@houstorian.bsky.social
Telling the story of Houston.
Today in 1901, the first edition of the Houston Chronicle is published. @houstonchronicle.com
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Today in 2006, the Magnolia Ballroom is awarded the city’s first Protected Landmark status.
09.10.2025 16:06 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Today in 1999, after 34 years, the Astros play their last game in the Astrodome, with the Atlanta Braves winning 7-5 to wrap up the best-of-five National League Division Series.
09.10.2025 16:05 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1Today in 1996, @riceuniversity.bsky.social professors Robert Curl and Richard Smalley win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their discovery of fullerenes.
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Today in 1975, Loop 610 is completed. (We’ve heard the jokes)
22.09.2025 11:52 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Today in 1961, NASA announces Manned Spacecraft Center will be located in Houston.
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Today in 2008, Hurricane Ike makes landfall east of Galveston Island, then slams into Houston.
13.09.2025 19:41 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 3Today in 1975, Betty Moody opens Moody Gallery, featuring local, contemporary American artists.
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Today in 1836, Houston is born when land speculators Augustus and John Allen advertise for their Town of Houston.
30.08.2025 16:55 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 2Today in 1952, the Gulf Freeway, connecting Houston to Galveston, is dedicated.
02.08.2025 15:07 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Today in 1969, Houston Intercontinental Airport opens, and Hobby Airport closes to commercial traffic.
08.06.2025 17:07 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0The Spirit of the Montrose Is Alive(ish) on Lower Westheimer
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Today in 2016, Buffalo Bayou Park debuts a semi-restored 1927 water cistern as a public space.
13.05.2025 12:07 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Today in 1924, Mama Ninfa Laurenzo, who popularized Tex-Mex cuisine and founded the landmark Ninfa’s , is born.
11.05.2025 14:06 — 👍 15 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1Today in 1859, Beth Israel, Houston’s oldest Jewish congregation, is founded.
08.05.2025 12:14 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Today in 1992, the first Houstonians to win James Beard Awards are Best Chef: Southwest: Robert Del Grande, Café Annie; Healthier Living: Dr. Antonio Gotto, Jr. “Chez Eddy Living Heart Cookbook.”
04.05.2025 20:51 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Today in 1968, Dr. Denton Cooley performs the nation's first heart transplant at St. Luke’s Hospital.
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Today in 1956, the world's first container ship Ideal X arrives at the Port of Houston on her maiden voyage.
02.05.2025 22:45 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Today in 1969, filmmaker Wes Anderson is born in Houston.
01.05.2025 17:56 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Today in 1974, Karl Kilian opens Brazos Bookstore.
30.04.2025 17:58 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Today in 1932, the first Houston Fat Stock Show debuts at the Sam Houston Coliseum downtown. @houstonrodeo.bsky.social
30.04.2025 17:16 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Today in 1922, Mayor Oscar Holcombe declares that the Houston Zoo "is started today." @houstonzoo.bsky.social
30.04.2025 12:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Today in 1990, the Hubble space telescope, the first major optical telescope to be placed in space, free from the obstacle of earth, providing an unobstructed view of planets in this solar system and of distant stars and galaxies, is launched. @nasahubble1.bsky.social
24.04.2025 17:57 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Today in 1964, Houston Colt .45s pitcher Ken Johnson throws the first nine-inning, no-hitter losing game ever recorded in baseball.
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09.04.2025 17:39 — 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1Today in 1908, arts patron, educator, and civil rights activist Dominique de Menil, who founded the Menil Collection, is born.
23.03.2025 17:36 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Today in 1961, Gary Herod dies crashing his plane while avoiding residences in Meyerland. #HerodElementary
15.03.2025 16:20 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Today in 1990, the Highwaymen (Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings & Johnny Cash) debut as a supergroup at RodeoHouston in the Astrodome.
03.03.2025 18:33 — 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1Today in 1947, Texas Southern University is founded by the Texas Legislature under the separate but equal premise.
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Today in 1836, the Texas Declaration of Independence is signed at Washington-on-the-Brazos.
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