When World War II Started
Tonnage Levels Fell At
The
Port
And
Five Shipping Lines Ended Service
April 1940 Saw Streetcar Service Replaced
By
Buses
Robertson Stadium
Then Known
As
Houston Public School Stadium
Was Erected From March 1941
To
September 1942
Also That Year
Pan Am Started Air Service
World War II Sparked
The
Reopening Of Ellington Field
The
Cruiser Houston Was Named After
The
City
It
Sank After
A
Vicious Battle
In
Java
Indonesia
In
1942
August 1942 Also Saw
The
New City Manager Government Enacted
The
M
D
Anderson Foundation Formed
The
Texas Medical Center
In
1945
That Same Year
The
University Of Houston Separated From HISD
And
Became
A
Private University
Aircraft
And
Shipbuilding Became Large Industries
In
Texas As
A
Result Of
The
War
Tonnage Rose After
The
End Of
The
War
In
1946
During
The
Same Year
E
W
Bertner Gave Away 161 Acres (0.65 Km�) Of Land For
The
Texas Medical Center
Suburban Houston Came
To
Be
In
The
Period From 1946
To
1950
When Oscar F
Holcombe Took His Eighth Term
In
1946
He Abandoned
A
City Manager Type Of Government
Foley's Department Store Opened
In
1947
The
Alley Theatre Got Its First Performance
In
1947
Also
The
Same Year
Voters Overwhelmingly Rejected
A
Referendum
For
Citywide Land-use Districts--zoning
The
Banking Industry Also Rose
To
Prominence
In
The
Late 1940s.[citation Needed] Houston Carried Out
A
Large Annexation Campaign
To
Increase Its Size
When Air Conditioning Came
To
The City
It
Was Called
The
"World's Most Air Conditioned City"
The
Economy Of Houston Reverted To
A
Healthy
Port Driven Economy
San Antonio's South Texas Medical Center facilities rank sixth
in
clinical medicine research impact
in
the
United States
the
University of Texas Health Science Center
is
another highly ranked research
and
educational institution
in
San Antonio, 8.1 Colleges
and
universities
Harris County ESD #13 Fire Cypress Creek FD .08826. The dome celebrated its 50th anniversary
on
April 9
2015
a
time capsule buried under
the
site at
the
time of construction was located
However
it
was not extricated
to
celebrate
the
occasion
based
on
concerns about
the
cost
and
potential
to
compromise
the
structure of
a
retaining wall
This was also one of
the
very few times that
the
Astrodome has been open for
the
public since 2006.
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