SAPL : October 23 In San Antonio History...

Press release from the San Antonio Public Library:

Andrew Crews

23 October 2021

1914
Eleven people, nine of which are children, drown when the San Antonio River floods after a torrential rain. The house of Albert Liebe was washed from its foundation, resulting in the death of Mrs. Liebe and her infant child born just hours earlier, along with four other children: Henry, 14; Otilia, 8; Edna, 6; Edward, 4 and Mrs. August Liebe, Albert’s mother.

1940
San Antonio’s first drive-in theater opens at 3602 Fredericksburg Road.

1987
Vanna White (right), star of CBS game show “Wheel of Fortune,” signs autographs at the H-E-B supermarket at 1533 Austin Highway.

This press release was produced by the San Antonio Public Library. The views expressed here are the author’s own.