| Vol 8, No 26 | January 26, 1927 | Wednesday Evening |
(1960) 
On this date in 1960, Lamar Hunt was made President of the new American Football League. Not a single game had been played at this point.
(1948)
On this date in 1948 in Greenville, Mississippi, John A Lomax dies. His parents moved to Texas when he was only two. Lomax was a folklorist, collecting songs from cattle drives and the cowboy life. Many songs would now be lost to time were it not for Lomax. During the 1930s he traveled with a recorder in the trunk of his car, recording much of the music of America. He later settled in Meridian in Bosque county where the Lomax Museum exists today. His son Alan Lomax would continue his legacy recording many of the greats of early American Folk music.
On this date in 1892, Bessie Coleman was born in Atlanta Texas.
(1927)
Just days after a terrific bus-train accident that kill ten members of the Baylor Basketball team, the Texas Legislature introduced a bill today outlawing grade crossings, where state highways intersect with railroads. A grade crossing has a steep slope up to, and beyond the track, where long vehicles such as buses and trucks, frequently drag bottom and get stuck.
On this day in 1945, Kingston Texas native, Audie Murphy, received the Medal of Honor for service near Holtzwhir, France where he personally killed or wounded 50 German soldiers, thwarging a German tank attack. Murphy went on to become the most-decorated soldier in American history, receiving thirty-three awards, citations, and decorations. After the war, Murphy was drafted into Hollywood stardom, appearing in numerous movies. Murphy died in 1971 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery,
