On November 11 in Texas history, several significant events took place. In 1817, Francisco Xavier Mina and 25 of his companions were executed at Fort San Gregorio. Mina had been on a mission to drive the forces of Spanish king Ferdinand VII from Mexico, but after being defeated and captured, he met a tragic end. In 1833, the Beales Colony left New York for Texas, ultimately settling in what they named Dolores. However, the colony failed after the outbreak of the Texas Revolution.
In 1890, the Pathfinders Club, the oldest literacy club in Austin, was organized by a group of women at the Driskill Hotel. Fast forward to 1943, when Bergstrom Army Air Field was renamed Bergstrom Field, and in 1984, the Houston Oilers broke their streak of 23 consecutive road losses. In 2014, Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks scored 23 points, surpassing Hakeem Olajuwon as the highest-scoring player born outside the United States.