Today in History February highlights and notable events
On February 3 and in various years, events include the 1959 plane crash near Clear Lake killing Buddy Holly Ritchie Valens and J P Richardson. 1809 Congress creates the Illinois Territory. 1913 ratification of the 16th Amendment. 1924 Woodrow Wilson dies. 1943 Dorchester sinking with four Army chaplains. 1966 Luna Nine moon landing. 1994 Discovery flight with Sergei Krikalev. 1995 Discovery with Eileen Collins. 2002 Kenneth Lay declines to testify. 2006 Al Qaida prisoners escape Yemen jail. 1950 Humble Oil layoffs. 1974 Brownwood evacuation funds. 1989 Pete Alfaro appointed. 1990 Lone Star Bank robbery. 2000 San Jacinto Mall theater contract. biblical quote from 1 Corinthians 2:9.
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Clear Lake
Iowa
Buddy Holly
Ritchie Valens
J.P
Big Bopper
Richardson
Illinois Territory
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Washington D.C
U.S
Dorchester
Greenland
Sergei Krikalev
Discovery
Air Force
Eileen Collins
NASA
Enron
Kenneth Lay
Congress
al- Qaida
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown
Lloyd Bentsen
Brownwood
Pete Alfaro
Lone Star Bank
Highlands
San Jacinto Mall
Community centers host Black History events and activities
Seniors center and A Place.org plan a Black History week soul food social at 6 30 p m at 808 Magnolia Barrett Station with a Black Inventors and Science Exhibit from 9 00 to 4 00. Ninth annual Daddy and Me Valentine Dance tickets are 5 each for Feb 5 at Baytown Community Center 2407 Market Street.
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Riley Chambers
Barrett Station
Aplace.org
Magnolia
Baytown Community Center
Market Street
Crosby Community Center
Hare Rd
Marguerite
Sterling Municipal Library
Place.org
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Industrial Safety Training Council
Decker Drive
Golden Corral
Vietnam Veterans of America
Baytown
VFW
N. Main
Weather Summary Across Texas and Southwest Regions
A National Summary Form reports rain spreading across Texas and the Southwest with some heavy showers. Snow showers linger in the Northeast while rain and mountain snow move into the West.
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Texas
Southwest
Inter
New leaders named for GCCISD ESL and special ed
Norma Picacio Jones is the new Director of Bilingual ESL Education at Goose Creek CISD. She previously served as Horace Mann Junior School assistant principal and 15 years in Killeen ISD as administrator and teacher, holding multiple degrees from Tarleton State Hawaii and certifications in reading ESL and more. Tom Kelchner becomes GCCISD Director of Special Education, starting in December, after roles in Dallas ISD and other districts. he holds EdD and multiple masters degrees and aims to build an exemplary inclusionary program.
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Norma Picacio-Jones
Goose Creek Cisd
Horace Mann
Goose Creek
Picacio-Jones
Tom Kelchner
Dallas Isd
Kelchner
Dallas School Administrators Association
Fort Worth
University of North Texas
University of Texas At Dallas
Texas Christian University
Gccisd
Sterling High Students Meet Condoleezza Rice in Houston Luncheon
Sterling High School sophomores Jarrod Odom Thayer Walmsley Farah Ashraf and Taylor Gomez attended a luncheon in Houston with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Coach Maggie Eubanks selected them to represent the school and Thayer Walmsley earned an extended Q and A with Rice focusing on communism and global politics.
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Sterling High School
UIL
Jarrod Odom
Thayer Walmsley
Farah Ashraf
Taylor Gomez
Condoleeza Rice
Houston
Maggie Eubanks
United States
Rice
Thayer Walmley
Thayer
Sterling
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Stin History
Depression and
Highlands Community Center
J.D. Walker Community Center
Wade Road
Decker Dr
ExxonMobil Baytown Toastmasters Club
ExxonMobil
Carl Ralph Matthews
St. John’s United
Methodist Church
S. Alexander Drive
Grace’s Kitchen
Grace United Methodist Church
N. Pruett
Calvary Temple
Breda
4-H Club
Second Baptist Church of
Angelique
and Drizale
Hign
Les
Lubbock
San Anto
Victoria
Texas City
Galveston
Trinity River
Location Libert
Moss el Romayor
AccuWeather
Saturda
AlManau
Friva
Waterday
Solunar
City
Houster
Clevelan
Bayton
Houstor
Rosenberg
Alvin
Angletor
Lake Jackson
Kountze
Lambertor
Lidert
Ign Island
Beaumont
A.Q
Goa
Winnie
Crystal Beach
AccuWeather, Inc
AccuWeather.com
Ource
Texas Commission On
Chang
NESTE
Picacio
Secretary of State
Eubanks
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