IN CUBA BRYAN AIR FORCE BASE DEEDED TO A&M AS RESEARCH ANNEX A&M COLLEGE OF TEXAS NAME CHANGED TO TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON SIGNS THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT BARBARA JORDAN BECOMES 1ST BLACK WOMAN ELECTED TO TEXAS SENATE COLLEGE STATION CHANGES CHARTER TO ELECT COUNCIL MEMBERS AT-LARGE WORLD'S TALLEST BONFIRE (107 FT 10 IN) BUILT AND IGNITED AT TEXAS A&M U.S. CENSUS COUNT BRAZOS CO - 57,978 BRYAN - 33,719 COLLEGE STA. 17,676 JUDGE JAMES NOEL ORDERS END TO SEGREGATION IN BRYAN SCHOOL BARDEEN, COOPER AND SCHRIEFFER GET NOBEL FOR DISCOVERING SUPERCONDUCTIVITY LONGEST CIVILIAN HOSTAGE TAKING IN U.S. HISTORY TAKES PLACE IN HUNTSVILLE PRISON COLLEGE STATION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS COMMITTEE APPOINTED COLLEGE STATION CHANGES CHARTER TO ELECT COUNCIL BY WARD SYSTEM 15 COUNTRIES SIGN PACT TO CURB THE SPREAD OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS CITY OF COLLEGE STATION BUYS LAND TO BUILD AN INDUSTRIAL PARK 1ST FEMALE U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTIICE SANDRA DAY O'CONNER APPOINTED C.S. CONFERENCE CENTER IN FORMER A&M CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL APPLE "LISA" FIRST BUSINESS COMPUTER WITH GRAPHIC INTERFACE TAMU BONFIRE MOVED FROM DUNCAN FIELD TO FINAL LOCATION ON THE POLO FIELD CENTENNIAL OLYMPIC PARK BOMBING IN ATLANTA KILLS ONE AND INJURES 111 EARTHQUAKE IN INDIAN OCEAN CREATES GIANT TSUNAMI; 230,000 KILLED & MISSING 5TH BRICK CRACKED IN HALF 5TH BRICK BROKEN 5TH BRICK MISSING HARVEY MITCHELL TEACHES SCHOOL AT HOME OF RICHARD CARTER BRAZOS COUNTY PRODUCES 2,269 BALES OF COTTON FIRST MEN FROM BRAZOS COUNTY JOIN CONFEDERATE ARMY AS PART OF COMPANY "F" GENEVA CONVENTION ESTABLISHES NEUTRAL BATTLEFIELD MEDICAL FACILITIES FREEDMEN'S BUREAU ESTABLISH IN U.S. WAR DEPARTMENT. BOONVILLE POST OFFICE MOVES TO 27TH STREET AT TABOR IN BRYAN "BRAZOS PILOT" WEEKLY NEWSPAPER STARTED U.S. POST OFFICE NAMES A&M RAILSTOP "COLLEGE STATION" CITY OF BRYAN EXHIBITS PHONOGRAPH OF THOMAS ALVA EDISON ELEVEN FORMER A&M CADETS GATHER ON CAMPUS FOR EX-CADETS ASSO. MEETING HOUSTON & TEXAS CENTRAL RAILROAD BUILDS DEPOT AT COLLEGE STATION TEXAS A&M COLLEGE CAMPUS RECEIVES ELECTRICITY SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS POLL TAX & LITERACY TEST WHICH DENIED BLACK VOTE I&GN RAILROAD REACHES BRYAN TEXAS A&M CONDUCTS SUMMER SESSION OPEN TO WOMEN $10,000 GRANT FROM ANDREW CARGNEGIE FUNDS LIBRARY IN BRYAN DR. W. H. OLIVER OPENS BRYAN HOSPITAL "NATIONAL DEFENSE ACT" TEXAS A&M APPROVED FOR SENIOR ROTC PROGRAM OAKWOOD REALTY CONNECTS ELECTRIC AND WATER LINES TO A&M CAMPUS FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPS (FDIC) GUARANTEES U.S. BANK ACCOUNTS 1ST COLLEGE STATION CITY COUNCIL CHOSEN BY DISTRICT WITH ONE AT-LARGE MEMBER COLLEGE STATION CREATES PARKS BOARD, ZONING COMMISSION & PLANNING BOARD COLLEGE STATION BUYS ELECTRIC, WATER AND SEWER SYSTEMS IN SOUTH SIDE AREA COLLEGE STATION DIVIDES INTO THREE WARDS, EACH HAVING TWO REPRESENTATIVES BRYAN AIR FIELD DEACTIVATED GENERAL DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER ADDRESSES HOMECOMING MUSTER AT KYLE FIELD 1ST COLLEGE STATION PARK ESTABLISHED AS "DEXTER PARK" NOW "BRISON PARK" TEXAS A&M COLLEGE SYSTEM ESTABLISHED LINCOLN SCHOOL FOR BLACKS OPENS ON SOUTHERN LIMITS OF COLLEGE STATION COLLEGE STATION APPOINTS RECREATION BOARD TOWNSHIRE SHOPPING CENTER OPENS ON TEXAS AVENUE IN BRYAN JAMES EARL RUDDER A&M CLASS OF 1932, APPOINTED PRESIDENT OF A&M COLLEGE BERLIN WALL BUILT BY RUSSIANS; DIVIDES GERMAN CITY ALBERT SABIN'S LIVE ORAL POLIO VACCINE LICENSED BOARD OF DIRECTORS PERMITS WOMEN TO ENROLL AT TAMU ON A LIMITED BASIS "ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT" ESTABLISHES HEAD START, VISTA, JOB CORPS, AND MORE. LINCOLN SCHOOL BURNS ENDING SEGREGATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN COLLEGE STATION PRESIDENT OF TAMU J. EARL RUDDER DIES COLLEGE STATION CREATES PARKS & RECREATION DEPT. PARTICIPATION IN THE TAMU CORPS OF CADETS OPENS TO WOMEN; 50 WOMEN SIGN UP COLLEGE STATION DRILLS 1ST WATER WELL FREDERICK McCLURE IS 1ST BLACK ELECTED TAMU STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT 1ST CLASS OF 32 STUDENTS ENROLL IN TEXAS A&M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE FEMALE CORPS MEMBER SUES TAMU TO INTEGRATE WOMEN INTO CORPS ORGANIZATIONS COMPLETION OF 2 MORE WATER WELLS GIVES C.S. IT'S 1ST INDEPENDENT WATER SUPPLY SIX AGGIES CLEAN A LOCAL CEMETARY; INSPIRE CREATION OF "THE BIG EVENT" "THE BIG EVENT" A&M STUDENT GOV'T BEGINS ANNUAL 1-DAY SERVICE PROJECT DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE CLOSES ABOVE 6,000 FOR FIRST TIME KEY: RED: CRACKED, BROKEN MISSING OR LOOSE GREEN: NEW BRICKS WILLIAM C. BOYETT OPENS GENERAL STORE AT NORTH GATE OF A&M COLLEGE