2020 in Texas

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The following is a list of events of the year 2020 in Texas.

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Events

• January 16 – Killer nurse Genene Jones is sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a baby boy in San Antonio in 1981. The new conviction came as a result of attempts to prevent Jones from leaving prison.
• January 17 – Winter Storm Jacob: Widespread snowfall and freezing rain across the Midwest leads to travel disruption, with rare snowfall being recorded on the Texas Panhandle.
• January 24 – 2020 Houston explosion: Two people are killed and 18 injured in a warehouse explosion in Houston.
• February 3 – A shooting at a dormitory at Texas A&M University–Commerce, leaves two dead and one wounded.
• February 5 – Winter Storm Kade brings heavy snowfall to much of the United States, with 14 inches of snow recorded as far south as Texas.
• April 26 – A survivor of the terrorist mass shooting that occurred at El Paso in August 2019 dies after nine months of hospitalization, raising the death toll to 23.
• May 21 – Naval Air Station Corpus Christi attack: A motorist opens fire and attempts to breach the perimeter of Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, injuring a security guard, before being shot and killed. FBI officials determine the incident to be terrorism-related and say a second person of interest may be at large. The shooter is later identified as a Syria-born man who expressed support for ISIS and Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
• May 29 –
  • In Houston, at least 137 people are arrested, eight police officers are hospitalized, and 16 police vehicles are vandalized in a riot.
  • A SpaceX Starship prototype (SN4) is destroyed in a large explosion during static fire testing at the SpaceX South Texas Launch Site.
• June 3 – Texas State University President Denise Trauth announces on social media that a 20-year-old African-American student protestor, Justin Howell, had been critically injured by a bean bag round fired by Austin police on Sunday. Police maintain that Howell was not the intended target.
• September 4 – Five people die in Texas during Hurricane Laura.
• September 17 – Texas governor Greg Abbott eases COVID-19 restrictions on retail stores, gyms, and restaurants. Bars, however, remain closed.
• October 10 – Over 700,000 power outages are reported in the U.S. states of Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi due to Hurricane Delta.

See also

• 2020 in the United States
• COVID-19 pandemic in Texas

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