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German SS soldiers from the Dirlewanger Brigade tasked with suppressing the Warsaw Uprising against Nazi occupation August 1944, Stadia Developing male cones and needles, Originally the stadium's surface was a Tifway 419 Bermuda grass specifically bred for indoor use the dome's ceiling contained thousands of semitransparent panes made of Lucite. Players quickly complained that glare coming off of the panes made it hard for them to track fly balls; to solve the problem two sections of panes were painted white in April. However within a few months the grass died from lack of sunlight for most of the 1965 season the Astros played on green-painted dirt and dead grass the clear panels also added a problem when combined with the natural grass the grass tended to hold then release moisture often resulting in rain within the structure causing games to be delayed while the grounds crews cleaned up the playing surface; Since 1911 Texas has led the nation in length of railroad miles within the state Texas railway length peaked in 1932 at 17,078 miles (27,484 km) but declined to 14,006 miles (22,540 km) by 2000 While the Railroad Commission of Texas originally regulated state railroads in 2005 the state reassigned these duties to TxDOT, Although all of Germany's stated demands had been satisfied by the agreement privately Hitler was furious that British interference had prevented him from seizing all of Czechoslovakia in one operation in subsequent speeches Hitler attacked British and Jewish "war-mongers" and in January 1939 secretly ordered a major build-up of the German navy to challenge British naval supremacy in March 1939 Germany invaded the remainder of Czechoslovakia and subsequently split it into the German Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and a pro-German client state the Slovak Republic. Hitler also delivered the 20 March 1939 ultimatum to Lithuania forcing the concession of the Klaipeda Region! (-8) 29 Houston Texas Business Directory Culture The Gulf Coastal Plains region wraps around the Gulf of Mexico on the southeast section of the state Vegetation in this region consists of thick piney woods the Interior Lowlands region consists of gently rolling to hilly forested land and is part of a larger pine-hardwood forest. Besides coastal exploration Portuguese ships also made trips further out to gather meteorological and oceanographic information These voyages revealed the archipelagos of Bissagos Islands where the Portuguese were defeated by native people in 1535 Madeira the Azores Cape Verde Sao Tome Trindade and Martim Vaz Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago Fernando de Noronha Corisco Elobey Grande Elobey Chico Annobon Island Ascension Island Bioko Island Falkland Islands Principe Island Saint Helena Island Tristan da Cunha Island and Sargasso Sea, In 1690 Spanish authorities concerned that France posed competitive threat constructed several missions in East Texas. After Native American resistance the Spanish missionaries returned to Mexico. When France began settling Louisiana mostly in the southern part of the state in 1716 Spanish authorities responded by founding a new series of missions in East Texas. Two years later they created San Antonio as the first Spanish civilian settlement in the area, Harris County ESD #6 EMS North Channel EMS .5% .0089 Chevron has its Houston offices at the 1400 Smith Street complex. . Obesity diesel particulate matter (DPM) - cancer vte Main article: Geology of Texas Electronic Data Systems headquarters in Plano.

(25.6) 85.2 5 Car culture, 3 Extreme weather 7 External links, Flag Great Seal Monuments Motto Anthem Bird World Heritage Sites. The coming of the railroads in the 1880s ended the famous cattle drives and allowed ranchers to market their cattle after a short drive and farmers move their cotton to market cheaply They made Dallas and other cities the centers of commercial activity. Ft Worth became the gateway to the west via the Fort Worth and Denver Railway. However the passenger trains were often the targets of armed gangs. Venues across Houston regularly host local and touring rock blues country dubstep and Tejano musical acts While Houston has never been widely known for its music scene Houston hip-hop has become a significant independent music scene that is influential nationwide Houston is the birthplace of the chopped and screwed remixing-technique in Hip-hop which was pioneered by DJ Screw from the city Other notable Hip-hop artists in the area include Geto Boys Chamillionaire Travis Scott & Megan Thee Stallion, 143 Ana Hernandez Luna Democratic 2006 East Houston within Loop 610 Houston Ship Channel Galena Park Jacinto City northern Pasadena. While far from the major battlefields of the American Civil War Texas contributed large numbers of men and equipment to the rest of the Confederacy. Union troops briefly occupied the state's primary port Galveston Texas's border with Mexico was known as the "backdoor of the Confederacy" because trade occurred at the border bypassing the Union blockade the Confederacy repulsed all Union attempts to shut down this route but Texas's role as a supply state was marginalized in mid-1863 after the Union capture of the Mississippi River the final battle of the Civil War was fought near Brownsville Texas at Palmito Ranch with a Confederate victory, In the East the intended gains of Lebensraum were never attained as fluctuating front-lines and Soviet scorched earth policies denied resources to the German invaders. Unlike in the West the Nazi racial policy encouraged extreme brutality against what it considered to be the "inferior people" of Slavic descent; most German advances were thus followed by mass executions. Although resistance groups formed in most occupied territories they did not significantly hamper German operations in either the East or the West until late 1943. 17 Joan Huffman Republican 2008 Meyerland Bellaire West University Place much of Greater Katy area far west Houston Barker Reservoir, 3.5 European occupations and agreements The Lyric Centre sits in the heart of the Theater District just across the street from the Wortham Center and adjacent to the Alley Theatre the black-and-white striped office building houses dozens of law firms but the block on which the tower sits is perhaps best known for the giant cellist playing outside. It is the work of sculptor David Addickes who also created the statue of Sam Houston outside Huntsville Texas. The war in Europe concluded with an invasion of Germany by the Western Allies and the Soviet Union culminating in the capture of Berlin by Soviet troops the suicide of Adolf Hitler and the German unconditional surrender on 8 May 1945 Following the Potsdam Declaration by the Allies on 26 July 1945 and the refusal of Japan to surrender under its terms the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August respectively With an invasion of the Japanese archipelago imminent the possibility of additional atomic bombings the Soviet entry into the war against Japan and its invasion of Manchuria Japan announced its intention to surrender on 15 August 1945 cementing total victory in Asia for the Allies Tribunals were set up by the Allies and war crimes trials were conducted in the wake of the war both against the Germans and the Japanese. . Further information: Political party strength in Texas In the Middle East in May Commonwealth forces quashed an uprising in Iraq which had been supported by German aircraft from bases within Vichy-controlled Syria. Between June and July they invaded and occupied the French possessions Syria and Lebanon with the assistance of the Free French.[citation needed].