Calendar Add to Calendar Add to Timely Calendar Add to Google Add to Outlook Add to Apple Calendar Add to other calendar Export to XML When: October 4, 2016 all-day Repeats 2016-10-04T00:00:00-05:00 2016-10-05T00:00:00-05:00 Facts 4 October 1876 — The opening of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas marked the state’s first venture into public higher education. Tuition totaled $10 per semester.