Post dateDecember 26, 2016 Happy Birthday, Sissy Spacek! On Christmas Day in 1949, Edwin and Virginia Spacek of Quitman, Texas welcomed a...
Post dateDecember 23, 2016 Happy Birthday, Howard Hughes! Howard Robard Hughes Jr. was born into a wealthy and accomplished family on December...
Post dateDecember 21, 2016 Happy Birthday, Ken Paxton! Texas’ current Attorney General, Ken Paxton, was born December 23, 1962 in Minot, North...
Post dateDecember 19, 2016 Happy Birthday, Rupert Paul Ricker! Rupert Paul Ricker was born on December 19, 1889 near Corsicana, Texas. When he...
Post dateDecember 16, 2016 Happy Birthday, Billy Gibbons! William Frederick Gibbons was born in Houston, Texas on December 16, 1949. His parents had just...
Post dateDecember 14, 2016 Happy Birthday, Amon Carter! As I’ve researched a number of famous people for this year’s Happy Birthday series, I’ve...
Post dateDecember 12, 2016 Happy Birthday, Dan Blocker! Dan Blocker was born on December 10, 1928 in DeKalb in northeastern Texas, but the...
Post dateDecember 9, 2016 Happy Birthday, Eli Whitney! I must tell you right up front that Eli Whitney was not born in...
Post dateDecember 7, 2016 Happy Birthday, Thomas Rusk and Bill Pickett! Thomas Jefferson Rusk was born December 5, 1803 near Pendleton, South Carolina. He studied law under...
Post dateDecember 5, 2016 Happy Birthday, Pattillo “Bud” Higgins! Pattillo “Bud” Higgins was born in Sabine Pass, Texas on December 5, 1863. He seemed...