151026-8024TomLandry
He was named the NFL Coach of the Year in 1966 and the NFC Coach of the Year in 1975. The Cowboys were on TV more than any other NFL team and spawned the title of "America's Team", a title Landry did not like because he felt it would bring on extra motivation from the rest of the league.
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151026-8026SusannaDickinson
Susanna Dickinson and her infant daughter Angelina were among the few American survivors of the 1836 Battle of the Alamo. Her husband, Captain Almaron Dickinson, and 182 other Texian defenders were killed by the Mexican Army. The Mexican general Santa Anna asked her to identify the bodies of the main players. She and another young mother were given $2.00 and a blanket, and allowed to go free. She was illiterate and left no writings, though she gave many oral accounts of the battle. Susanna is actually buried only a few blocks away in a large old cemetery.
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151026-8027AllanShivers
Robert Allan Shivers was a Texas politician. In 1934, he was elected to the Texas State Senate. In 1946, he was elected the 33rd Lieutenant Governor of Texas by a landslide vote (91.54%) and was re-elected in 1948. When Governor Beauford Jester died in 1949, Shivers succeeded him, and Shivers won re-election in 1950. In 1952, Shivers proved so popular that he was listed on the gubernatorial ballot as the nominee of both the Democratic and Republican parties. Shivers appeared as himself in the 1955 film Lucy Gallant starring Jane Wyman and Charlton Heston.
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151026-8030JamesMichener
James Michener was an American author. The majority of over 40 books were fictional, lengthy family sagas covering many generations in particular geographic locales and incorporating solid history. Novels include Tales of the South Pacific for which he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1948 and was adapted into a musical and movie, Hawaii (movie), The Drifters, Centennial (a 12-part TV mini series), The Source, The Fires of Spring, Chesapeake, Caribbean, Caravans, Alaska, Texas, and Poland. His non-fiction works include Iberia, about his travels in Spain and Portugal; his memoir titled The World Is My Home, and Sports in America. (Cenotaph).
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151026-8032FrancisLubbock
Francis Lubbock was a businessman in South Carolina before moving to Texas in 1836. During the Republic of Texas period, President Sam Houston appointed him as comptroller. In 1857, Lubbock was elected lieut governor of Texas. After the Confederate secession in 1861, Lubbock became governor of Texas.
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151026-8034FrancisLubbock
When Lubbock's term ended in 1863, he joined the Confederate Army, and by 1864, Lubbock was aide-de-camp for Jefferson Davis. Following the Confederacy's collapse Lubbock fled from Richmond, Virginia with Davis. They were soon caught and Lubbock was imprisoned for eight months. He continued business interests, and from 1878-1891 he served as Texas State Treasurer.
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151027-0217GeneTierney
Gene Tierney was actress, best known for her role of the title character in Laura (1944). She was nominated for a best actress oscar for Leave Her to Heaven (1945). Her first film was in The Return of Frank James (1940), opposite Henry Fonda. Other films include Heaven Can Wait (1943), The Razor's Edge (1946), The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), n Whirlpool (1949), The Mating Season (1951), and The Left Hand of God (1955). Her final performance was in the TV miniseries Scruples (1980). She was named after a beloved uncle, who died young.
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151027-0218HowardHughes
Howard Robard Hughes Sr. was a businessman and inventor. He was the founder of Hughes Tool Company, and during the Texas Oil Boom he invented the "Sharp–Hughes" rotary tri-cone rock drill bit whicj penetrated medium and hard rock with ten times the speed of any former bit, revolutionizing oil well drilling.
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151027-0221HowardHughes
Howard Hughes Jr. was a businessman, investor, record-setting pilot, film director, and philanthropist. He first made a name for himself as a film producer, and then became important in aviation. Later in life, he became known for his eccentric behavior and reclusive lifestyle. His film work includes The Racket (1928), Hell's Angels (1930), and Scarface (1932). Later he controlled the RKO film studio. Hughes formed the Hughes Aircraft Company and spent the rest of the 1930s and much of the 1940s setting air speed records, building the Hughes H-1 Racer and H-4 Hercules (the Spruce Goose). He acquired and expanded Trans World Airlines and later Air West, renaming it Hughes Airwest. Hughes was included in Flying Magazine's list of the 51 Heroes of Aviation. He donated the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Howard Hughes Corporation.
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151027-0222RienziJohnston
Rienzi Johnston was an American newspaperman and Democratic Party politician. He was a drummer in the Civil War, then worked at several newspapers, eventually becoming editor-in-chief of the Houston Post. In 1913 he served a month in the US Senate when Texas Governor Colquitt appointed him to complete the term of the resigned Senator Bailey. His 26 day term is the 2nd shortest term of service in the US Senate.
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151027-0223DentonCooley
Denton Cooley was a heart and cardiothoracic surgeon famous for performing the first implant of a totally artificial heart. He was also founder and surgeon in-chief of The Texas Heart Institute, chief of Cardiovascular Surgery at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, consultant in Cardiovascular Surgery at Texas Children's Hospital, and a clinical professor of Surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
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151027-0226AnsonJones
Anson Jones was a doctor, businessman, member of Congress, Texas Secretary of State, and the fourth and last President of the Republic of Texas. Later, after getting no election votes for Congress and enduring an injured arm, he shot himself. Jones County, and its county seat, Anson, were both named for him.
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