2020 in Texas
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Texas-related events during the year 2020
The following is a list of events of the year 2020 in Texas .
Incumbents
[edit ]State government
[edit ]- Governor: Greg Abbott (R)
- Lieutenant Governor: Dan Patrick (R)
- Attorney General: Ken Paxton (R)
- Comptroller: Glenn Hegar (R)
- Land Commissioner: George P. Bush (R)
- Agriculture Commissioner: Sid Miller (R)
- Railroad Commissioners: Christi Craddick (R), Wayne Christian (R), and Ryan Sitton (R)
City governments
[edit ]- Mayor of Houston: Sylvester Turner (D)
- Mayor of San Antonio: Ron Nirenberg (I)
- Mayor of Dallas: Eric Johnson (R)
- Mayor of Austin: Steve Adler (D)
- Mayor of Fort Worth: Betsy Price (R) (until 15 July), Mattie Parker (R) (starting 15 July)
- Mayor of El Paso: Dee Margo (R)
- Mayor of Arlington: Jim Ross (N/A)
- Mayor of Corpus Christi: Joe McComb
- Mayor of Plano: Harry LaRosiliere (R)
- Mayor of Lubbock: Daniel Manning Pope (R)
Elections
[edit ]Main article: 2020 Texas elections
Events
[edit ]- January 17 – Winter Storm Jacob: Widespread snowfall and freezing rain across the Midwest leads to travel disruption, with rare snowfall being recorded on the Texas Panhandle.[1]
- January 24 – 2020 Houston explosion: Two people are killed and 18 injured in a warehouse explosion in Houston.[2]
- February 3 – A shooting at a dormitory at Texas A&M University–Commerce, leaves two dead and one wounded.[3]
- February 5 – Winter Storm Kade brings heavy snowfall to much of the United States, with 14 inches of snow recorded as far south as Texas.[4]
- April 26 – A survivor of the terrorist mass shooting that occurred at El Paso in August 2019 dies after nine months of hospitalization, raising the death toll to 23.[5]
- May 21 – Naval Air Station Corpus Christi attack: A motorist opens fire and attempts to breach the perimeter of Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, injuring a security guard, before being shot and killed. FBI officials determine the incident to be terrorism-related and say a second person of interest may be at large. The shooter is later identified as a Syria-born man who expressed support for ISIS and Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.[6]
- May 29 –
- In Houston, at least 137 people are arrested, eight police officers are hospitalized, and 16 police vehicles are vandalized in a riot.[7]
- A SpaceX Starship prototype (SN4) is destroyed in a large explosion during static fire testing at the SpaceX South Texas Launch Site.[8]
- June 3 – Texas State University President Denise Trauth announces on social media that a 20-year-old African-American student protestor, Justin Howell, had been critically injured by a bean bag round fired by Austin police on Sunday. Police maintain that Howell was not the intended target.[9]
- September 4 – Five people die in Texas during Hurricane Laura.[10]
- September 17 – Texas governor Greg Abbott eases COVID-19 restrictions on retail stores, gyms, and restaurants. Bars, however, remain closed.[11]
- October 10 – Over 700,000 power outages are reported in the U.S. states of Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi due to Hurricane Delta.[12]
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "Delta plane slides off taxiway at Kansas City International Airport". ABC7 New York. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
- ^ "Two Dead in Explosion at Houston Plant - The New York Times". The New York Times . January 25, 2020. Archived from the original on January 25, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
- ^ "2 dead, child injured in shooting incident at Texas A&M-Commerce residence hall". NBC News. February 4, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
- ^ "Winter Storm Bringing Snow Across the Northeast and Flurries in the Midwest". The Weather Channel. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
- ^ "Walmart mass shooting cases inch closer to trial despite COVID-19". June 27, 2020. Archived from the original on June 27, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
- ^ Campbell, Dakin Andone,Barbara Starr,Hollie Silverman,Josh (May 21, 2020). "Texas Naval base shooter believed to have expressed support for terrorist groups online". CNN. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "George Floyd rally: 137 arrests, 8 officers injured during Houston protest, HPD says". khou.com. May 28, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
- ^ Sheetz, Michael (May 29, 2020). "SpaceX prototype Starship rocket explodes after test in Texas". CNBC. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
- ^ Choi, Hojun. "Man injured by Austin police in protests is Texas State student, university says". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
- ^ "2 more in Louisiana die from heat-related illness after Hurricane Laura". NBC News. September 5, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
- ^ Higgins-Dunn, Noah (September 17, 2020). "Texas pushes forward with business reopenings as coronavirus cases, hospitalizations slide, Gov. Abbott says". CNBC. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
- ^ Baldwin, Sarah Lynch; Albert, Victoria; Freiman, Jordan; Bey, Justin; Jones, Zoe Christen (October 11, 2020). "Hurricane Delta leaves hundreds of thousands without power". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved September 27, 2024.