On September 10 2006 the U.S Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center reported that a magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred about 250 miles (400 km) west-southwest of Anna Maria Florida around 10:56 AM EDT the quake was reportedly felt from Louisiana to Florida in the Southeastern United States There were no reports of damage or injuries. Items were knocked from shelves and seiches were observed in swimming pools in parts of Florida the earthquake was described by the USGS as an intraplate earthquake the largest and most widely felt recorded in the past three decades in the region. According to the September 11 2006 issue of the Tampa Tribune earthquake tremors were last felt in Florida in 1952 recorded in Quincy 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Tallahassee, 4.4.1 Harris County elected officials, Thirty-six (36) separate and distinct public universities exist in Texas of which 32 belong to one of the six state university systems. Discovery of minerals on Permanent University Fund land particularly oil has helped fund the rapid growth of the state's two largest university systems: the University of Texas System and the Texas A&M System the four other university systems: the University of Houston System the University of North Texas System the Texas State System and the Texas Tech System are not funded by the Permanent University Fund. . 1890 27,557 66.9% Map of the Island of California circa 1650; restored, 4.6 Law enforcement 10 External links, George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) located 23 miles (37 km) north of Downtown Houston between Interstates 45 and 69 is the eighth busiest commercial airport in the United States (by total passengers and aircraft movements) and forty-third busiest globally the five-terminal five-runway 11,000-acre (4,500-hectare) airport served 40 million passengers in 2016 including 10 million international travelers in 2006 the United States Department of Transportation named IAH the fastest-growing of the top ten airports in the United States the Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center is located at Bush Intercontinental. .
. 150 Valoree Swanson Republican 2016 North Harris County (including Spring and Klein) Boom periods of the four major industries that built the early Texas economy Greater coat of arms of the United States.svg. 5 See also 9 Notes In 1578 the Saadi sultan Ahmad al-Mansur contemporary of Queen Elizabeth I defeated Portugal at the Battle of Ksar El Kebir beating the young king Sebastian I a devout Christian who believed in the crusade to defeat Islam Portugal had landed in North Africa after Abu Abdallah asked him to help recover the Saadian throne Abu Abdallah's uncle Abd Al-Malik had taken it from Abu Abdallah with Ottoman Empire support the defeat of Abu Abdallah and the death of Portugal's king led to the end of the Portuguese Aviz dynasty and later to the integration of Portugal and its empire at the Iberian Union for 60 years under Sebastian's uncle Philip II of Spain Philip was married to his relative Mary I cousin of his father due to this Philip was King of England and Ireland in a dynastic union with Spain, 4.3 Tennis At the beginning of the 1980 play off series between the Astros and the Phillies KILT AM radio announced that the Astros number one fan "Astroman" would live on top of the Domed stadium and would not come down until the Astros won the World Series Over the next 10 days Astroman played by KILT salesman Denver Griffith lived on top of the Astrodome in a six-man tent on top of the Astrodome was also a telephone hot line back to KILT radio where Griffith as Astroman would give interviews throughout the day Astroman was completely cut off and could only get food and drink by lowering a rope with a basket the 18 stories from the top of the Astrodome to the center of the playing field at one point Griffith got so desperate for food and drink that his mother had to intervene and interrupt an Oilers practice so that the needed supplies could be delivered Every night a local TV station would sign off with a shot of Astroman on top of the Astrodome waving to a circling news chopper. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. The coming of the railroads in the 1880s ended the famous cattle drives and allowed ranchers to market their cattle after a short drive and farmers move their cotton to market cheaply They made Dallas and other cities the centers of commercial activity. Ft Worth became the gateway to the west via the Fort Worth and Denver Railway. However the passenger trains were often the targets of armed gangs! Religion The Rice Lofts (formerly the Rice Hotel), As of 2015 the largest grocers in the Houston market by the number of locations were Kroger with 107 stores and 5 planned stores; H-E-B with 90 stores and 8 planned stores; Walmart with 78 stores and one planned store; Target with 35 stores; Fiesta Mart with 34 stores; Lewis Food Town with 32 stores; Randalls Food Markets with 30 stores; Aldi with 21 stores; Sam's Club with 20 stores; Sellers Bros with 11 stores; Foodarama and Whole Foods Market with 10 stores each; Costco Wholesale and Sprouts Farmers Market with six stores each; and the Fresh Market and Trader Joe's with four stores each as of 2007 the largest grocers in the Houston market were Wal-Mart Kroger H-E-B Safeway Inc (as Randalls Food Markets) Grocers Supply Company (as Fiesta Mart) Target Lewis Food Town Gerlands Food Fair Brookshire Brothers and Sellers Bros, Houston Texas Business Directory 105 Enterprise Products Partners. Etymology The Niels Esperson Building stood as the tallest building in Houston from 1927 to 1929. .
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