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Houston, Texas

Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the metropolitan area in the U.S...

Timeline of Events

1836

8.30.1836

The city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen

1837

6.5.1837

Houston, Texas is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.

1943

9.7.1943

A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, Texas, kills 55 people.

1956

4.26.1956

First container ship left Port Newark, New Jersey for Houston, Texas.

1973

9.20.1973

Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in The Battle of the Sexes tennis match at the Houston Astrodome in Houston, Texas.

2002

10.31.2002

A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas indicts former Enron Corp. chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer.