El Paso Times
1960 Spring: The Northgate (now Northpark) Shopping Center opens.
1960 November 8: Voters approve a bond issue for a new Sun Bowl, but vote down a bond issue for a civic center.
1960 November 8: Voters approve a bond issue for a new Sun Bowl, but vote down a bond issue for a civic center.
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1961 August: Coach Don Haskins arrives on the Texas Western campus.
1961 September: Andress and Eastwood high schools open.
1962 September: Parkland and Coronado high schools open.
1962 December 11: For the second time, votes fail to approve a bond issue for a civic center.
1962 December 11: For the second time, votes fail to approve a bond issue for a civic center.
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1963 January: The El Paso National Bank Building is "Put on the books," meaning it was ready to open. Its 19 floors made it the highest building in town.
1963 November 22: President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas.
1964 April: El Paso and Juarez embark on a joint rabies eradication program.
1964 September 24: Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Adolfo Lopez Mateos sign the Chamizal agreement.
1964 September 24: Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Adolfo Lopez Mateos sign the Chamizal agreement.
1965 September: Socorro High School opens.
1965 October: A Border Cities Association is greated for studying border problems.
1965 October: A Border Cities Association is greated for studying border problems.
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1966 June 30: The Chamizal National Memorial at El Paso is authorized by Congress.
1966 October: The Tiguas say they will pay no more city and county taxes.
1967 September 1: Texas Western College becomes the University of Texas at El Paso.
1967 September 1: A University Archives (more a historical manuscript collection) opens in the UT El Paso Library and quickly becomes one of the finest historical archives in Texas.
1967 September 1: A University Archives (more a historical manuscript collection) opens in the UT El Paso Library and quickly becomes one of the finest historical archives in Texas.
1968 June 16: Lee Trevino wins the U.S. Open. El Paso celebrates.
1968 June 22: El Paso property owners approve a $15 million bond issue for a civic center.
1968 June 22: El Paso property owners approve a $15 million bond issue for a civic center.
1969 September: Riverside High School opens.
1969 October: Portions of the Chamizal land granted to Mexico, which includes part of Cordova Island, is slowly transformed into a forested showcase of monuments, parks and sports facilities.
1969 October: Portions of the Chamizal land granted to Mexico, which includes part of Cordova Island, is slowly transformed into a forested showcase of monuments, parks and sports facilities.
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1970 May 19: Texas passes liquor-by-the-drink and late-closing legislation. El Paso nightclubs subsequently open, and Juarez feels the economic crunch as nobody has to cross the Rio Grande to drink.
1970 December 19: The Paso del Norte Hotel is sold for $600,000 by Zach White's daughters to the T.K.G.
Investment Company.