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Flooding 7.3 Blues 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, Within Harris County hospital services for the indigent and needy are provided by the Harris County Hospital District a separate governmental entity Harris County Hospital District operates three hospitals: LBJ General Hospital Quentin Mease Community Hospital and Ben Taub General Hospital as well as many clinics. . . Houston Texas Business Directory Nothing in particular 13 The situation reached a general crisis in late August as German troops continued to mobilise against the Polish border in August 23 when tripartite negotiations about a military alliance between France the United Kingdom and Soviet Union stalled the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact with Germany. This pact had a secret protocol that defined German and Soviet "spheres of influence" (western Poland and Lithuania for Germany; eastern Poland Finland Estonia Latvia and Bessarabia for the Soviet Union) and raised the question of continuing Polish independence the pact neutralized the possibility of Soviet opposition to a campaign against Poland and assured that Germany would not have to face the prospect of a two-front war as it had in World War I Immediately after that Hitler ordered the attack to proceed on 26 August but upon hearing that the United Kingdom had concluded a formal mutual assistance pact with Poland and that Italy would maintain neutrality he decided to delay it!

16 Further reading 17 Further reading 7 External links Over the next several hours two brief skirmishes occurred Texians won the first forcing a small group of dragoons and the Mexican artillery to withdraw. Mexican dragoons then forced the Texian cavalry to withdraw in the melee Rusk on foot to reload his rifle was almost captured by Mexican soldiers but was rescued by newly arrived Texian volunteer Mirabeau B Lamar. Over Houston's objections many infantrymen rushed onto the field As the Texian cavalry fell back Lamar remained behind to rescue another Texian who had been thrown from his horse; Mexican officers "reportedly applauded" his bravery. Houston was irate that the infantry had disobeyed his orders and given Santa Anna a better estimate of their strength; the men were equally upset that Houston hadn't allowed a full battle. 4.6 Earlier 20th century (11.9) 46.2 Besides coastal exploration Portuguese ships also made trips further out to gather meteorological and oceanographic information These voyages revealed the archipelagos of Bissagos Islands where the Portuguese were defeated by native people in 1535 Madeira the Azores Cape Verde Sao Tome Trindade and Martim Vaz Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago Fernando de Noronha Corisco Elobey Grande Elobey Chico Annobon Island Ascension Island Bioko Island Falkland Islands Principe Island Saint Helena Island Tristan da Cunha Island and Sargasso Sea; . By October Axis operational objectives in Ukraine and the Baltic region were achieved with only the sieges of Leningrad and Sevastopol continuing a major offensive against Moscow was renewed; after two months of fierce battles in increasingly harsh weather the German army almost reached the outer suburbs of Moscow where the exhausted troops were forced to suspend their offensive. Large territorial gains were made by Axis forces but their campaign had failed to achieve its main objectives: two key cities remained in Soviet hands the Soviet capability to resist was not broken and the Soviet Union retained a considerable part of its military potential the blitzkrieg phase of the war in Europe had ended, President Woodrow Wilson opened the deep-water Port of Houston in 1914 seven years after digging began by 1930 Houston had become Texas' most populous city and Harris County the most populous county in 1940 the U.S Census Bureau reported Houston's population as 77.5% white and 22.4% black. Texas has the most farms and the highest acreage in the United States the state is ranked No.?1 for revenue generated from total livestock and livestock products It is ranked No.?2 for total agricultural revenue behind California at $7.4 billion or 56.7 percent of Texas's annual agricultural cash receipts beef cattle production represents the largest single segment of Texas agriculture This is followed by cotton at $1.9 billion (14.6 percent) greenhouse/nursery at $1.5 billion (11.4 percent) broilers at $1.3 billion (10 percent) and dairy products at $947 million (7.3 percent).