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2001 1/29/2001 Famed El Paso artist and author, Tom Lea, dies at the age of 93, following complications from a fall.
2006 9/5/2006 Dan Rather donated $2 million to his alma mater, Sam Houston State University, the largest single monetary gift in the school's 127-year history.
2006 9/10/2006 Irving, Texas, a city of some 200,000 people, agreed to cooperate in the U.S. government's Criminal Alien Program (CAP), run by the Immigration and Customs agency, and by the end of 2007 some 1,700 people from Irving were handed over for deportation.
2006 9/13/2006 Ann Richards (b.1933), former Texas Gov. (1990-1994), died following a battle with cancer.
2006 11/7/2006 Dan Patrick, a Houston conservative talk show host, was elected to the Texas state Senate.
2006 12/26/2006 When a ship's anchor hits an oil line, it results in a 21,000 gallon oil spill off the Texas coast.
2007 1/31/2007 Molly Ivins, political columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, dies of breast cancer.
2007 2/2/2007 Governor Rick Perry issued an order making Texas the first state to require schoolgirls to get vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer.
2007 2/26/2007 Texas' largest electricity producer has agreed to be sold to a group of private-equity firms for about $32 billion. This would be the largest private buyout in U.S. corporate history, if shareholders agree.
2007 3/5/2007 John Baugh (b.1916), founder of SYSCO Corp., the restaurant supply giant, died in Texas.
2007 3/11/2007 Halliburton Company announced that the oil services company will soon shift its corporate headquarters from Houston to the Mideast, at the financial powerhouse of Dubai.
2007 3/27/2007 Texas Governor Rick Perry has signed a new law that expands Texans' existing right to use deadly force to defend themselves "without retreat" in their homes, cars and workplaces, beginning September 1, 2007.
2007 5/12/2007 Voters in Farmers Branch, a suburb of Dallas, Texas, has become the first in the nation to prohibit landlords from renting to most illegal immigrants. However, the Texas courts quickly issued a restraining order against the city to prevent the ordinance from taking effect.
2007 6/14/2007 The San Antonio Spurs won their fourth NBA title in nine years, as they defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 83-82 in four games.
2007 7/11/2007 Lady Bird Johnson, widow of former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson (in office 1963-1969), dies in Austin, Texas.
2007 7/12/2007 HM Capital Partners LLC, a leading, Dallas-based private equity firm, and Booth Creek Management Corporation has sold Swift & Company to Brazil's JBS S.A., the largest beef processor in South America and one of the largest worldwide beef exporters. Swift was the 3rd largest processor of beef and pork in America and the biggest processor of beef in Australia.
2007 8/22/2007 The Texas Rangers became the first team in 110 years to score 30 runs in a game, setting an American League record in a rout of the Baltimore Orioles, the first game of a doubleheader.
2007 10/14/2007 Texas voters approved a bond measure for the creation of the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas.
2007 12/5/2007 It was reported that the world's largest helium reserve near Amarillo, Texas, was expected to run out by 2015. The Bush Dome, begun as a reserve by the government in 1925, supplies one third of the world's current usage.