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1974 8/3/1974 The 11-day prison siege at Huntsville comes to a bloody conclusion, with the death of two hostages.
1974 10/24/1974 A Sherman resident, representing the 35 member Unity political party, has raised $500, and is going on a 50-state campaign in pursuit of the presidency of the United States.
1974 11/13/1974 Union activist Karen Silkwood dies in one-car automobile accident in Oklahoma.
1975 5/13/1975 Following a stroke, Bob Wills, leader of the Texas Playboys, dies.
1975 5/26/1975 Conflict between union workers and ranchers leads to unionization of farm workers as Texas Farm Workers Union.
1975 8/19/1975 Noted Texas philanthropist Ima Hogg, daughter of former Governor James Stephen Hogg, dies.
1976 1/18/1976 Cowboys lose to Steelers 21-17, in Super Bowl X in Miami.
1976 12/28/1976 Bluesman Freddie King dies in Dallas from stomach ulcers and pancreatitis complications.
1977 2/13/1977 Texas Ranger Captain Manuel T. ['Lone Wolf'] Gonzaullas dies.
1977 5/10/1977 Film and TV actress Joan Crawford dies.
1977 8/12/1977 First UT football player, Earl Campbell, to receive Heisman Trophy.
1977 8/22/1977 Texas A&M University College of Medicine opens with charter class of 32.
1977 10/26/1977 Ted Hinton, last surviving law officer involved in the capture of bandits Bonnie and Clyde, dies in Dallas.
1978 1/15/1978 Cowboys defeat Broncos 27-10 in Super Bowl XII, first Super Bowl in a domed stadium, in Superdome in New Orleans.
1979 1/21/1979 Cowboys lose to Steelers 35-31, in Super Bowl XIII at Orange Bowl in Miami.
1980 5/1/1980 Dallas Mavericks become twenty-third member of the NBA as expansion team.
1980 7/10/1980 Jessica Simpson is born in Abilene.
1981 11/25/1981 Barbara and Jenna Bush are born in Dallas.
1983 8/18/1983 Seventeen die as Galveston and Houston are hit by 'Alicia,' the most expensive hurricane in U.S history (at that that time).
1984 2/28/1984 Dr Pepper becomes a privately owned company at $22 a share.
1987 5/22/1987 Tornadoes kill 30 people in in Saragosa [Reeves Co.] Texas.
1989 4/21/1989 George W. Bush and Edward W. "Rusty" Rose become CEOs of Texas Rangers.
1989 8/7/1989 Congressman Mickey Leland of Lubbock dies in plane crash in Ethiopia.
1989 9/21/1989 Dr Pepper truck hits school bus killing 21 children at Alton.
1990 8/27/1990 Stevie Ray Vaughn dies in helicopter crash in Elkhorn, Wisconsin at 35 years.
1993 1/31/1993 Cowboys defeat Bills 52-17 in Super Bowl XXVII at Rose Bowl.
1994 1/30/1994 Cowboys defeat Bills 30-13 in Super Bowl XXVIII in Georgia Dome in Atlanta.
1995 11/16/1995 Bud Adams announces Oilers are moving to Nashville to become Tennessee Titans.
1996 1/28/1996 Cowboys defeat Steelers 27-17 in Super Bowl XXX in Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, AZ.
1996 12/22/1996 Oilers play last game in Houston Astrodome and lose to Cincinnati Bengals.
1997 5/28/1997 Tornado in Jarrell kills 28, some 3/4 mile wide and tracking seven and a half miles on the ground.
2000 2/12/2000 Cowboys football coach, Tom Landry, dies at age 75.