Sources: BBC
SpaceX launches its eighth test flight of the Starship launch vehicle from Starbase in Texas, United States. The first stage was caught by the launch tower despite Raptor engine failures during landing, but the second stage failed during its burn, mirroring the last flight test in January. 2025-03-6
Four people are killed and several others are injured after a tornado rips through the town of Matador, Texas, United States. 2023-06-21
Former Texas representative Beto O'Rourke drops out of the presidential primaries. 2019-11-1
Former U.S. Representative Beto O'Rourke from Texas announces he is running for the Democratic Party's nomination for President of the United States in the 2020 election. 2019-03-14
The death toll in the spring-like, tornado-laden storms that began Wednesday in the American South has risen to 18 with additional tornadoes hitting north-central Alabama Friday and one outside of Dallas, Texas, today. 2015-12-26
A manhunt is underway for a gunman who shot and seriously wounded presiding Travis County, Texas State District Judge Julie Kocurek at the driveway of her home in West Austin, Texas. It was unclear whether she and-or her family members were targeted (they were arriving home) or if it was a botched robbery. She was listed in serious condition at University Medical Center Brackenridge in Austin but is expected to recover. 2015-11-7
An explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, United States, kills 15 and injures more than 100 people and damages many nearby buildings, including residences, a nursing home, and a middle school. 2013-04-17
Mike Rawlings is elected as the Mayor of the US city of Dallas, Texas, with Betsy Price elected as the Mayor of Fort Worth, Texas and Beth van Duyne elected as the mayor of Irving Texas. 2011-06-18
Wildfires in Texas, United States destroy dozens of homes and kill a firefighter. 2011-04-15
Atlantic Tropical Depression Two makes landfall near South Padre Island in Texas. 2010-07-8