Ninfa's a new style Tex-Mex restaurant, By 1913 twelve oil companies had located themselves in Houston most notably Humble Oil Company which is now ExxonMobil Howard Hughes was born in Humble Texas where the oil company started President Woodrow Wilson opened the Port of Houston in 1914 74 years after the digging started Service started with the Satilla a ship that ran from Houston to New York New York World War I put the gasoline-combustible automobile into widespread use causing oil to become a precious commodity However the war caused the amount of tonnage arriving in the Port to drop After the war the rice business fell flat causing many Japanese-Americans to find other work or to move out of Texas, 1990s Many free blacks were able to become businessmen and leaders Through the young Republican Party blacks rapidly gained political power Indeed blacks comprised 90% of the Texas Republican Party during the 1880s. Norris Wright Cuney an African American from Galveston rose to the chairmanship of the Texas Republican Party and even the national committeeman; 11.2 Transit In the Soviet Union both the Germans and the Soviets spent the spring and early summer of 1943 preparing for large offensives in central Russia on 4 July 1943 Germany attacked Soviet forces around the Kursk Bulge Within a week German forces had exhausted themselves against the Soviets' deeply echeloned and well-constructed defences and for the first time in the war Hitler cancelled the operation before it had achieved tactical or operational success. This decision was partially affected by the Western Allies' invasion of Sicily launched on 9 July which combined with previous Italian failures resulted in the ousting and arrest of Mussolini later that month, Bustamante outlawed the immigration of United States citizens to Texas in 1830. Several new presidios were established in the region to monitor immigration and customs practices the new laws also called for the enforcement of customs duties angering both native Mexican citizens (Tejanos) and Anglos in 1832 a group of men led a revolt against customs enforcement in Anahuac These Anahuac Disturbances coincided with a revolt in Mexico against the current president. Texans sided with the federalists against the current government and after the Battle of Nacogdoches drove all Mexican soldiers out of East Texas, Many high-school bands in East Texas continue the tradition of military-style marching unlike other parts of the state These bands compete in the National Association Of Military Marching Bands. . Hitler believed that the United Kingdom's refusal to end the war was based on the hope that the United States and the Soviet Union would enter the war against Germany sooner or later. He therefore decided to try to strengthen Germany's relations with the Soviets or failing that to attack and eliminate them as a factor in November 1940 negotiations took place to determine if the Soviet Union would join the Tripartite Pact the Soviets showed some interest but asked for concessions from Finland Bulgaria Turkey and Japan that Germany considered unacceptable on 18 December 1940 Hitler issued the directive to prepare for an invasion of the Soviet Union. Nothing in particular 13 Temperature wise the city (and much of Southeast Texas) has four distinct seasons (Summer Spring Fall Winter) but weather wise the city has only two seasons (rainy and dry) the wet season lasts from April/May to September/October the dry season lasts from November/December to March/April However during El Nino or La Nina years the wet and dry season can often either last longer than usual or be delayed. .

. . The made-for-TV movie Murder at the World Series was filmed here about a fictional 1977 World Series between the Astros vs Oakland Athletics, On Palm Sunday March 27 Fannin Ward Westover and their men were marched out of the presidio and shot Mexican cavalry were stationed nearby to chase down any who tried to escape. Approximately 342 Texians died and 27 either escaped or were spared by Mexican troops. Several weeks after the Goliad massacre the Mexican Congress granted an official reprieve to any Texas prisoners who had incurred capital punishment.