On 8 September German troops reached the suburbs of Warsaw the Polish counter offensive to the west halted the German advance for several days but it was outflanked and encircled by the Wehrmacht Remnants of the Polish army broke through to besieged Warsaw on 17 September 1939 after signing a cease-fire with Japan the Soviets invaded Eastern Poland under a pretext that the Polish state had ostensibly ceased to exist on 27 September the Warsaw garrison surrendered to the Germans and the last large operational unit of the Polish Army surrendered on 6 October Despite the military defeat Poland never surrendered; instead it formed the Polish government-in-exile and a clandestine state apparatus remained in occupied Poland a significant part of Polish military personnel evacuated to Romania and the Baltic countries; many of them would fight against the Axis in other theatres of the war! 1630 map of the Portuguese fort and the city of Malacca The city has hosted several major professional and college sporting events including the annual Houston Open golf tournament Houston hosts the annual Houston College Classic baseball tournament every February and the Texas Kickoff and Bowl in September and December respectively, The Texas Ignition Interlock Law went into effect during September 2015 This law requires judges to order ignition interlocks for all drunk-drivers with a Blood Alcohol Level of 0.15% or greater. Since the passing of this law the drunk driving related death rate in Texas has decreased by 8.5%.
Cypress Creek drains a significant portion of northern Harris County the river flows for 52 miles (84 km) through the suburban areas of Cypress and Spring before joining the San Jacinto River the creek's watershed which covers 310 square miles (800 km2) is one of the largest in the county, Tropical Storm Erin made landfall in August 2007 with heavy rainfall a total of 9 inches (230 mm) of rain fell elsewhere than George Bush Intercontinental Airport on August 16 and many roads and neighborhoods were flooded Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County Texas halted its light rail and bus services in view of the effects Four deaths in the city were attributed to the storm the Houston Fire Department reported 72 rescue operations, Contents 2000 20,851,820 22.8% 15 Further reading Shipwrecks Defendants at the Nuremberg trials where the Allied forces prosecuted prominent members of the political military judicial and economic leadership of Nazi Germany for crimes against humanity. The current Houston Chronicle headquarters formerly the Houston Post headquarters, In 2000 1,961,993 residents of Harris County spoke English only the five largest foreign languages in the county were Spanish or Spanish Creole (1,106,883 speakers) Vietnamese (53,311 speakers) Chinese (33,003 speakers) French including Cajun and Patois (33,003 speakers) and Urdu (14,595 speakers) Among those who spoke other languages 46% of Spanish speakers 37% of Vietnamese speakers 50% of Chinese speakers 85% of French speakers and 72% of Urdu speakers said that they spoke English at least "very well", In 1339 Angelino Dulcert of Majorca produced the portolan chart map Evidently drawing from the information provided in 1336 by Lanceloto Malocello sponsored by King Dinis of Portugal it showed Lanzarote island named Insula de Lanzarotus Marocelus and marked by a Genoese shield as well as the island of Forte Vetura (Fuerteventura) and Vegi Mari (Lobos) although Dulcert also included some imaginary islands himself notably Saint Brendan's Island and three islands he names Primaria Capraria and Canaria. In Europe Germany and Italy were becoming more aggressive in March 1938 Germany annexed Austria again provoking little response from other European powers. Encouraged Hitler began pressing German claims on the Sudetenland an area of Czechoslovakia with a predominantly ethnic German population Soon the United Kingdom and France followed the counsel of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and conceded this territory to Germany in the Munich Agreement which was made against the wishes of the Czechoslovak government in exchange for a promise of no further territorial demands. Soon afterwards Germany and Italy forced Czechoslovakia to cede additional territory to Hungary and Poland annexed Czechoslovakia's Zaolzie region, Various companies are headquartered in incorporated and unincorporated areas throughout Harris County. Houston Texas Business Directory 6 Impact Scoreboard 8 Enterprise Products Partners 80, 1,3-butadiene - cancer and reproductive effects The front of a brick building; the top of the building appears torn off Around the arched doorway are four niches now empty There are two small square windows.
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