. Cities Portuguese North America (in present-day Canada); Vaz Dourado c.1576, Lady Bird Johnson former First Lady of the United States born in Karnack Harrison County, The Houston Airport System a branch of the municipal government oversees the operation of three major public airports in the city Two of these airports George Bush Intercontinental Airport and William P Hobby Airport offer commercial aviation service to a variety of domestic and international destinations and served 55 million passengers in 2016 the third Ellington Airport is home to the Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base the Federal Aviation Administration and the state of Texas selected the Houston Airport System as "Airport of the Year" in 2005 largely due to the implementation of a $3.1 billion airport improvement program for both major airports in Houston; Houston is located 165 miles (266 km) east of Austin 112 miles (180 km) west of the Louisiana border and 250 miles (400 km) south of Dallas.
Comancheria before 1850, The war in Europe concluded with an invasion of Germany by the Western Allies and the Soviet Union culminating in the capture of Berlin by Soviet troops the suicide of Adolf Hitler and the German unconditional surrender on 8 May 1945 Following the Potsdam Declaration by the Allies on 26 July 1945 and the refusal of Japan to surrender under its terms the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August respectively With an invasion of the Japanese archipelago imminent the possibility of additional atomic bombings the Soviet entry into the war against Japan and its invasion of Manchuria Japan announced its intention to surrender on 15 August 1945 cementing total victory in Asia for the Allies Tribunals were set up by the Allies and war crimes trials were conducted in the wake of the war both against the Germans and the Japanese, Incorporated cities operate their own police departments. Texas has made a strong mark on national and international pop culture the entire state is strongly associated with the image of the cowboy shown in westerns and in country western music the state's numerous oil tycoons are also a popular pop culture topic as seen in the hit TV series Dallas! Tejano 9.4 Democrats regain control after Reconstruction Main article: Politics of Houston, The Civil War The Astrodome Harris County ESD #47 Dual Westlake FD 1% .095186. . Klein Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes, 14 Notes Mauritius was visited by the Portuguese between 1507 (by Diogo Fernandes Pereira) and 1513 the Portuguese took no interest in the isolated Mascarene islands Their main African base was in Mozambique and therefore the Portuguese navigators preferred to use the Mozambique Channel to go to India the Comoros at the north proved to be a more practical port of call, Financing and governance By the end of the day on March 16 the bulk of Urrea's forces began marching to Goliad to corner Fannin. Still waiting for word from King and Ward Fannin continued to delay his evacuation from Goliad as they prepared to leave on March 18 Urrea's advance guard arrived For the rest of the day the two cavalries skirmished aimlessly succeeding only in exhausting the Texian oxen which had remained hitched to their wagons with no food or water throughout the day. As of 2018 there are over 60 law enforcement agencies operating in the county. They include: the Harris County Sheriff's Office the Harris County Constable Office the Houston Police Department METRO Police Department other municipal police departments and school district police departments, 1990s 46 Spectra Energy 441 African Americans are the largest racial minority in Texas Their proportion of population has declined since the early 20th century after many left the state in the Great Migration Blacks of both Hispanic and non-Hispanic origin make up 11.5 percent of the population; blacks of non-Hispanic origin form 11.3 percent of the populace African Americans of both Hispanic and non-Hispanic origin number at roughly 2.7 million individuals. On 10 June Italy invaded France declaring war on both France and the United Kingdom the Germans turned south against the weakened French army and Paris fell to them on 14 June Eight days later France signed an armistice with Germany; it was divided into German and Italian occupation zones and an unoccupied rump state under the Vichy Regime which though officially neutral was generally aligned with Germany France kept its fleet which the United Kingdom attacked on 3 July in an attempt to prevent its seizure by Germany.
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