In 1920, the inaugural season of the National Football League (NFL), 11 veterans of Major League Baseball (MLB) (including George Halas and Jim Thorpe) became the first athletes to accomplish the feat. Since 1970, only seven athletes have done so, including Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders.
The Constitution of the Republic of Texas (1836), the first Anglo-American constitution to govern Texas, was drafted by a convention of fifty-nine delegates who assembled at Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 1, 1836 (see CONVENTION OF 1836).
1 October 22 â Sam Houston is inaugurated as first elected President of the Republic of Texas. 2  December 4 â Whig Party holds its first national convention, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 3  December 7 â U.S. presidential election, 1836: Martin Van Buren defeats William Henry Harrison. March 1 - At the Convention of 1836, delegates from 57 Texas communities convene in Washington-on-the-Brazos to deliberate independence from Mexico. 2  March 2 - At the Convention of 1836, the Republic of Texas declares independence from Mexico. 3  March 5 - Samuel Colt makes the first pistol (.34-caliber).