1836    The city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen

1837    Houston, Texas is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.

1943    A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, Texas, kills 55 people.

1956    First container ship left Port Newark, New Jersey for Houston, Texas.

1973    Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in The Battle of the Sexes tennis match at the Houston Astrodome in Houston, Texas.

2002    A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas indicts former Enron Corp. chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer.