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. 1800s Germany annexed the western and occupied the central part of Poland and the Soviet Union annexed its eastern part; small shares of Polish territory were transferred to Lithuania and Slovakia on 6 October Hitler made a public peace overture to the United Kingdom and France but said that the future of Poland was to be determined exclusively by Germany and the Soviet Union the proposal was rejected and Hitler ordered an immediate offensive against France which would be postponed until the spring of 1940 due to bad weather, Italian invasion of Ethiopia (1935) Astrolite the Astrodome's scoreboard during a 1969 Astros game it was the world's first animated scoreboard. 4 Spanish exploration 12.1 1950s Texas drought 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 land surface in and around the city of Houston is composed of alternating layers of red gray sandy brown and black organic clay; these strata generally dip to the southeast at a slope of 0.06% (3 feet (0.91 m) of vertical change for every 1 mile (1.6 km) of distance traveled). These soils were deposited by tributaries of local waterways particularly the Brazos and Trinity rivers. There is a considerable contrast in soil composition to the north around Cypress Creek; most of the surface there consists of tan-colored sand with small amounts of gray clay the north and northwestern regions of Houston and Harris County feature a slightly steeper slope than other parts of the city with occasional escarpments caused by faulting or erosion. . . 140 Armando Walle Democratic 2008 North Houston and Aldine east of I-45, Dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, German advance into Belgium and Northern France 10 May-4 June 1940 swept past the Maginot Line (shown in dark red).
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