April 6 - Texas History

Speaker 1: This is today in Texas history on this.

Speaker 2: Day, April sixth. In nineteen sixty eight, Hemis Fair, the

first officially designated international exposition in the Southwestern United States,

opened in San Antonio. It celebrated the cultural heritage shared

by San Antonio and the nations of Latin America. It

ran from April to October and attracted six point three

million visitors. More than thirty nations participated with pavilions or exhibits.

It also changed the face of the city. The outstanding

structures at the fair that remained after the event included

the Institute of Texan Cultures, the Convention Center and arena,

and the six hundred and twenty two foot Tower of

the Americans. I bet you didn't know

Speaker 1: That was today in Texas history.