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Bus stop in Houston 1956 Blues, Sediment in the Gulf of Mexico, Houston's environmental problems stem from a long history of pollution Houston may be considered the air-conditioning capital of the world due to its hot and humid metropolitan Since the 1930s air-conditioning was built into all commercial buildings like theaters malls and corporations Even the Astrodome was air-conditioned making baseball players and fans comfortable for decades This led to the possibility of an energy crisis because of the popularity of air-conditioning in Houston energy costs are generally higher than normal. . See also: List of shopping malls in Texas Revenues for year ending 2010 Public facilities Houston Texas Business Directory In 2017 67.8% of children age 35 months in Texas completed the recommended vaccination schedule the highest individual vaccine rate was for the polio virus: 93.1% of children age 35 months in Texas received this vaccine the lowest individual vaccine rate was for hepatitis A: 62.6% of children age 35 months in Texas received this vaccine. Some children are under-vaccinated due to issues with accessing preventative care vaccine delivery or parental choice the state has started to implement ImmTrac a free vaccination record system. . Afonso de Albuquerque set sail in April 1511 from Goa to Malacca with a force of 1,200 men and seventeen or eighteen ships. Following his capture of the city on 24 August 1511 it became a strategic base for Portuguese expansion in the East Indies; consequently the Portuguese were obliged to build a fort they named a Famosa to defend it That same year the Portuguese desiring a commercial alliance sent an ambassador Duarte Fernandes to the kingdom of Ayudhya where he was well received by king Ramathibodi II in 1526 a large force of Portuguese ships under the command of Pedro Mascarenhas was sent to conquer Bintan where Sultan Mahmud was based Earlier expeditions by Diogo Dias and Afonso de Albuquerque had explored that part of the Indian Ocean and discovered several islands new to Europeans Mascarenhas served as Captain-Major of the Portuguese colony of Malacca from 1525 to 1526 and as viceroy of Goa capital of the Portuguese possessions in Asia from 1554 until his death in 1555 He was succeeded by Francisco Barreto who served with the title of "governor-general"! . In 1997 Houstonians elected Lee P Brown as the city's first African American mayor, Huffman Shipwrecks In total 34.2% (7,660,406) of Texas's population aged five and older spoke a language at home other than English.

Houston is a member of the World Energy Cities Partnership a collaboration between 13 energy focused cities around the world. League City Language Percentage of population, The Kellum-Noble House in a 1936 photograph Harris County ESD #12 Fire Cloverleaf Fire Department .5% .03! . The Convention of 1836 in Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 1 attracted 45 delegates representing 21 municipalities. Within an hour of the convention's opening George C Childress submitted a proposed Texas Declaration of Independence which passed overwhelmingly on March 2 on March 6 hours after the Alamo had fallen Travis's final dispatch arrived His distress was evident; delegate Robert Potter immediately moved that the convention be adjourned and all delegates join the army. Houston convinced the delegates to remain and then left to take charge of the army With the backing of the Convention Houston was now commander-in-chief of all regular volunteer and militia forces in Texas; . Harris County ESD #14 Dual Highlands VFD 2% .05 16 External links 2018 Estimate.