The Houstorian Calendar: Today in Houston History (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781467139878)

September 4, 2000, was Houston's hottest day on record, as well as Beyonc 's nineteenth birthday. Sam Houston was elected president on September 5, 1836. The city was awarded a National League baseball franchise on October 17, 1960, and on November 1, 2017, the Astros won their first World Series. On December 13, 1882, the Capitol Hotel became Houston's first public building to get electricity. Tragedy struck on April 16, 1947, when a ship carrying ammonium nitrate fertilizer exploded alongside a Texas City dock. James Glassman captures every single day of the year in the prism of Houston history, from the Texas Revolution to the moon landing.

Author: James Glassman
ISBN-10: 1467139874
ISBN-13: 9781467139878
Publisher: History Press
Language: English
Published: 02/25/2019
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d