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Polish Texans Website
Genealogy Database
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 1883 - 1943 (59 years)
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| 1 | 1895 | - 14 Feb 1895: A rare Gulf Coast snowstorm dumps up to 20 inches of snow on the Houston-Galveston area.
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| 2 | 1899 | - 20 Jun 1899: A severe flood on the Brazos River in Texas kills nearly 300.
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| 3 | 1900 | - 8 Sep 1900: The Great Galveston Storm destroys half the city and kills thousands.
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| 4 | 1909 | - 1909: Stefan Nesterowicz visits the major Polish communities in Texas.
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| 5 | 1914 | |
| 6 | 1918 | - 28 Feb 1918: Texas ratifies the Prohibition Amendment.
- 7 Oct 1918: Poland declares independence
- 11 Nov 1918: World War I ends.
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| 7 | 1920 | - 18 May 1920: Karol Jozef Wojtyla, later to become Pope John Paul II, is born in Wadowice, Poland.
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| 8 | 1929 | - 29 Oct 1929: "Black Tuesday". The stock market crashes and America is plunged into the Great Depression.
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| 9 | 1930 | - 1930: Unsuccessful Polish rebellion against Russia
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| 10 | 1939 | - 1939: Germany and the Soviet Union invade and partition Poland
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| 11 | 1941 | - 7 Dec 1941: The bombing of Pearl Harbor plunges the U.S. into World War II.
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