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The Battle of the Sexes tennis match occurred on September 20 1973 aired on ABC with Billie Jean King defeating the late Bobby Riggs in three straight sets While more of a publicity stunt than a serious match it made national headlines and stands as a milestone in the progress of women's sports Scenes were filmed here in the 2017 film Battle Of the Sexes which starred Emma Stone & Steve Carell who respectively played these players; . February 12 1960: 4.4 inches (11 cm) of snow, The Mardi Gras shipwreck around the early-19th century about 35 miles off the coast of Louisiana in 4,000 feet (1220 meters) of water She is believed to have been a privateer or trader the shipwreck whose real identity remains a mystery lay forgotten at the bottom of the sea until it was discovered in 2002 by an oilfield inspection crew working for the Okeanos Gas Gathering Company (OGGC) in May 2007 an expedition led by Texas A&M University and funded by OGGC under an agreement with the Minerals Management Service (now BOEM) was launched to undertake the deepest scientific archaeological excavation ever attempted at that time to study the site on the seafloor and recover artifacts for eventual public display in the Louisiana State Museum As part of the project educational outreach Nautilus Productions in partnership with BOEM Texas A&M University the Florida Public Archaeology Network and Veolia Environmental produced a one-hour HD documentary about the project short videos for public viewing and provided video updates during the expedition Video footage from the ROV was an integral part of this outreach and used extensively in the Mystery Mardi Gras Shipwreck documentary, The Theater District a 17-block area in the heart of downtown Houston is home to Bayou Place Entertainment Complex restaurants movies plazas and parks Bayou Place is a large multilevel building that is home to restaurants bars live music billiards theatres and art house films the Houston Verizon Wireless Theatre stages a variety of live concerts and the Angelika Theatre presents the latest in art foreign and independent films. 6.5 Commerce The Commerce Towers originally developed as an office building in 1928 by Houston businessman Jesse H Jones has been converted into condominiums in addition many old office buildings and warehouses surrounding downtown have been recently converted to lofts the Humble Towers Lofts built in 1921 was originally the headquarters for Humble Oil the Beaconsfield Lofts are registered with the US Interior Department's National Register of Historic Places. ; Harris County Criminal Courts Building Other former governors of Texas: Axis forces employed biological and chemical weapons the Imperial Japanese Army used a variety of such weapons during its invasion and occupation of China (see Unit 731) and in early conflicts against the Soviets. Both the Germans and Japanese tested such weapons against civilians and sometimes on prisoners of war. Armed groups sought supplies and funds in various ways Financing was requested from the King delegates of the Crown the nobility rich merchants or the troops themselves the more professional campaigns were funded by the Crown Campaigns were sometimes initiated by inexperienced governors because in Spanish Colonial America offices were bought or handed to relatives or cronies Sometimes an expedition of conquistadors were a group of influential men who had recruited and equipped their fighters by promising a share of the booty, In 1950 the availability of air conditioning provided impetus for many companies to relocate to Houston where wages were lower than those in the North; this resulted in an economic boom and produced a key shift in the city's economy toward the energy sector. January 11 1973: 2.0 inches (5.1 cm) of snow The largest denominations by number of adherents in 2010 were the Roman Catholic Church (4,673,500); the Southern Baptist Convention (3,721,318); the United Methodist Church with (1,035,168); and Islam (421,972).
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