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. KTRK-TV Channel 13 Eyewitness News anchorman Dave Ward was injured during a motocross exhibition race (which also included Channel 13 sports anchor Bob Allen as well as other local media figures) in the Astrodome in the early 1970s, In August 2005 Houston became a shelter to more than 150,000 people from New Orleans who evacuated from Hurricane Katrina. One month later about 2.5 million Houston-area residents evacuated when Hurricane Rita approached the Gulf Coast leaving little damage to the Houston area This was the largest urban evacuation in the history of the United States in September 2008 Houston was hit by Hurricane Ike As many as 40% of residents refused to leave Galveston Island because they feared the type of traffic problems that had happened after Hurricane Rita! (33.7) 89.1 The Carnegie Foundation classifies three of Texas's universities as Tier One research institutions: the University of Texas at Austin the Texas A&M University and the University of Houston the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University are flagship universities of the state of Texas Both were established by the Texas Constitution and hold stakes in the Permanent University Fund the state has been putting effort to expand the number of flagship universities by elevating some of its seven institutions designated as "emerging research universities" the two expected to emerge first are the University of Houston and Texas Tech University likely in that order according to discussions on the House floor of the 82nd Texas Legislature. . 9 Citations Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County Texas (METRO) serves several areas within Harris County an agency of the Harris County government Harris County Transit serves communities in Harris County that are not served by METRO, 11.1 Roadways Skyscrapers Rank Name County Pop. One of Houston's most recent downtown landmarks is Discovery Green a large public park designed by Page Southerland Page with Hargreaves Associates, Tyler (98,564) Texas Tech University Deer Park ISD. . Contents Welcome to Praha Texas "Czech Capital of Texas", Jacinto City General aviation airports for fixed-wing aircraft outside of Houston include:, 5 Awards and recognitions Technology Using newly captured French ports the German Navy enjoyed success against an over-extended Royal Navy using U-boats against British shipping in the Atlantic the British Home Fleet scored a significant victory on 27 May 1941 by sinking the German battleship Bismarck.

Northcliffe Houston Art Car Parade, Brick two-storey gambral-roofed house with gracious wrap-around porch and second story balcony with columns Square columns on first floor porch are of brick, As a result of the Obama sweep in 2008 many Democratic candidates in contests for lower-level offices also benefited and many Republican incumbents were replaced by Democrats in the Harris County courthouse Some of the defeated Republican district court judges were later re-appointed to vacant District Court benches by Governor Rick Perry in 2018 Democrats swept the court capturing all 59 seats on the civil criminal family juvenile and probate courts; Many of the organs of the Harris County government reside in the Harris County Campus in Downtown Houston Tall symmetrical glass skyscraper with triangular peak and setbacks that narrow the building as it rises a chevron design under the top seems to be pushed upward by a long thin arrow. . ! Kohrville One of the largest crowds in the Astrodome's history more than 66,746 fans came on Sunday February 26 1995 to see Tejano superstar Selena and her band Los Dinos perform for a sell-out crowd during the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Selena y Los Dinos performed two consecutive times before at the Astrodome breaking previous attendance records each time This was Selena's last televised concert before she was fatally shot on March 31 1995 by her fan club president, San Antonio 1 Houston Harris 2,303,482 Dallas Houston Texas Business Directory, 15 See also 2.1 Gonzales Due to its size and geologic features such as the Balcones Fault Texas contains diverse landscapes common to both the U.S Southern and Southwestern regions. Although Texas is popularly associated with the U.S southwestern deserts less than 10% of Texas's land area is desert. Most of the population centers are in areas of former prairies grasslands forests and the coastline Traveling from east to west one can observe terrain that ranges from coastal swamps and piney woods to rolling plains and rugged hills and finally the desert and mountains of the Big Bend; Bronze figure of a Portuguese soldier made by Benin culture in West Africa around 1600, Within the Republican Party the Lily-white movement emerged a movement to wrest control of the party by whites and eliminate black influence altogether the movement had its origins in Texas but spread across the nation This in addition to wider efforts to restrict the influence of non-whites rapidly reversed the fortunes of the black population.