I-69 (TX).svgUS 59.svg Interstate 69/U.S Highway 59 a.k.a - Eastex Freeway going NE or Southwest Freeway going SW. Nagasaki in Japan was founded in 1570 by Portuguese explorers An aerial view of the Astrodome in 1999 Houston received the official nickname of "Space City" in 1967 because it is the location of NASA's Lyndon B Johnson Space Center Other nicknames often used by locals include "Bayou City" "Clutch City" "Crush City" "Magnolia City" "H-Town" and "Culinary Capital of the South".[citation needed]. . MD Anderson Cancer Center The Great Depression and the Dust Bowl dealt a double blow to the state's economy which had significantly improved since the Civil War Migrants abandoned the worst hit sections of Texas during the Dust Bowl years Especially from this period on blacks left Texas in the Great Migration to get work in the Northern United States or California and to escape the oppression of segregation in 1940 Texas was 74 percent Anglo 14.4 percent black and 11.5 percent Hispanic. .
1870 818,579 35.5% 15 See also Houston is home to many parks including Hermann Park which houses the Houston Zoo and the Houston Museum of Natural Science and Memorial Park What was once the Houston Civic Center was replaced by the George R Brown Convention Center one of the nation's largest; and the Jesse H Jones Hall for the Performing Arts home of the Houston Symphony Orchestra the Sam Houston Coliseum and Music Hall have been replaced by the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Presidential elections results Gonzalo Guerrero a shipwrecked Spanish mariner who married a Maya woman and later fought with the Mayas against the conquista. ! Administrative divisions 1.4 Spring The Southwest Freeway near Downtown Houston lies under water due to flooding from Tropical Storm Allison, These attacks led the United States United Kingdom China Australia and several other states to formally declare war on Japan whereas the Soviet Union being heavily involved in large-scale hostilities with European Axis countries maintained its neutrality agreement with Japan. Germany followed by the other Axis states declared war on the United States in solidarity with Japan citing as justification the American attacks on German war vessels that had been ordered by Roosevelt. NRG Stadium David Ben-Gurion proclaiming the Israeli Declaration of Independence at the Independence Hall 14 May 1948, 4 See also Main article: Sports in Texas. . Although no new fighting techniques were introduced during the Texas Revolution casualty figures were quite unusual for the time Generally in 19th-century warfare the number of wounded outnumbered those killed by a factor of two or three From October 1835 through April 1836 approximately 1,000 Mexican and 700 Texian soldiers died while the wounded numbered 500 Mexican and 100 Texian the deviation from the norm was due to Santa Anna's decision to label Texian rebels as traitors and to the Texian desire for revenge, Large building with three segmented tower setbacks each with a steeply pitched roof line topped with a series of spires. The conquistador borrowed as little as possible preferring to invest all their belongings Sometimes every soldier brought his own equipment and supplies other times the soldiers received gear as an advance from the conquistador! .
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