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1968 10/6/1968 The first international exposition in the South of the U.S., the 'HemisFair,' closes in San Antonio.
1969 4/3/1969 Texas-born (Fredericksburg) American Hall of Fame thoroughbred racehorse trainer Max Hirsch dies at the age of 88.
1969 6/1/1969 Lyndon B. Johnson State Historical Park opened, which included his Texas home.
1969 6/8/1969 Houston Intercontinental Airport opens, replacing Hobby as the city's main airport.
1969 7/20/1969 Apollo 11 lands on the Moon, and the first word spoken by a man (astronaut Neil Armstrong) on the Moon is the name of the Texas City, "Houston."
1969 10/22/1969 Fifty University of Texas students picket the Memorial Stadium construction site in protest of any tree removal, which will make room for an increase in seating capacity at the stadium.
1969 11/12/1969 The University of Texas rules that students must attend classes or make up the time in class later during Anti-Vietnam moratoriums.
1970 7/18/1970 Two AWOL soldiers stop the miniature train at San Antonio's Breckinridge Park, hold it up and rob it.
1970 9/12/1970 Born in Denton, Phyllis George crowned Miss Texas, and in 1971 Miss America.
1970 10/4/1970 Janis Joplin, famed 1960s blues and rock singer from Port Arthur, dies from a drug overdose in Hollywood.
1970 10/5/1970 Rock-and-Roll legend, Janis Joplin, dies.
1970 11/6/1970 Actor Ethan Hawke is born in Austin.
1971 1/18/1971 The Houston Sharpstown Bank stock fraud scandal breaks wide open.
1971 9/18/1971 Lance Armstrong is born in Plano.
1971 9/21/1971 American League approves move of Washington Senators to Arlington, becoming the Texas Rangers in American League West Division.
1971 10/24/1971 Cowboys defeat Patriots 44-21 at the initial game in Texas Stadium.
1972 1/16/1972 Cowboys defeat Dolphins 24-3 in Super Bowl VI at New Orleans.
1972 9/1/1972 La Raza Unida hold its first national convention in 1972.
1972 9/30/1972 6,000 acre Guadalupe Mountains National Park is established.
1972 11/7/1972 Proposition 7, Texas Equal Rights Amendment, passes.
1972 11/14/1972 Former Democratic Congressman Martin Dies passes away..
1973 1/22/1973 Texas native George Foreman knocks out Joe Frazier in order to win the world heavyweight boxing title.
1973 6/3/1973 New and unprecedented Bill signed, requiring Texas schools provide bilingual instruction.
1973 7/28/1973 "March for Justice" erupts into riot in Dallas after 12-year old boy was killed by a police officer.
1973 8/2/1973 The famed 'Chicken Ranch' at La Grange closed down its operation.
1973 8/9/1973 Billy Martin is named manager of the Texas Rangers; fired in summer of 1975.
1974 1/13/1974 The Dallas-Fort Worth regional airport opens for business.
1974 7/6/1974 The Dallas World Trade Center opens for business
1974 7/25/1974 U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Jordan of Houston delivers her famous "We, the People" speech about the U.S. Constitution and impeachment.