1836
Capital
The capital of Texas is named after Sam Houston
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Houston in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
The capital of Texas is named after Sam Houston
The capital of Texas is named after Sam Houston
Birth of Howard Hughes
Hughes forms the Hughes Aircraft Company division of Hughes Tools
Birth of Patrick Swayze
NASA Administrator James E. Webb announced the site of the NASA centre dedicated to human space flight would be Houston, Texas, this becomes the Manned Spacecraft Center, renamed the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in 1973
Begins shaping astronaut assignments that later feed Apollo crews.
Helps organise Apollo spacecraft management at NASA.
Contributes to Apollo command module design at the Manned Spacecraft Center.
Directs Apollo spacecraft development during a critical design period.
Oswald tells Mrs. Twiford that he belongs to the Fair Play for Cuba Committee while trying to arrange a meeting with her husband.
Oswald tells Mrs. Twiford that he cannot wait for her husband's return because he says he is flying to Mexico.
Oswald asks Mrs. Twiford how her husband obtained his name and address from Socialist Labor Party contacts.
During the journey west, Oswald telephones the home of Socialist Labor Party member Horace Elroy Twiford.
Oswald boards Continental Trailways bus 5133 at 2:35 a.m. for Laredo by way of Corpus Christi and Alice.
Jacqueline Kennedy accompanied President Kennedy to Houston during the Texas trip and attended public events before the party continued to Fort Worth.
Helps drive spacecraft redesign after the Apollo 1 fire.
Terrle had called Ali Clay prior to the fight, Ali shouts at his opponent, "Whats my name, Uncle Tom ... Whats my name." Terrell suffers 15 rounds of brutal punishment, losing 13 of 15 rounds & knocked out
Works as a flight director during Apollo 7.
Serves among the Apollo 7 flight directors.
Helps direct the first crewed Apollo mission from Mission Control.
Offers Neil Armstrong command of Apollo 11 after Armstrong backs up Apollo 8.
Is selected to command Apollo 11 after serving as Apollo 8 backup commander.
Helps review Apollo 11 readiness before the landing mission.
Helps develop power-up procedures after being removed from the Apollo 13 crew.
Coordinates teams developing emergency procedures for Apollo 13.
Works in simulators on command module power-up procedures.
Leads Mission Control teams during Apollo 13 recovery.
Death of Howard Hughes, en route by private jet to a hospital in Houston
Releases a documentary built from Apollo mission film.
Appointed Mayor of Houston
Death of George H W Bush
Intuitive Machines launches the IM-2 lunar mission.
Provenance
These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match United States of America and Houston. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.
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