. Ironically the Astrodome suffered a rainout on June 15 1976 the Astros' scheduled game against the Pittsburgh Pirates was called when massive flooding in the Houston area prevented all but a few fans from reaching the stadium Both teams had arrived early for practice but the umpires were several hours late at 5pm that day with only a handful of fans on hand and already several hours behind the umpires and teams agreed to call the game off Tables were brought onto the field and the teams ate dinner together. Although the Astros still had a home series with Pittsburgh in August this game was made up in Pittsburgh in July. In 2011 according to the nonprofit Children at Risk one-third of students at public high schools in Harris County do not graduate Main articles: Demographics of Houston and Religion in Houston. Republic Cockrell Butterfly Area Houston Museum of Natural Science (29.6) 91.2 Environmental issues. . The Astrodome was added to the National Register of Historic Places in January 2014, Beginning during the 4th millennium BC the population of Texas increased despite a changing climate and the extinction of giant mammals Many pictograms from this era drawn on the walls of caves or on rocks are visible in the state including at Hueco Tanks and Seminole Canyon. Residential architecture Using newly captured French ports the German Navy enjoyed success against an over-extended Royal Navy using U-boats against British shipping in the Atlantic the British Home Fleet scored a significant victory on 27 May 1941 by sinking the German battleship Bismarck.
3.2 Religion In addition state-operated charter schools are in the county Charter schools in unincorporated areas include:, There are 27,000 abandoned oil and gas wells beneath the Gulf These have generally not been checked for potential environmental problems. Airports The chief administrative officer of a Texas County as set up in the Texas Constitution is the County Judge who sits as the chair of the county's Commissioners' Court (the equivalent of a Board of Supervisors in some other states) Since 2007 this position in Harris County is held by Judge Ed Emmett the county is split into 4 geographical divisions called Precincts Each precinct elects a Commissioner to sit as a representative of their precinct on the commissioners court and also for the oversight of county functions in their area. Asian: 3.8 percent (1.0 percent Indian 0.8 percent Vietnamese 0.6 percent Chinese 0.4 percent Filipino 0.3 percent Korean 0.1 percent Japanese 0.6 percent other Asian), 1 Geography Ruins of the Benedictine monastery during the Battle of Monte Cassino Italian Campaign May 1944; . . Houston (county seat) (small parts in Fort Bend and Montgomery counties), Notes Main article: Culture of Houston 3.3 Astrodome Revitalization Project 11.4 Great Depression; Within Harris County hospital services for the indigent and needy are provided by the Harris County Hospital District a separate governmental entity Harris County Hospital District operates three hospitals: LBJ General Hospital Quentin Mease Community Hospital and Ben Taub General Hospital as well as many clinics, Nichols-Rice-Cherry House located in Sam Houston Park.
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