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| TDH40 | TDH30 | TDH20 | TDH10 | Historical Time | Project Time | Date | Description | Reference |
| 42 | 37 | 27 | 11 | 4238.2618 | 7560 | 1972 | The Galleria opens. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 27 | 12 | 4238.2712 | 7060 | 1973 | Arab oil embargo quadruples oil prices in 90 days, fueling Houston's 1973-1981 economic boom. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 27 | 12 | 4238.2712 | 7060 | 1973 | 1973: National Weather Service purchases its second generation radar (WSR-74). | National Weather Service http://www.weather.gov/pa/history/timeline.php |
| 42 | 37 | 27 | 12 | 4238.2712 | 7560 | 1974 | Carrigoran House in Ireland opens as a nursing home and retirement center. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 27 | 13 | 4238.2713 | 7060 | 1975 | The Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word Health Care System of Houston (SCH) replaces Hospital Services as the health care corporation. A new 342-bed Schumpert Memorial Hospital is dedicated. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 27 | 13 | 4238.2713 | 7060 | 1975 | 1975: The first "hurricane hunter" Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) is launched into orbit; these satellites with their early and close tracking of hurricanes, will greatly reduce the loss of life from such storms. | National Weather Service http://www.weather.gov/pa/history/timeline.php |
| 42 | 37 | 27 | 14 | 4238.2714 | 7560 | 1978 | The Church of Latter Day Saints (Mormon) drops it 126 year old ban on African American men in the priesthood. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 37 | 27 | 16 | 4238.2716 | 7060 | 1981 | Three Sisters arrive in Nassau Bay, Texas to convert a previous Public Health Service facility situated across from the Johnson Space Center into St. John Hospital. St. Elizabeth Hospital in Houston is purchased from the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 27 | 17 | 4238.2717 | 7060 | 1983 | Hurricane Alecia strikes the Texas Gulf Coast with Houston directly in its path. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 27 | 17 | 4238.2717 | 7365.51 | 18-Aug-1983 | 1983 August 18 Alicia, the most expensive hurricane in U.S. history, hits Galveston and Houston. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 27 | 18 | 4238.2718 | 7560 | 1986 | St. Joseph's Home for the Aged in Monroe, Louisiana, is purchased by SCH. St. Anthony Center and St. Elizabeth Hospital, both in Houston, have ceased to served the SCH mission and are closed. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
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