| Vol 8, No 66 | March 7, 1923 | Wednesday Evening |
At 10:05 on this date in 1923, an earthquake struck El Paso and the towns south and west of there. The quake was estimated to be a 4.7 in magnitude. In Ciudad Juarez (across the Rio Grande from El Paso), Juan Ortiz, a Mexican farmer was killed when his adobe house caved in during the earthquake. Effects of the quake were felt more than 200 miles away in Sierra Blanca, southern New Mexico, and northern Chihuahua. This is the only earthquake in Texas recorded history where anyone was killed, and even this time, just across the border in Mexico.
(1901)
On this date in 1901, the Texas Legislature made the Bluebonnet the Texas State flower. There are five varieties of bluebonnets, and after much debate, all five are made the State flower
(1955)
On this date in 1955, the popular kids show, Space Rangers was cancelled. Texas native, Lyn Osborn who played Cadet Happy on the show, had made hundreds of personal appearances with the rest of the cast, all over America. Three years later, he would be dead.
(1862)
On this date in 1862, command of the Texas Brigade was passed to John Bell Hood. After that it would be known as Hood's Texas Brigade.
(1927)
On this date in 1927, the Supreme Court, in an opinion written by Oliver Wendell Holmes, struck down a Texas law prohibiting blacks from voting in state primary elections.
