Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 4hToday in 2007, Houston Astro Craig Biggio ends his 20-year career, with 3,060 hits total. 020
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 8hToday in 1984, the 1939 Art Deco landmark Alabama Theater is reopened, after a loving restoration, into Bookstop. Later stripped of its architectural charm to a joyless shell. The landmark that was once the best example of historic preservation in Houston is now the lamest. 271
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 8hToday in 1950, after only 8 months of construction, Rice Stadium opens. 001
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Today in 1963, Colt .45 John Paciorek, making his big-league debut at age 18, goes 3-for-3 with two walks, four runs, and three RBls, but due to injuries won’t play another Major League game. 010
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Today in 2014, Jose Altuve is first Astro ever to win a batting title, finishing the season with a .341 average. 020
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Today in 1940, the new Municipal Airport terminal is dedicated. 061
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Today in 2026, the Astros win the American League West title, their eighth division title in the last nine full seasons. 063
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Today in 1987, the George R. Brown Convention Center opens on the east of Downtown. 060
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Today in 1946, St. John's School opens with 344 students. 100
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Today in 1981, Astros pitcher Nolan Ryan throws his fifth no-hitter, a record in MLB (he holds the record at 7). 041
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Today in 1927, the Toonerville Trolley from Main Street to the City of Bellaire ends 17 years of service. 020
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Today in 1986, pitcher Mike Scott throws a no-hitter as the Astros clinch the National League West title. 020
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Today in 1976, following a Houston debut, Houston Grand Opera’s production of Porgy & Bess opens on Broadway, later winning a Tony and Grammy Award. 020
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Today in 1969, the Houston Audubon Society is formed by a dedicated group of eighteen men and women who saw the need for environmental education for youth and environmental advocacy for Houston’s wildlife habitats. 000
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Today in 1900, Houston industrialist William Marsh Rice is murdered by his valet in New York City. 020
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Today in 1975, Loop 610 is completed. (We’ve heard the jokes) 061
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Today in 1984, The Cosby Show debuts on NBC, co-starring Houston's Phylicia Rashad. 010
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Today in 1973, Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes tennis match in the Astrodome. 0123
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Today in 1956, Gulfgate Shopping City, Houston's first mall, opens on the Gulf Freeway. 020
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Today in 1940, Houston entrepreneur Jesse Jones is appointed the US Secretary of Commerce. #MrHouston 011
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Today in 1927, Houston Junior College opens its first fall semester as part of @HoustonISD system, later becoming University of Houston. @uhouston.bsky.social 154
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Today in 1979, His Holiness the Dalai Lama makes his first visit to Houston. @dalailama.bsky.social 011
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Today in 1959, a disturbed parent detonates a bomb on Poe Elementary campus, killing himself and 5 others. Heroes from that day, Jennie Kolter and James Montgomery, a teacher and custodian killed in the blast, would later have schools named for them. 020
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Today in 1961, Sharpstown Mall opens. Houston's third, but the first enclosed and with A/C. 020
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Today in 1961, NASA announces Manned Spacecraft Center will be located in Houston. 010
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Today in 2008, Hurricane Ike makes landfall east of Galveston Island, then slams into Houston. 131
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Today in 1983, Harris County Toll Road Authority is formed. 000
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Today in 1975, Betty Moody opens Moody Gallery, featuring local, contemporary American artists. 011
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Today in 1978, “The Ballad of the Urban Cowboy” by Aaron Latham is published in Esquire, later the basis for the movie. 110
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Today in 1962, JFK pledges the U.S. to go to the moon by decade’s end in speech at @riceuniversity.bsky.social 050
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Today in 1989, Houston’s first IMAX theater opens at the Houston Museum Natural Science. @hmns.bsky.social 010
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Today in 1965, the Astrodome hosts its first ever football game, Tulsa beats @uhouston.bsky.social @uhcougars.bsky.social 000
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Today in 1961, Category 4 Hurricane Carla makes landfall near Port Lavaca. Due to emerging satellite and radar technologies on broadcast TV, half a million are able to evacuate - keeping the death toll to 46. 001
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Today in 2026, Astros 2B Jose Altuve gets the 2,500th hit of his career, a double in Philadelphia. 061
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Today in 2006, Macy’s ditches the Foley’s name after buying the 100-year-old Houston department store months earlier. 030
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Today in 1968, the Houston Oilers play their first regular season game in the Astrodome, losing to Kansas City. 010
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Today in 2002, the Houston Texans play their first regular season game, beating the Dallas Cowboys at Reliant/NRG Stadium. 021
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Today in 1900, a massive hurricane strikes Galveston, killing 6,000 and leaving the city in ruins. 020
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Today in 1914, the Ship Channel dredging to 25 feet deep is completed. 000
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Today in 1988, the Astrodome's Home Run Spectacular lights up one last time, during a ninth inning home run by Glenn Davis, later removed for more seats. 031
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Today in 1977, Goode Company BBQ opens its gray barn on Kirby. 020
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Today in 2008, @HoustonRockets’ Hakeem Olajuwon enters the Basketball Hall of Fame. 011
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Today in 1836, General Sam Houston is elected president of the Republic of Texas, and voters approve seeking annexation by the US. 000
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Today in 1981, singer/dancer/force-of-nature Beyoncé Knowles is born in Houston. 020
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Today in 2016, University of Houston opens its College of the Arts. 021
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Today in 2005, Harris County opens the Astrodome to 25,000 Hurricane Katrina evacuees. 040
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Today in 1934, Southern Pacific Railroad and the City of Houston open the new Grand Central Station on the west side of Downtown. 040
Houstorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Today in 2022, the Battleship Texas leaves its home at the San Jacinto Battleground Site for repairs in Galveston, never to return. 030
