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Austin, Texas
Source: iStock Mayor: Steve Adler (since 2015) City Manager: Spencer Cronk 2010 census population (rank): 790,390 (14); Male: 399,738 (50.1%); Female: 390,6523 (49.9%); White: 539,760 (68.…2002 NCAA Div. III Baseball World Series
at Appleton, Wis. (May 24-28) Participants: Carthage, Wis. (34-9); Christopher Newport, Va. (35-14); College of New Jersey (34-12); Concordia-Austin, Texas (35-11); Eastern Connecticut St. (35-10-1…Stevie Ray Vaughan
Stevie Ray Vaughan learned to play the guitar as a kid, influenced by his older brother, guitarist Jimmie Vaughan. By 1972 Stevie had dropped out of school and was playing blues guitar in bands in…Gary Graham, 2000 News
36, convicted killer, was executed in June in Austin, Texas, despite a high-profile, last-ditch effort for clemency. Graham was convicted in 1981, based on the testimony of one eyewitness…15 Biggest and Best Cities in Texas
Top of Page Source: iStockThey say that everything is bigger in Texas. But the Lone Star State is more than its size. It’s a dynamic place filled with natural beauty, friendly people, and lots of…Charles Black, Jr. Biography
Charles Black, Jr.Born: 9/22/1915Birthplace: Austin, Texas constitutional law expert and professor who helped to write the legal brief for 10-year-old Linda Brown, the plaintiff in the…Salam Fayyad
Salam Fayyad is an economist who was appointed prime minister of the Palestinian Authority in June of 2007 by President Mahmoud Abbas. Raised in the West Bank, Fayyad studied chemistry in the late…Johnny Horton
Johnny Horton was a country singer who also topped the pop charts with hits like "North to Alaska" and "The Battle of New Orleans." Horton first found an audience in the early 1950s as a regular…J. J. Pickle 2005 Deaths
J. J. PickleAge: 91 Democratic politician from Texas who, during his 15 terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, championed Social Security. A former aide to Lyndon Johnson, Pickle was…Daniel Johnston
Singer-songwriter and would-be cartoonist Daniel Johnston was a local music act in Austin, Texas when Nirvana's Kurt Cobain made him nationally famous in 1992 by wearing Johnston's t-shirt at the MTV…Trending
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