1923 - Vice President 1929 - Postwar prosperity ends in 1903 - The Wright brothers’ invention 1917 - The British intercept the Calvin Coolidge is the 1929 Stock Market crash. The 1930 - In order to combat the growing 1935 - The Social Security Act is 1948 - In an upset victory, 1952 - Located in the Turtle Bay 1959 - Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz comes Wright Flyer I is successful in making the 1920 - Westinghouse Corporation's sworn into o ce as 1928 - Herbert Clark Hoover 1932 - Democratic challenger 1941 - German forces 1941 - Mount Rushmore 1945 - Russian forces reach and President Truman defeats 1950 - Senator Joseph McCarthy neighborhood of Manhattan, 1901 - President McKinley is assassinated while at the “Zimmerman Telegram,” a diplomatic 1922 - Archaeologist plummeting stock prices led to depression, President Herbert Hoover 1934 - Japan renounces the passed by Congress as part of 1947 - Jackie Robinson to power in Cuba and signs agreements rst controlled, powered and sustained KDKA in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania the 30th President of is elected the 31st President Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats invade Russia. Adolf National Memorial is control Berlin, the German Republican challenger and comes to national prominence in overlooking the East River, the 1955 - U.S. Supreme 1960 - Russian space dogs, Belka, "Squirrel" Pan-American Exposition in Bu alo, New York. Vice proposal from the German Empire to 1920 - Warren Gamaliel Howard Carter nds losses between 1929 and 1931 of asks the U.S. Congress to pass a $150 Washington Naval Treaty of the New Deal legislation and becomes rst African 1958 - British Overseas Airways to buy oil from the USSR. U.S. owned heavier-than-air human ight. airs the rst commercial broadcast the United States. of the United States. incumbent President Hoover in the Hitler declares war completed. Capitol. Adolf Hitler commits Governor of New York, when he claims to have a list of United Nations headquarters Court orders immediate and Strelka, "Arrow," spend a day in space President Roosevelt arrives in Bu alo and was sworn Mexico to declare war against the Harding becomes the 1921 - First Miss America tomb of Tutankhamen an estimated $50 billion and million public works project to increase 1922 and the London Naval signed into law by President American major league Corporation (BOAC) ies the rst re neries in Cuba refuse to process the over commercial radio. presidential election for his rst of on the United States. suicide and Germany surrenders. Thomas E. Dewey and is people known to the State nishes consrtuction in New desegregation of schools aboard Korabl-Sputnik-2 (Sputnik 5) before in as President by the U.S. District Judge John R. Hazel. United States. The revelation angers 29th President of the pageant is held in Atlantic City near Luxor, Egypt. started the worst American employment and economic activity. Treaty of 1930. Franklin D. Roosevelt. baseball player. scheduled transatlantic passenger oil and as a result are expropriated, an unprecedented four terms. re-elected. York City. as a result of the Brown v. safely returning to Earth. Americans and President Woodrow United States. crowning Margaret Gorman, depression in the nation's history. Department as Communists, yet jet service in history, from London breaking o United States diplomatic Board of Education. Wilson declares The United States’ from Washington DC, the winner. who still remain employed there. to New York. relations with the Castro government. 1908 - Generally regarded as the rst entrance into World War I. a ordable automobile, Henry Ford 1927 - The Jazz Singer becomes 1944 - D-Day: The Normandy 1901 - Carnegie Steel Company is sold to 1930 - American astronomer Clyde 1931 - The Star Spangled Banner, by 1933 - The New Deal social and 1939 - World War II begins in introduces the Model T. the rst feature length motion 1935 - The greatest hitter landings, codenamed Operation the United States Steel Company (U.S. 1921 - The United States 1928 - Walt Disney releases the Tombaugh discovers the planet Francis Scott Key, is approved by economic programs are passed by Europe with a Germany invasion 1948 - President Harry S. Truman picture with synchronized in the history of baseball, Neptune, were the landing 1945 - Japan surrenders on 1952 - King George VI dies 1960 - John Fitzgerald Steel) for $225 million. 1919 - Major League Baseball’s rst major 1920 - Woman’s su rage in the United States culminates Congress approves the burial rst Mickey Mouse talking lm, Pluto at the Lowell Observatory in President Hoover and Congress as the United States Congress in a of Poland. In just ve weeks, institutes a military draft with a dialogue sequences. Babe Ruth, retires from operations of the Allied invasion August 14th after atomic 1949 - The North Atlantic 1950 - The United States and Elizabeth Alexandra 1956 – President Eisenhower "Jack" Kennedy defeats Vice scandal, The Black Sox Scandal, takes place with the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the of an unidenti ed American Steamboat Willie. Flagsta , Arizona. the national anthem. The lyrics of special one hundred day session to Poland surrenders to Germany. proclamation calling for nearly 10 1959 - The Alaska Statehood Act was Major League Baseball. of Normandy, in Operation bombs are dropped on Treaty Organization or NATO, pledges $15 million worth Mary becomes Queen and Vice President Nixon are President Nixon, in one of 1914 - Archduke Franz during the World Series. Eight members of United States Constitution, which provides: "The right of serviceman from World War I the anthem were inspired during address depression era economics. million men to register for military 1958 - Soviets launch “Sputnik,” signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower Overlord, during World War II. Hiroshima and Nagasaki. an intergovernmental military of military aid to France to Elizabeth II. re-elected. the closest presidential 1908 - William Howard Taft is elected Ferdinand, the heir to the the Chicago White Sox are banned for life citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or in the plaza of the Memorial the bombing of Fort McHenry by service within the next two months. the rst arti cial satellite to be on July 7, 1958, allowing Alaska to become alliance based on the North help them ght in Vietnam. elections of the twentieth becoming the 27th President of the throne of Austria-Hungary, from baseball for intentionally losing games, abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." Amphitheater, for what is British ships at the head of Baltimore Truman's action came during increasing put into Earth's orbit. the 49th U.S. state on January 3, 1959. Atlantic Treaty is established. century, becoming the United States. is assasinated; propelling allowing the Cincinnati Reds to win the series. known today as the “Tomb of 1927 - Spirit of St. Louis and pilot 1929 - Future Civil Rights leader Martin Harbor in September of 1814. Cold War tensions with the Soviet Union. 35th President of the Europe into World War I. the Unknown Soldier.” Charles Lindbergh land in Paris. Luther King is born in his grandfather's 1934 - Germany’s 2nd 1937 - At Lakehurst Naval President, Paul Ludwig Hans Air Station in Manchester 1941 - Intending to neutralize the United States. house in Atlanta, Georgia. 1945 - President Franklin 1952 - Popular war Anton von Beneckendor Township, New Jersey, U.S. Paci c Fleet, the Japanese 1951 - Rosenberg spies Delano Roosevelt su ers a hero General Dwight 1959 - The Admission Act enacted by 1900 - A devastating und von Hindenburg dies, German airship Hindenburg attacks Pearl Harbor. President found guilty and are 1958 - Xerox introduces the Xerox 914, the rst 1919 - The Treaty of Versailles 1922 - Edith E.T. Wilmans stroke and passes away. Harry D. Eisenhower wins the the United States Congress and signed hurricane and tidal wave 1901 - Houston’s Left Hand 1902 - Congress appropriates after which Hitler declares explodes, killing thirty-six Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims sentenced to death. plain paper photocopier using the process of 1909 - Howard Hughes, Sr. tests is signed, ending the state of is rst woman elected to S. Truman becomes the 33rd 1948 - Port of Houston presidential election in into law by President Dwight D. strikes Galveston, claiming Fishing Club purchases $1 million for work on the the o ce of President passengers. December 7, 1941, "a date which Electro-photography, (later changed to rst rotary rock bit in an oil well war between Germany and the Texas House of 1924 - Howard Hughes, Sr. dies at the 1930 - New census ranks President of the United States. 1947 - Also known as Interstate 45, ranks second nationally a landslide becoming Eisenhower, dissolves the Territory of some 8,000 lives and untold the city's rst automobile. Houston Ship Channel. 1926 - Natural gas rst 1927 - Houston Junior vacant and appoints himself will live in infamy". 1943 - Houston changes to a xerography) developed by Chester Carlson. east of Houston and opens the the Allied Powers. Representatives. age of 54, leaving the bulk of his 1929 - Houston experiences Harris County as Texas's in total tonnage. the 34th President of Hawaii and establishes the State of property damage costs. piped into Houston. College (now the University "Führer und Reichskanzler." city-manager form of government, engineering begins on the Gulf Sharp-Hughes Tool Company. million dollar estate to his son, Howard a major ood with Bu alo most populated county the United States. Hawaii as the 50th state to be admitted of Houston) is established. with a part-time mayor and eight Freeway, Texas' rst freeway. Robard Hughes, Jr., an eighteen-year Bayou rising at the rate of 1 at 292,352. into the Union. Hawaii remains the most 1934 - The Intracoastal Canal councilmen. 1905 - The City changes to the old student at Rice Institute. inch every 5 minutes. 1936 - The M.D. Anderson 1949 - KLEE-TV broadcasts recent state to join the United States. 1901 - Oil discovered at Spindletop and links Houston to the Mississippi commission form of government. 1913 - The Houston Foundation is established to 1941 - New master plan for Houston Houston’s rst commercial 1957 - Gerald D. Hines moves to 1960 - Bud Adams, a founding 1900 - Houston's later discoveries of oil at Humble in 1910 - A group of Houston 1912 - Rice Institute (now Rice River navigation system. 1940 - Petrochemical 1948 - Annexation expands A mayor and four aldermen are Symphony is established 1926 - Margie Elizabeth bene t the public, advance thoroughfares emphasizes a loop system. The loop television program. Houston and forms Gerald D. Hines member of the upstart population reaches 1905 and Goose Creek in 1906, puts businessmen headed by the University) begins classes. 1935 - Brani International complex develops, taking Houston's area from 74 to 1951 - The Texas Children’s 1955 - Houston metro area now elected at large. by Julien Paul Blitz, who Neal becomes the rst 1928 - First airmail arrives at knowledge and alleviate was initially proposed to transport troops and Interests - an engineering partnership American Football League 44,600. Houston in the center of new oil and Houston Chamber of Commerce inaugurates air service to feed stocks from nearby 1947 - Foley’s department store 216 square miles. Hospital and the Shriners’ population reaches 1,000,000. also serves as the rst 1924 - The Museum of Fine Arts woman in Texas Senate. the Houston airport - a cow human su ering. Upon his materials around the city. On May 3, Harris County 1945 - University of Houston and edgling real estate business. hires Lou Rymkus to coach his oil eld equipment development. proposes to Congress to accept 1929 - City o cials reject 1932 - located at 801 Bagby Houston. re neries. opens in the Galleria area. Hospital nish construction. 1959 - Hattie Mae musical director. of Houston, the rst in Texas, pasture without runways, death in 1939, the trust voters approved a bond to build the "Defense becomes a private university Gerald D. Hines is responsible for team in Houston known as the a plan splitting ship channel park and zoning recom- Street near downtown, The Sam White is elected to 1923 - Second National Bank opens. Ima Hogg donates lights, or drainage. received nearly $20,000,000. Loop". It was o cially designated as Loop 137 in and not a part of HISD. building The Galleria, Pennzoil Place, 1907 - The rst tra c control mendations developed in a Houston Hall holds the rst HISD school board. Oilers. The Oilers play their 1st development costs between becomes Houston's rst Houston mansion, Bayou Bend, 1934 - Houston Junior College becomes 1942, and the North Loop was approved by the Transco Tower (now Williams Tower) and measures are instituted, with 1912 - One of the most two-year planning study. Houston Livestock and Rodeo. 1950 - Houston named She is the rst African game against the Oakland Houston and the United States. air-conditioned building. and its collection of early a 4-year institution and changes name Texas Transportation Commission. World War II more than 400 other major buildings. horses having the right-of-way. destructive res in the 1926 - Houston Colored Junior Houston remains un-zoned. 1947 - Nina Eloise Whittington 1948 - Houston voters reject “The Most Air-conditioned 1955 - The City of Houston American to be Raiders, winning 32-22. American art and antiques to to University of Houston. 1935 - Houston experiences its delayed construction of the Loop until the 1950s. 1954 - KPRC-TV delivers city's history sweeps 1914 - 25' deep Houston College is established as part of Vance founds Houston’s Tony proposed zoning ordinance. City” in the United States. welcomes Houston Ballet elected to a major Houston’s Museum. worst ood in city history. Bu alo 1940 - The bus system replaces 1945 - University of Houston Houston's rst color forty blocks in the Fifth Ship Channel completed the city's school system. The 1939 - Houston becomes Award-winning, Alley Theatre Houston continues as the only and the Houston Grand position in Houston. 1928 - National Democratic Bayou inundates 25 blocks of a 60-year tradition of streetcars. becomes a private university broadcast. Ward, rendering about and formally dedicated. school would become Texas the largest city in Texas. Company. un-zoned major city in the U.S. Opera Association. Convention is held in Houston. downtown Houston. Damages In an agreement between the 1942 - Houston voters authorize the sale of and not a part of HISD. 1000 people homeless. Southern University in 1951. 1958 - Houston native, Kenny 1960 - Rice Institute formally from the 1935 ood totaled nearly city and the Houston Electric land adjacent to Hermann Park to the M.D. 1924 - Miriam A. Ferguson 1950 - The population Rogers has his rst national hit renames to William Marsh is elected rst woman $3 million ($41 million in today's Company, streetcar lines are Anderson Foundation. The 134-acre site near reaches 596,000. 1954 - Segregation record with "That Crazy Feeling." Rice University. governor of Texas. dollars) and killed seven people. abandoned in favor of an Hermann Hospital, would become the massive E orts to establish a county ood all-bus transit system. Texas Medical Center. on city buses end. control program begin.
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1909 – TC Edminster, Sr. 1952 - Terry Russ, Jr. begins 1906 -1908 - Truman Edminster, 1942-43 – Truman C. Edminster, 1960 - A city-conducted study comes to Houston, Texas working for TCE, Jr. in the 1958 – Terry Russ, Jr. resumes Sr. travels the world and works 1935 - Robert Terry Russ, Jr. is born. Jr. is inducted into the U.S. Army 1957 – Terry Russ, Jr. illustrates residential ight and works for the City of evenings and summers. TCE, Jr. education and begins as a surveyor on the rst and becomes 1st Lieutenant enters the service and is from Houston’s city center. Houston in the Public Works 1923 - TC Edminster Jr. is born. and H. Platt Thompson teach Terry attending night school at railroad built in the Philippines. stationed in southern France. stationed in Fort Leonard Department as a surveyor. Russ, Jr. how to draft plans. the University of Houston. While there, Truman meets and 1947 - Edminster Engi- Wood, Missouri. marries Virginia (Johnnie) neering moves o ce to “Optical Building” on 1940 - TC Edminster Johnson, who is also stationed 1950 - Terry Russ, Jr. Jr. enters Texas A&M in Marseilles, France as a 1st Kirby Drive. delivers papers for the 1955 – Truman C. 1960 - After World War I ended, University, Class of Lieutenant and Army Nurse. Houston Chronicle Edminster, III. is born. Houston’s economy was still 1944. during the summer. 1952 - Truman C. Edminster, Jr. recovering from the war time gets P.E.; Reg. No. 9949 support. As a result, Edminster Engineering was very close to 1948 – Truman C. Edminster, closing the doors. A boom of Sr. passes away; Truman C. 1941 - TC Edminster Jr. voted subdivisions, such as Forest Edminster, Jr. takes over at into Texas A&M University’s 1952 - Edminster Engineering Cove and Indian Shores, 24 years old. L.O. Shropshier 1953 - Terry Russ, Jr. Ross Volunteers - a company of moves o ce to 2610 Sunset Blvd. sustained and began growing elite Corps of junior and senior assists in the transition. graduates from Lamar 1936 - TC Edminster, Sr. opens the company. cadets chosen on a basis of High School. Edminster Engineering o of honor, humility, and character. Smith and McGowen St.