On this day April 20th in Texas history, several significant events took place that shaped the state’s past. In 1836, the Texian Army reached the Lynchburg Ferry and established a camp, while the Mexican army arrived at San Jacinto and formed a skirmish line. A year later in 1842, the Adelsverein, a society aimed at protecting German immigrants in Texas, was provisionally organized by German noblemen. This society played a crucial role in bringing over 7,000 Germans to Texas.
On the same day in 1875, Margie Neal was born near Clayton, Texas. She made history in 1926 by becoming the first woman in the Texas Senate and introducing a bill that created the State Board of Education. In 1928, Felix Huston Robertson, the only Texas-born general officer to serve in the Confederacy, passed away in Waco.
In more recent history, in 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in the tragic deaths of eleven workers.