1. In 1934, the Texas Centennial Exposition opened in Dallas to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Texas's independence from Mexico. The exposition featured exhibits on Texas history, industry, and culture and drew over six million visitors.
2. On January 11, 1861, Texas seceded from the United States and joined the Confederacy. This decision led to the state's involvement in the American Civil War and its eventual readmission to the Union in 1870.
3. In 1973, the University of Texas at Austin's Tower shooting survivor, Claire Wilson James, gave birth to a son. She was nine months pregnant during the 1966 attack, which killed her boyfriend and several others. Her son, born almost seven years later, was the first child conceived using in vitro fertilization in Texas.
4. In 1989, the Texas Department of Health confirmed the first case of HIV in a heterosexual woman in the state. Until that point, HIV/AIDS was largely seen as a "gay disease," and the case highlighted the need for increased education and prevention efforts in all communities.
5. On January 11, 1984, former Texas governor John Connally died. Connally, who was also a member of the Kennedy administration, was riding in the car with President Kennedy when he was assassinated in Dallas in 1963. Connally sustained several injuries in the shooting but survived, and he continued to serve in public office for several years afterward.
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