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Texas Quote: Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all, Texas is a nation in every sense of the word. And there's an opening convey of generalities. A Texan outside of Texas is a foreigner. - John Steinbeck

2016 - Rougned Odor (Texas Rangers) punched Jose Bautista (Toronto Blue Jays) in the face after Bautista made a hard slide into Odor at second base. Odor was suspended two days later for eight games. The suspension was eventually adjusted to seven games.

Today in Texas History 1755 - Tomás Sánchez de la Barrera y Garza founded Villa de Laredo. The location was chosen in an attempt to thwart French incursion into Spanish territory.

Texas Quote: A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans. - Former Texas Speaker of the House Billy Clayton

1984 - President Reagan met with Mexican American business and civic leaders from the border area of Texas to discuss trade and investment.

Today in Texas History 1836 - Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna & Texas provisional president David Burnett signed 2 Treaties of Velasco ending the TX Revolution. However, Mexico didn’t recognize TX's independence until the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in 1848.

Texas Quote: I couldn't believe TX was real. When I arrived, there wasn't a blade of green grass or a leaf to be seen, but I was crazy about it. There wasn't a tree 6” diameter. It’s the same big wonderful thing that the oceans & the highest mountains. -Georgia O'Keefe

2003 - In Texas, fifty-nine Democratic lawmakers went into hiding over a dispute with Republican's over a congressional redistricting plan.

Today in Texas History 1889 - In Fort Worth, the recently rebuilt Missouri Pacific Hospital was dedicated under its new name of St. Joseph's Infirmary. In 1930, the institution's name was changed to St. Joseph's Hospital.