Houston with a customer base of more than 3 million is AT&T's largest service city the city's telecommunications infrastructure completes more than 70 million Houston telephone connections daily the Texas Public Utilities Commission has certified more than 400 additional local exchange carriers to provide service statewide or specifically within Houston More than 1,600 interexchange carriers have registered with the commission to provide long distance service, 6.1 Books The vague unrest erupted into armed conflict on October 2 1835 at the Battle of Gonzales when Texans repelled a Mexican attempt to retake a small cannon. This launched the Texas Revolution and over the next three months the Texian Army successfully defeated all Mexican troops in the region, Notes 23 Apache Corporation 206 The diversion of three quarters of the Axis troops and the majority of their air forces from France and the central Mediterranean to the Eastern Front prompted the United Kingdom to reconsider its grand strategy in July the UK and the Soviet Union formed a military alliance against Germany the British and Soviets invaded neutral Iran to secure the Persian Corridor and Iran's oil fields in August the United Kingdom and the United States jointly issued the Atlantic Charter. Mexican retreat and surrender Native Americans and early Europeans, Though 35 percent of Texas' population is now Hispanic African-Americans are still the most populous minority in Southeast Texas During the Civil Rights Movement several communities clashed over racial integration issues, Big Tex presided over every Texas State Fair since 1952 until it was destroyed by fire in 2012.
Main article: Causes of World War II, Hospital services The Texas Ranger Division of the Texas Department of Public Safety is a law enforcement agency with statewide jurisdiction Over the years the Texas Rangers have investigated crimes ranging from murder to political corruption They have acted as riot police and as detectives protected the Texas governor tracked down fugitives and functioned as a paramilitary force both for the republic and the state the Texas Rangers were unofficially created by Stephen F Austin in 1823 and formally constituted in 1835 the Rangers were integral to several important events of Texas history and some of the best-known criminal cases in the history of the Old West, Stafford (mostly in Fort Bend County) (137) 5.52. As news of the Alamo's fall spread volunteer ranks swelled reaching about 1,400 men on March 19. Houston learned of Fannin's defeat on March 20 and realized his army was the last hope for an independent Texas Concerned that his ill-trained and ill-disciplined force would only be good for one battle and aware that his men could easily be outflanked by Urrea's forces Houston continued to avoid engagement to the immense displeasure of his troops by March 28 the Texian army had retreated 120 miles (190 km) across the Navidad and Colorado Rivers. Many troops deserted; those who remained grumbled that their commander was a coward. In Asia and the Pacific between 3 million and more than 10 million civilians mostly Chinese (estimated at 7.5 million) were killed by the Japanese occupation forces the most infamous Japanese atrocity was the Nanking Massacre in which fifty to three hundred thousand Chinese civilians were raped and murdered. Mitsuyoshi Himeta reported that 2.7 million casualties occurred during the Sanko Sakusen General Yasuji Okamura implemented the policy in Heipei and Shantung.
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