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The following is a list of events of the year 2021 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 Jim Wright (R)
Elections
[edit]Events
[edit]- January 7 – Texas health officials report the state's first case of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 in a resident of Harris County with no travel history.[1]
- January 14 –
- Texas surpasses two million cases of COVID-19, becoming the second state to do so after California.[2]
- January 23 – Garret Miller, a Texas man who participated in the storming of the United States Capitol, is charged for threatening to assassinate U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.[3]
- October 6 –
- United States federal judge Robert L. Pitman issues an order to block the Texas Heartbeat Act.[4]
- Four people are wounded as a gunman opens fire at a high school in Arlington, Texas after a fight. The suspected attacker escaped from the scene, but was arrested several hours later.[5]
- October 11 – Governor Greg Abbott signs an executive order prohibiting all entities in the state, including private companies, from enacting vaccine mandates.[6]
- October 13 – Blue Origin NS-18:Blue Origin launches four crew into sub-orbit on a New Shepard rocket from its Corn Ranch spaceport in Van Horn, Texas. The crew includes Blue Origin Vice President Audrey Powers, NASA engineer Chris Boshuizen, space tourist Glen de Vries, and actor William Shatner. Shatner, best known for his portrayal of Captain Kirk in the Star Trek media franchise, becomes the oldest ever person in space at the age of 90.[7]
- October 18 – Citing Roe v. Wade, the United States Department of Justice requests the Supreme Court to vacate the mandate of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on allowing the Texas Heartbeat Act to remain in effect, thereby blocking the law.[8]
- November 5 – Astroworld Festival crowd crush: Eight people are dead and hundreds more are injured during a stampede and crowd crush at the Astroworld Music Festival in Houston.[9]
- December 20 – The United States reports its first confirmed death related to the Omicron variant in an unvaccinated man in his 50s in Harris County, who had underlying health issues.[10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "CBS Texas - Breaking Local News, First Alert Weather & I-Team Investigations". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
- ^ "Texas COVID-19 cases top 2 million since the pandemic began". AP News. 2021-01-13. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
- ^ Bekiempis, Victoria; Pengelly, Martin (2021-01-23). "US man charged with threatening to 'assassinate' Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
- ^ Hayes, Madlin Mekelburg and Christal. "Federal judge blocks Texas restrictive abortion law, says women faced 'irreparable harm'". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
- ^ Melendez, Pilar (2021-10-06). "Student Opens Fire After Fight at Texas High School". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
- ^ "Texas governor bars all COVID-19 vaccine mandates in state, rips Biden for 'bullying'". Reuters. October 12, 2021.
- ^ "Star Trek's William Shatner blasts into space on Blue Origin rocket". BBC News. 2021-10-13. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
- ^ "Controversial law: US Justice Dept asks Supreme Court to block Texas abortion law". today.rtl.lu. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
- ^ Santucci, Kevin McCoy and Jeanine. "Officials: 8 dead, including teens; 'scores' injured at concert during Astroworld Festival in Texas". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
- ^ "Texas' Harris County Records Its First Death Linked to Omicron Variant". December 20, 2024.
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