On Opening Day April 9 1965 a sold-out crowd of 47,879 watched an exhibition game between the Houston Astros and the New York Yankees President Lyndon B Johnson and his wife Lady Bird were in attendance as well as Texas Governor John Connally and Houston Mayor Louie Welch Governor Connally tossed out the first ball for the first game ever played indoors Dick "Turk" Farrell of the Astros threw the first pitch Mickey Mantle had both the first hit (a single) and the first home run in the Astrodome the Astros beat the Yankees that night 2-1, Humble ISD 16.8 Reconstruction 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, In 2004 the Astrodome was the setting of the 1988 5A Football State Championship in the movie Friday Night Lights between the Permian Panthers and the Carter High Cowboys. ! Large building with three segmented tower setbacks each with a steeply pitched roof line topped with a series of spires, Around 1,150 seaports dot Texas's coast with over 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of channels. Ports employ nearly one-million people and handle an average of 317 million metric tons. Texas ports connect with the rest of the U.S Atlantic seaboard with the Gulf section of the Intracoastal Waterway the Port of Houston today is the busiest port in the United States in foreign tonnage second in overall tonnage and tenth worldwide in tonnage the Houston Ship Channel spans 530 feet (160 m) wide by 45 feet (14 m) deep by 50 miles (80 km) long, American troops approaching Omaha Beach during the invasion of Normandy on D-Day 6 June 1944! . . 4.4 Boxing & WWE, Welcome to Praha Texas "Czech Capital of Texas", Bustamante outlawed the immigration of United States citizens to Texas in 1830. Several new presidios were established in the region to monitor immigration and customs practices the new laws also called for the enforcement of customs duties angering both native Mexican citizens (Tejanos) and Anglos in 1832 a group of men led a revolt against customs enforcement in Anahuac These Anahuac Disturbances coincided with a revolt in Mexico against the current president. Texans sided with the federalists against the current government and after the Battle of Nacogdoches drove all Mexican soldiers out of East Texas.
Houston's building boom of the 1970s and 1980s ceased in the mid-1980s due to the 1980s oil glut Building of skyscrapers resumed by 2003 but the new buildings were more modest and not as tall During that year George Lancaster a spokesperson for the Hines company said "I predict the J.P Morgan Chase Tower will be the tallest building in Houston for quite some time."! ! Houston Astros MLB Baseball Minute Maid Park 2000 42,060 Weiser Air Park in unincorporated northern Harris County. . .
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