Lone Wolf Hughes wanted to be next ‘Lone Eagle’
Howard Hughes obsessively tinkered with the “Silver Bullet” on Sept. 7, 1935 in secret preparation for the plane’s Friday the 13th maiden flight.
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Texas League slugger breaks home run record
Two weeks after breaking the Texas League home run record that had stood for 32 years, Ken Guettler hit his sixtieth round-tripper of the season on Aug. 26, 1956.
1915 hurricane tests Galveston’s new seawall
There was still no news from Galveston on Aug. 18, 1915 two full days after a hurricane packing 125 mile-per-hour winds slammed into the island.
Novel twice as long as Gone With the Wind
Afraid no editor would take the time to read a two-and-a-half-foot thick manuscript, a wealthy Waco businessman mailed the first 300 pages of his record-breaking novel to an East Coast publishing house sometime in mid-August 1951.
Mexican bandits hold ‘river pilots’ for ransom
Two “river pilots” on patrol over the international border on Aug. 10, 1919 mistook the Rio Conchos River for the Rio Grande and took a wrong turn deep into the Mexican interior.
Doak Walker plays last season of football
Doak Walker ended the speculation about his future in football by announcing on July 29, 1955 that he had agreed to play one more season with the Detroit Lions.
Texas democrats dump jumbo-size governor
After five days of ballot gridlock, Texas Democrats were no closer on July 22, 1878 to picking their candidate for governor than when they started.
Transplanted Texan fights duel with senator
California Democrats allowed David Smith Terry, chief justice of the state supreme court, to address their convention on July 18, 1859 after he promised to behave himself.
Sam Houston odd man out in love triangle
On July 12, 1839, Sam Houston wrote his favorite pen pal, who was young enough to be his daughter, to say how much he missed her and his beloved Texas.
Fired employee goes postal in state capitol
The shocking events of June 30, 1903 may have left most Texans at a loss for words, but not an East Texas editor who wrote, “The tragedy is the first of its kind in the history of the state and is the most appalling in the annals of the South.”
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