1846 - Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican–American War 1926 - Persian cossack officer Reza Chan crowns himself Shah Palawi 1946 - Christopher Fry's "Phoenix too Frequent" premieres in...
Millie Hughes-Fulford was born December 21, 1945, in Mineral Wells, Texas. She graduated from Mineral Wells High, in 1962, then received her Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry and Biology from Tarleton State University in 1968, and her Ph.D. from Texas Woman's University in 1972.
She is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society for Gravitational Science and Biology, American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, American Society for Cell Biology and the Association of Space Explorers.