October 4 in San Antonio history…

1957
Buddy Holly & the Crickets make their only San Antonio appearance at the Municipal Auditorium with “The Biggest Show of Stars for ’57.” Along with the Crickets, the bill includes: Fats Domino, LaVern Baker, The Drifters, Frankie Lymon, Chuck Berry, Clyde McPhatter, Eddie Cochran, The Diamonds, Buddy Knox, Jimmy Bowen and Paul Anka. The concert of many rock and roll stars was probably overshadowed with the news that the Soviet Union had launched an artificial “star” that day – Sputnik.

1971
USAA implements a four-day, 38 hour work week.

1979
City Council accepts a $3.3 million insurance payment and decides to restore the Municipal Auditorium after the devastating fire the previous January.

September 28 in San Antonio history…

1896
City council revises the 1867 against carrying concealed weapons in the city.  From now on, the penalty will be a fine instead of imprisonment.

1971
While investigating a domestic disturbance call, Kendall County Sheriff Douglas Kuebel is fatally wounded by the gunman holding his wife and father-in-law hostage in the house and dies a few hours later.

2009
Neighbors awoke to barking dogs and the sound of police cars converging on the corner of La Manda Boulevard and Neer Avenue, near the Westfall Library branch,  on the North Side early this morning.  Responding to a 6 a.m. disturbance call, the officers disarmed and took into custody a neighborhood intruder – a 4-foot alligator.  They couldn’t get hold of a game warden at that hour, so they duct-taped the reptile’s jaw shut and put it in the back of a van used for transporting prisoners. No other prisoners were in the van at the time.

July 2 in San Antonio history…

1731
The site for the Church of San Fernando is selected when Juan Antonio Pérez de Almazán, captain of the Presidio of San Antonio, lays out a central square for the villa of San Fernando de Béxar, as San Antonio was first called. The church is to be located on the west side of the square. After Almazan selects the site of the doorway of the church, Main Plaza is laid out from the doorway.

1963
A total of 61 percent of all business establishments signed pledges that they would voluntarily desegregate, according to a report of the City Council’s committee on desegregation.

1971
The Aztec Theater promises “a new concept in entertainment” with the transformation into a multiplex, called the Aztec-3.

May 28 in San Antonio history…

1971
The General Cinema Corporation opens the new twin-screen Cinema I & II theaters at McCreless Mall.  The opening attractions are “The Andromeda Strain” and “Red Sky at Morning.”

1988
Sea World of Texas holds grand opening festivities featuring television stars throughout the park, such as Bob Keeshan of “Captain Kangaroo,” Tina Yothers of “Family Ties,” and Bryce Beckham of “Mr. Belvedere.” Susan Howard of “Dallas” said, “God gave someone good sense and the powers that be for choosing San Antonio as a site for the park.  This is truly a Memorial Day that we will all remember for the rest of our lives.”

1997
San Antonio native Linda Finch completes an around-the-world flight in a Lockheed Electra to commemorate Amelia Earhart’s ill-fated attempt sixty years earlier.

March 30 in San Antonio history…

1955
Noted segregationist and former Georgia governor, Herman Talmadge, gives a speech entitled “State’s Rights, Constitutional Government and the Bricker Amendment” at Municipal Auditorium.  His appearance is sponsored by the “American Heritage Protective Committee,” sponsored by a local insurance executive.

1962
Mahalia Jackson performs at Municipal Auditorium.

1971
When Mayor Walter W.  McAllister unveils the street entrance sign this afternoon it will be official – La Posada Motor Inn will become La Mansion del Rio. Other city and county officials, and owners of the hotel will join the Mayor at renaming ceremonies.

January 30 in San Antonio history…

1950
Local supervisors have begun the recruiting of 450 field enumerators for the 1950 census taking.  Aiding Donald H. Hogan, district supervisor, in preliminary work is Mrs. Mary B. Huntress, assistant district supervisor.

1958
A plan for a “hemisfair” – a world’s fair for Latin American countries and the U.S. – was being considered today.  A chamber of commerce committee decided to probe the possibility of having such a fair in 1960.

1971
The mercury soars to a balmy 89 degrees in the Alamo City.  Still a record for the date and the warmest temperature ever for January.

December 29 in San Antonio history…

1941
Airport engineers announce that they will begin pouring concrete for the runways at the new airport on January 5.  It is estimated the work will be completed in 100 working days.  Meanwhile, work is progressing on laying the drainage pipe.

1960
Terrell Hills police searched in vain for a brightly clad spaceman. An interplanetary character, complete with bubble helmet and antennae, was reported by Dr. and Mrs. Dick Creamer, 205 Newbury.

1971
The groundbreaking for the new $6.8 million Community Hospital takes place at the corner of Floyd Curl and Wurzbach roads in the South Texas Medical Center.  The new hospital is expected to be completed in 1973.

December 10 in San Antonio history…

1912
The city’s first F.W. Woolworth & Co. store opens at the corner of  Houston & Alamo streets (right).

1971
Savoy Brown, Atomic Rooster and Chicken Shack play a concert in Municipal Auditorium.

1974
On the 25th anniversary of the station, WOAI-TV changes their call letters to KMOL.

October 13 in San Antonio history…

1916
The University of Texas defeats Oklahoma A&M, 14-6, in a game played at League Park here in San Antonio.

1971
A live rock concert, “Rex Foster with Don and Merrily” is broadcast from the KLRN studios and simulcast on radio stations KEXL in San Antonio and KHFI in Austin.  It is the first time that the stereo radio and television technique has been used in two cities at once.

1975
The Ace in the Hole band, featuring singer George Strait, plays their first concert – just up the road at Cheatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos.

October 4 in San Antonio history…

1971
USAA implements a four-day, 38 hour work week.

1979
City Council accepts a $3.3 million insurance payment and decides to restore the Municipal Auditorium after the devastating fire the previous January.

1991
More than 50 rings, three watches including a Rolex and necklaces are part of a cache of jewelry on display at police headquarters today, one day after the arrest of a man believed to be part of a gang that robbed a jewelry store in North Star Mall.