African Americans in California. Juan RodrÃ­guez Cabrillo's ship entered San Diego Bay, which marked the discovery of Alta California. The Inspector General of New Spain, JosÃ© de Galvez, began to develop plans for the further expansion, exploitation, and colonization of Alta California.
Waco siege, a 51-day standoff between Branch Davidians and federal agents that ended on April 19, 1993, when the religious groupâs compound near Waco, Texas, was destroyed in a fire. Nearly 80 people were killed.
Waco, named for an Indian tribe, has halls of fame for the Texas Rangers law officers and for Texas sports legends. It has a new granite teardrop marking the 50th anniversary of the 1953 tornado that killed 114 people. A library at Baylor has the world's largest collection of works of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.