1991   George Hennard drives his pick up truck to Luby's Cafetaria guns down 24 people, injures 20 more and then shoots down himself in Texas.

1993   U.S. Federal agents raid the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas to execute a search warrant and to arrest David Koresh on firearms violations. The raid marks the start of a 51-day standoff.

1994   George W. Bush is elected Governor of Texas.

1998   Convicted murderer Karla Faye Tucker is executed in Huntsville, Texas. She becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1984 and the first to be executed in the state of Texas since the American Civil War.

1998   Convicted murderer Karla Faye Tucker is executed in Huntsville, Texas. She becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1984 and the first to be executed in the state of Texas since the American Civil War.

1999   The United States Coast Guard seize 9,500 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $186 million during the inspection of a ship moored in Houston, Texas.

2001   Andrea Yates drowns her five young children in the bathtub of her Texas home.

2002   Andrea Yates is found guilty in a Texas courtroom of drowning her 5 children.

2003   The Space Shuttle Columbia breaks up upon reentry over the state of Texas, killing all seven astronauts onboard.

2004   Two trains collide near San Antonio, Texas killing three and injuring 50.

2005   United States House Majority Leader Tom DeLay is indicted on charges of criminal conspiracy by a Texas grand jury for his alleged involvement in a campaign finance scandal.