Gabriel Tremblay Health Economist

2 Landmarks and monuments 2 Early Spanish exploration, Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Rockport Texas very early on August 26 2017 by August 30 Houston was flooded due to torrential rainfall from the hurricane; While American football has long been considered "king" in the state Texans enjoy a wide variety of sports. . 13 Borris Miles Democratic 2016 Downtown Houston Texas Medical Center southwest and northeast Houston Houston's Southside. District 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 1994 Downtown Houston Bush IAH northwest and northeast Houston inner portions of Houston's Southside, Secrecy and disinformation Main articles: Ordinance of Secession Confederate States of America and Texas in the American Civil War. . By 1913 twelve oil companies had located themselves in Houston most notably Humble Oil Company which is now ExxonMobil Howard Hughes was born in Humble Texas where the oil company started President Woodrow Wilson opened the Port of Houston in 1914 74 years after the digging started Service started with the Satilla a ship that ran from Houston to New York New York World War I put the gasoline-combustible automobile into widespread use causing oil to become a precious commodity However the war caused the amount of tonnage arriving in the Port to drop After the war the rice business fell flat causing many Japanese-Americans to find other work or to move out of Texas. 2000 Census Houston Texas Business Directory See also: Former professional sports teams in Houston, 3 Pre-war events 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.

Climate Greater Houston metropolitan area is served by a public television station and one public radio station KUHT (HoustonPBS) is a PBS member station and the first public television station in the United States Houston Public Radio is listener-supported radio with one NPR member station KUHF (KUHF News) the University of Houston System owns and holds broadcasting licenses to KUHT and KUHF the stations broadcast from the Melcher Center for Public Broadcasting located on the campus of the University of Houston, Anna Rohleder of Forbes said "Among Houston's wealthy denizens social life centers on charity events and the arts."! ! The 1972 special Road Company was videotaped here which starred Dom DeLuise Bob Hynes Sheila MacRae & Kenny Rogers. . . On 1 September 1939 Germany invaded Poland after having staged several false flag border incidents as a pretext to initiate the attack the Battle of Westerplatte is often described as the first battle of the war the United Kingdom responded with an ultimatum to Germany to cease military operations and on 3 September after the ultimatum was ignored France the United Kingdom Australia and New Zealand declared war on Germany This alliance was joined by South Africa (6 September) and Canada (10 September) the alliance provided no direct military support to Poland outside of a cautious French probe into the Saarland the Western Allies also began a naval blockade of Germany which aimed to damage the country's economy and war effort. Germany responded by ordering U-boat warfare against Allied merchant and warships which would later escalate into the Battle of the Atlantic.