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Jacinto City 1910 115,693 81.4% Tejano The origin of many people in mixed expeditions was not always distinguished Various occupations such as sailors fishermen soldiers and nobles employed different languages (even from unrelated language groups) so that crew and settlers of Iberian empires recorded as Galicians from Spain were actually using Portuguese Basque Catalan Italian and Languedoc languages which were wrongly identified. .

. The multi-purpose stadium designed to facilitate both football and baseball is nearly circular and uses movable lower seating areas it also ushered in the era of other fully domed stadiums such as the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans as well as the now-demolished Pontiac Silverdome near Detroit Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis Kingdome in Seattle and RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Additionally numerous private and public hospitals operate in Harris County including institutions in Texas Medical Center and throughout the county for example the Harris County Psychiatric Center; Main article: Sports in Houston 3.3 Astrodome Revitalization Project Voter turnout (voting age population). Ruins of Warsaw in January 1945 after the deliberate destruction of the city by the occupying German forces, Wikisource has original text related to this article:, 1900s After the Guadalcanal Campaign the Allies initiated several operations against Japan in the Pacific in May 1943 Canadian and US forces were sent to eliminate Japanese forces from the Aleutians. Soon after the United States with support from Australian and New Zealand forces began major operations to isolate Rabaul by capturing surrounding islands and breach the Japanese Central Pacific perimeter at the Gilbert and Marshall Islands. By the end of March 1944 the Allies had completed both of these objectives and had also neutralised the major Japanese base at Truk in the Caroline Islands in April the Allies launched an operation to retake Western New Guinea! 7.1 Classical In April 1940 Germany invaded Denmark and Norway to protect shipments of iron ore from Sweden which the Allies were attempting to cut off. Denmark capitulated after a few hours and Norway was conquered within two months despite Allied support British discontent over the Norwegian campaign led to the appointment of Winston Churchill as Prime Minister on 10 May 1940, In early 1917 the War Department ordered two military installations to be built in Harris County: Camp Logan and Ellington Field the Army deployed a battalion of the all-black 24th Infantry Regiment to guard the construction site at Camp Logan Racial tension in the city rose as the black soldiers received hostile treatment in the racially segregated city Tensions flared into a full-blown riot in August 1917; the Camp Logan Riot resulted in the deaths of 15 whites (including 4 policemen) and 4 black soldiers and scores of additional injuries. (7.9) 61.7 The bombing of Guernica in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War sparked fears abroad in Europe that the next war would be based on bombing of cities with very high civilian casualties, Brazoria (south) In 2006 the Houston metropolitan area ranked first in Texas and third in the U.S within the category of "Best Places for Business and Careers" by Forbes magazine. Ninety-one foreign governments have established consular offices in Houston's metropolitan area the third-highest in the nation. Forty foreign governments maintain trade and commercial offices here with 23 active foreign chambers of commerce and trade associations. Twenty-five foreign banks representing 13 nations operate in Houston providing financial assistance to the international community! New land use policies drafted during the administration of Governor John Ireland enabled individuals to accumulate land leading to the formation of large cattle ranches Many ranchers ran barbed wire around public lands to protect their access to water and free grazing This caused several range wars. Governor Lawrence Sullivan Ross guided the Texas Legislature to reform the land use policies. Designed by Renzo Piano the Menil Collection is a contemporary art museum known for its simplicity flexibility open spaces and illumination with natural light located in a small park surrounded by residential housing. Opening in 1986 the 402-foot (123 m)-long two-story-high box of steel wood and glass contains the artwork collection of John and Dominique de Menil, Houston Dash NWSL Soccer BBVA Compass Stadium 2012 22,039 The City of Houston designated its first Poet Laureate in April 2013 naming Gwendolyn Zepeda to the post in April 2015 Dr Robin Davidson became Houston's second Poet Laureate in April 2017 Deborah Mouton became Houston's third Poet Laureate in April 2019 Leslie Contreras Schwartz became Houston's fourth Poet Laureate.