Jerome Lester Horwitz, better known by his stage name Curly Howard, was an American comedian and vaudevillian actor. He was best known as the most outrageous member of the American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges, which also featured his older brothers Moe Howard and...erome Lester Horwitz, better known by his stage name Curly Howard, was an American comedian and vaudevillian actor. He was best known as the most outrageous member of the American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges, which also featured his older brothers Moe Howard and...
The Goliad Massacre, set in the town of Goliad on March 27, 1836, was a killing of Republic of Texas soldier-prisoners and their commander, James Fannin, during the Texas Revolution by the Mexican Army under orders from General and President of Mexico Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.
The Battle of the Alamo and the Goliad Massacre: Sam Houston felt that the city of San Antonio and the Alamo fortress were not worth defending: there were too few troops to do so, and the city was too far from the rebels' east Texas base. He ordered Jim Bowie to destroy the Alamo and evacuate the city: instead Bowie fortified the Alamo and set up defenses.