According to the Handbook of Texas the East Texas area "may be separated from the rest of Texas roughly by a line extending from the Red River in north-central Lamar County southwestward to east-central Limestone County and then southeastward towards eastern Galveston Bay" though most sources separate the Gulf Coast area into a separate region, The Sharpstown scandal which concerned government bribes involving real estate developer Frank Sharp (neighborhood of Sharpstown is named after him) occurred in 1970 and 1971. .
. 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, Houston Texas Business Directory (21.8) 63.0 Tourism and recreation Main articles: Genocide the Holocaust Nazi concentration camps Extermination camp Forced labour under German rule during World War II Kidnapping of children by Nazi Germany and Nazi human experimentation. See also: List of colleges and universities in Houston Houston panorama c 1910! Yalta Conference held in February 1945 with Winston Churchill Franklin D Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin, Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 5 Culture Tomball When Urrea began marching south in mid-May many families from San Patricio who had supported the Mexican army went with him When Texian troops arrived in early June they found only 20 families remaining the area around San Patricio and Refugio suffered a "noticeable depopulation" in the Republic of Texas years. Although the treaty had specified that Urrea and Filisola would return any slaves their armies had sheltered Urrea refused to comply Many former slaves followed the army to Mexico where they could be free by late May the Mexican troops had crossed the Nueces. Filisola fully expected that the defeat was temporary and that a second campaign would be launched to retake Texas. Tropical Storm Allison dumped up to 37 inches (940 mm) of rain on parts of the city over a five-day period in 2001 and was the most destructive and costly natural disaster in Houston history prior to Hurricane Harvey Area flooding was catastrophic and widespread the storm completely overwhelmed the flood control system and caused 22 deaths in Houston and $6.05 billion (2006 USD) in damage It is the only tropical storm in history to have its name retired, (41) 104 Per the American Community Survey's 2013-2017 estimates Houston's age distribution was 569,656 under 18; 1,697,680 aged 18 to 20; 1,611,185 aged 21 to 61; 288,654 aged 62 to 64; and 228,460 aged 65 and older the median age was 32.9 down from 33.5 in 2014; the city's youthfulness has been attributed to an influx of an African American New Great Migration Hispanic or Latin American and Asian immigrants into Texas for every 100 females there were 100.3 males, Armed groups sought supplies and funds in various ways Financing was requested from the King delegates of the Crown the nobility rich merchants or the troops themselves the more professional campaigns were funded by the Crown Campaigns were sometimes initiated by inexperienced governors because in Spanish Colonial America offices were bought or handed to relatives or cronies Sometimes an expedition of conquistadors were a group of influential men who had recruited and equipped their fighters by promising a share of the booty. ! 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].
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