Texas Timeline Index
1979 February 24
Highest price ever paid for a pig, $42,500, Stamford, Texas1979 April 10
Red River Valley Tornado Outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people.1979 July 25 - 26
The most rain in 24 hour - 43.00 inches in Alvin, Texas1979 November 01
Tanker Burmah Agate off Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 10.7 m gallons of oil, in US's worst oil spill disaster