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Vol 8, No 68

March 9, 1950

Thursday Evening

Texan, Lyn Osborn becomes Space Ranger

Space Cadet Happy
LOS ANGELES CA (1950)  On March 9, 1950, ten days before graduation, Wichita Falls born Clois Lyn Osborn landed his first television roll as Cadet Happy in Space Patrol. The show ran for 1200 live episodes. As "Cadet Happy", he also did over 200 radio episodes, made personal appearances and benefits all over the country. The show was cancelled on March 7, 1955, in it's fifth year. Osborn died 3 years later in Los Angeles.

Capitol Desk
First Canary Islanders Settle in San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO   (1731)    Nine years after the plan was first proposed to the King of Spain, the first settlers relocated from the Canary Islands arrive to settle San Antonio on this date in 1731.

Military Desk
Ramon Expedition enters Texas
MEXICO CITY   (1707)    On this date in 1707, Diego Ramón under orders of the Coahuila governor, Martín de Alarcón, crossed the Rio Grande into Texas, to punish Indians who had been raiding Spanish settlements and to Explore the Territory.