SAPL : October 26 In San Antonio History...

Press release from the San Antonio Public Library:

Andrew Crews

26 October 2021

1903
Legendary Wild West cowboy, Bill Pickett (right), entertains at the International Fair and is injured in an attempt to throw a steer with his teeth. While leaping from his horse to the steer’s back, the steer stumbled and landed with Pickett underneath, breaking his arm and knocking the breath out of him.

1983
The Children’s Hospital at Santa Rosa Medical Center opens its new 30-bed Infant Care Center today. The unit combines the neonatal unit and special care center for toddlers up to the age of two. Children’s Hospital at Santa Rosa was the first private hospital in San Antonio to open a neonatal intensive care unit, in 1969.

2003
Northside ISD celebrates the dedication of the new Bob Beard elementary school located at 8725 Sonoma Parkway.

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