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Other technological and engineering feats achieved during or as a result of the war include the world's first programmable computers (Z3 Colossus and ENIAC) guided missiles and modern rockets the Manhattan Project's development of nuclear weapons operations research and the development of artificial harbours and oil pipelines under the English Channel.[citation needed] Penicillin was first mass-produced and used during the war (see Stabilization and mass production of penicillin). . Transportation Astronaut training at the Johnson Space Center in Houston Houston Texas Business Directory The Astrodome was the setting for the filming of an exhibition game with the fictional Houston Toros in the 1977 movie the Bad News Bears in Breaking Training. 3.1 Storms The Allen brothers ran their first advertisement for Houston just four days later in the Telegraph and Texas Register naming the notional town in honor of President Sam Houston. They successfully lobbied the Republic of Texas Congress to designate Houston as the temporary capital agreeing to provide the new government with a capital building. About a dozen persons resided in the town at the beginning of 1837 but that number grew to about 1,500 by the time the Texas Congress convened in Houston for the first time that May. Houston was granted incorporation on June 5 1837 with James S Holman becoming its first mayor in the same year Houston became the county seat of Harrisburg County (now Harris County). After a failed attempt to convince Spanish authorities to reestablish missions in Texas in 1711 Franciscan missionary Francisco Hidalgo approached the French governor of Louisiana for help the French governor sent representatives to meet with Hidalgo This concerned Spanish authorities who ordered the reoccupation of Texas as a buffer between New Spain and French settlements in Louisiana in 1716 four missions and a presidio were established in East Texas Accompanying the soldiers were the first recorded female settlers in Spanish Texas. . Texans also enjoy the rodeo the world's first rodeo was hosted in Pecos Texas the annual Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is the largest rodeo in the world it begins with trail rides that begin from several points throughout the state that convene at Reliant Park the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show in Fort Worth is the oldest continuously running rodeo incorporating many of the state's most historic traditions into its annual events Dallas hosts the State Fair of Texas each year at Fair Park.

The Texas Government started to promote colonization of the state the Allen brothers started to promote their town at the same time that the Republic of Texas started promoting settling of Texas They noted plans to build a sawmill and offered lots for sale at moderate prices in the manner of town boomers the Allens exaggerated a bit however, Houston Texas Business Directory, 8.1 Colleges and universities While American football has long been considered "king" in the state Texans enjoy a wide variety of sports. Black church 6 The large size of Texas and its location at the intersection of multiple climate zones gives the state highly variable weather the Panhandle of the state has colder winters than North Texas while the Gulf Coast has mild winters Texas has wide variations in precipitation patterns El Paso on the western end of the state averages 8.7 inches (220 mm) of annual rainfall while parts of southeast Texas average as much as 64 inches (1,600 mm) per year. Dallas in the North Central region averages a more moderate 37 inches (940 mm) per year, Houston Texas Business Directory Maternal health Founded in 1892 Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth also called "The Modern" is Texas's oldest art museum Fort Worth also has the Kimbell Art Museum the Amon Carter Museum the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame the Will Rogers Memorial Center and the Bass Performance Hall downtown the Arts District of Downtown Dallas has arts venues such as the Dallas Museum of Art the Morton H Meyerson Symphony Center the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House the Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art and the Nasher Sculpture Center. The High Five Interchange in Dallas is a five level interchange The Uptown District located on Interstate 610 West (referred to locally as the "West Loop") between U.S Highway 59 and Interstate 10 boomed along with Houston during the 1970s and early 1980s During that time the area grew from farm land in the late 1960s to a collection of high-rise office buildings residential properties and retail establishments including the Houston Galleria the area is an example of what architectural theorists call the edge city in the late 1990s Uptown Houston saw construction of many mid- and high-rise residential buildings of the tallest being about 30 stories. Two freshwater aquifers the Chicot and Evangeline underlie the Greater Houston area These aquifers are composed mostly of sand and clay the Chicot is located above the Evangeline and a confining layer separates them from the Jasper aquifer below which is mostly saltwater a majority of drinking water supply wells in Houston are drilled to depths between 1,000 feet (300 m) and 2,000 feet (610 m). Others follow the British historian A.J.P Taylor who held that the Sino-Japanese War and war in Europe and its colonies occurred simultaneously and the two wars merged in 1941 This article uses the conventional dating Other starting dates sometimes used for World War II include the Italian invasion of Abyssinia on 3 October 1935 the British historian Antony Beevor views the beginning of World War II as the Battles of Khalkhin Gol fought between Japan and the forces of Mongolia and the Soviet Union from May to September 1939. ; Texas 146.svg State Highway 146 In 1901 the Democratic-dominated state legislature passed a bill requiring payment of a poll tax for voting which effectively disenfranchised most blacks and many poor whites and Latinos in addition the legislature established white primaries ensuring minorities were excluded from the formal political process the number of voters dropped dramatically and the Democrats crushed competition from the Republican and Populist parties the Socialist Party became the second-largest party in Texas after 1912 coinciding with a large socialist upsurge in the United States during fierce battles in the labor movement and the popularity of national heroes like Eugene V Debs the Socialists' popularity soon waned after their vilification by the United States government for their opposition to US involvement in World War I. Terminal D at DFW Airport in Dallas, The Texas State Capitol at night, Mauritius was visited by the Portuguese between 1507 (by Diogo Fernandes Pereira) and 1513 the Portuguese took no interest in the isolated Mascarene islands Their main African base was in Mozambique and therefore the Portuguese navigators preferred to use the Mozambique Channel to go to India the Comoros at the north proved to be a more practical port of call.