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(31.7) 80.8 In June 2013 a comprehensive plan was unveiled that would have seen the aging structure undergo an almost $200 million renovation into a multi-purpose event/convention facility the measure would have to have been approved first through a bond election in Harris County for the publicly funded project to go forward or else officials warned the iconic structure would be demolished. Voters ended up rejecting the measure on November 5 2013. . On 22 June 1941 Germany supported by Italy and Romania invaded the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa with Germany accusing the Soviets of plotting against them They were joined shortly by Finland and Hungary the primary targets of this surprise offensive were the Baltic region Moscow and Ukraine with the ultimate goal of ending the 1941 campaign near the Arkhangelsk-Astrakhan line from the Caspian to the White Seas Hitler's objectives were to eliminate the Soviet Union as a military power exterminate Communism generate Lebensraum ("living space") by dispossessing the native population and guarantee access to the strategic resources needed to defeat Germany's remaining rivals, 144 Mary Ann Perez Democratic 2016 Southern Pasadena far southeast Houston, The Harris County Flood Control District manages the effects of flooding in the county. . Soon Houstonians were prompted to put an end to their problems; so they wanted to make a Chamber of Commerce just for the city a bill had been introduced on November 26 1838 in Congress that would establish this entity President Mirabeau B Lamar signed the act into law on January 28 1840 This move could not have come sooner as the city was suffering from financial problems and numerous yellow fever outbreaks including an 1839 outbreak that killed about 12 percent of its population Also on January 14 1839 the capital had been moved to Austin known as Waterloo at the time on April 4 1840 John Carlos hosted a meeting to establish the Houston Chamber of Commerce at the City Exchange building E.S Perkins presided as its first president in addition to Perkins and Carlos the charter members admitted were: Henry R Allen T Francis Brewer Jacob De Cordova J Temple Doswell George Gazley Dewitt C Harris J Hart Charles J Hedenburg Thomas M League Charles Kesler Charles A Morris E Osborne and John W Pitkin Undergrowth and snags had been the greatest obstacle to navigating Buffalo Bayou; yet by 1840 there was an accumulation of sunken ships This was the principle concern of the new Houston Chamber of Commerce the city of Houston and Harris County responded by allocating taxpayer money for bayou clearance and on March 1 1841 the first wreck was pulled out the bayou under this program.

! 5.3 Administrative divisions 17 External links 15 References; Despite the region's high rate of automobile usage attitudes towards transportation among Houstonians indicate a growing preference for walkability a 2017 study by the Rice University Kinder Institute for Urban Research found that 56% of Harris County residents have a preference for dense housing in a mixed-use walkable setting as opposed to single-family housing in a low-density area a plurality of survey respondents also indicated that traffic congestion was the most significant problem facing the metropolitan area in addition many households in the city of Houston have no car in 2015 8.3 percent of Houston households lacked a car which was virtually unchanged in 2016 (8.1 percent) the national average was 8.7 percent in 2016 Houston averaged 1.59 cars per household in 2016 compared to a national average of 1.8! . Privately owned private use Houston Texas Business Directory Jehovah's Witnesses 1 Senate Class 1 Ted Cruz Republican 2012 Junior Senator. . Allied to Axis GDP ratio By late March 1941 Bulgaria and Yugoslavia signed the Tripartite Pact However the Yugoslav government was overthrown two days later by pro-British nationalists Germany responded with simultaneous invasions of both Yugoslavia and Greece commencing on 6 April 1941; both nations were forced to surrender within the month the airborne invasion of the Greek island of Crete at the end of May completed the German conquest of the Balkans. Although the Axis victory was swift bitter and large-scale partisan warfare subsequently broke out against the Axis occupation of Yugoslavia which continued until the end of the war; Preterm birth From November 1943 during the seven-week Battle of Changde the Chinese forced Japan to fight a costly war of attrition while awaiting Allied relief in January 1944 the Allies launched a series of attacks in Italy against the line at Monte Cassino and tried to outflank it with landings at Anzio!