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Radio station KTSA (“Kum To San Antonio”) goes on the air.
The Referendum on Secession takes place and Texans head to the polls to vote. Bexar County votes to secede, 827 to 709.
U.S. Marshal Hal Gosling of San Antonio is shot to death by a bandit on a train south of New Braunfels.
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Maj. Gen. John J. Pershing was formally appointed commander of the Southern Department with headquarters at Ft. Sam Houston.
RiverCenter Mall holds its grand opening festivities.
The first passenger train (Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio) arrives in the city. The public celebrates with a torchlight parade.
The 70-year old exhibit hall at the Kendall County Fairgrounds in Boerne is destroyed by fire. The cause is later determined to be arson.
U.S. Government property is surrendered by General Twiggs at San Antonio to the Secession Convention Commissioners.
Rivercenter Mall opens for business but the grand opening festivities will have to wait five more days.
Second lieutenant and future President Dwight D. Eisenhower, stationed at Ft. Sam Houston, proposes to Mamie Doud.
Work is progressing on an aeroplane shed at Fort Sam Houston to house the new Wright aeroplane.
The runner-up color name was “Liberry Red.”
Hundreds of panicked small depositors cause a run on the City-Central Bank at the corner of Houston and Navarro Streets.
The south side of the gym has been reserved for negro fans and the north side for whites.
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The American Basketball Association's eighth annual All-Star game is played in Convention Center Arena.
The construction of St. Mark's Episcopal Church (right) is completed.
The Plaza Hotel (later the Granada) holds its grand opening.
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St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church announces plans for a new sanctuary at St. Mary's and Ashby.