* 1836 – The city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen

They formed the Houston Sports Association as their vehicle for attaining a big league franchise for the city of Houston.

McMullen showed the city of Houston that he too wanted a winning team, signing nearby Alvin, Texas native Nolan Ryan to the first million-dollar-a-year deal.

A locomotive moves across the outfield and whistles after home runs, paying homage to a Houston history which had eleven railroad company lines running through the city by 1860.

Warren Giles, William's father and President of the National League from to, had awarded an MLB franchise to the city of Houston in 1960.

In the late 1980s, city leaders put on a more concerted effort to convince Houston Oilers owner Bud Adams to move to Jacksonville.

LP Field ( formerly Adelphia Coliseum ) was built after the National Football League's ( NFL ) Houston Oilers agreed to move to the city in 1995.

In a memorable NLCS, with four of the five games going into extra innings, they fell behind 2 – 1 but battled back to squeeze past the Houston Astros on a tenth-inning, game-winning hit by center fielder Garry Maddox, and the city celebrated its first pennant in 30 years.

The capital was moved to the new city of Houston in 1837.

The relationship of NASA with Rice University and the city of Houston has remained strong.

Rice's campus is a heavily-wooded tract of land located close to the city of West University Place, in the museum district of Houston.

The Patriots did not appear in a Super Bowl hosted by another city until the team played in Super Bowl XXXVIII two years later in Houston, Texas.

He invested in business firms in Houston ; in 1895 he was listed in the city directories as " Capitalist.

* June 5 – The city of Houston, is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.

* August 30 – The city of Houston, Texas, is founded.

Houston is a large city ( with a metropolitan population of 5. 5 million ) in a developed country without a comprehensive zoning ordinance.

In early 2010, the city of Detroit banned fully exposed breasts in its strip clubs, following the example of Houston who began enforcing a similar ordinance in 2008.

Though the storm stalled economic development and the city of Houston grew into the region's principal metropolis, Galveston economic leaders recognized the need to diversify from the traditional port-related industries.

By 1959, the city of Houston had long out-paced Galveston in population and economic growth.

The city is about 45 miles ( 72 km ) southeast of downtown Houston.

In June 1959, KGUL changed its call sign to KHOU and moved the city of license to Houston.

The nearest commercial airline service for the city is operated out of Houston through William P. Hobby Airport and George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

The city of Houston is named after him.

Located on the south shore of the Columbia, the city is served by the Port of Astoria with a deep-water port.

Most of the city is served by the Austin Independent School District.

The city is served by the Abakan International Airport.

Churches in the regions outside an important city were served by Chorbishop, an official rank of bishops.

Punter / wide receiver Pat McInally attended Harvard University and linebacker Reggie Williams attended Dartmouth College and served on Cincinnati city council while on the Bengals ’ roster.

The city is also served by Delta Air Lines at Columbia Regional Airport, the only commercial airport in mid-Missouri.

The city served as the venue for the medical dramas ER and Chicago Hope, as well as the fantasy drama series Early Edition and 2005 – 2009 drama Prison Break.

The city has served as the capital of Nevada since statehood in 1864 and for much of its history was a hub for the Virginia and Truckee Railroad, although the tracks were removed in the 1950s.

Carson City is also served by the Carson Airport, which is a regional airport in the northern part of the city.

Dublin is served by an extensive network of nearly 200 bus routes which serve all areas of the city and suburbs.

The city is served by Munich S-Bahn ( S2 ) and Deutsche Bahn via Dachau railway station located in the South of the town.

At the foot of Mount Chimborazo, near the modern city of Riobamba ( Ecuador ) he met and defeated the forces of the great Inca warrior Rumiñahui with the aid of Cañari tribesmen who served as guides and allies to the conquering Spaniards.

In 1081, El Cid, went on to offer his services to the Moorish king of the northeast Al-Andalus city of Zaragoza, Yusuf al-Mu ' taman ibn Hud, and served both him and his successor, Al-Mustain II.

The city was both Christian and Muslim, and both Moors and Christians served in the army and as administrators.

La Guardia served in the U. S. consulate in Rijeka during the period before World War I when the city was under Austro-Hungarian rule and was known under its Italian name Fiume.

When Philip of Macedon was about to attack the city, according to the legend she alerted the townspeople with her ever present torches, and with her pack of dogs, which served as her constant companions.

The Spanish settled in Jamaica in 1509 and held the island against many privateer raids from their main city, now called Spanish Town, which served as capital of Jamaica from its founding in 1534 until 1872.

From 1978 to early 1990s, the city served as a strategic location for the pro-Soviet Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

Kagoshima is approximately 40 minutes from Kagoshima Airport, and the city features large shopping districts and malls, is served by trams, and has many restaurants featuring Satsuma Province regional cuisine: kibi ( a kind of tiny fish ), tonkatsu ( caramelized pork, as opposed to the breaded version encountered elsewhere in Japan ), smoked eel, and karukan ( sweet cakes made from steamed yams and rice flour ).

It served not only as the political center for Satsuma, but also for the semi-independent vassal kingdom of Ryūkyū ; Ryukyuan traders and emissaries frequented the city, and a special Ryukyuan embassy building was established to help administer relations between the two polities and to house visitors and emissaries.

The city is served by the railway stations of Western Line and Pingtung Line.

The city is served by Kemerovo International Airport.

Fort Garland, located within the city of the same name in Colorado, was the location where Kit Carson briefly re-located his family while he served as commandant of a company of roughly 100 New Mexico Volunteers in 1866-1867.

Muslims are served by three mosques within the city limits, the largest of which is the Islamic Society of Greater Kansas City, plus additional mosques in nearby towns.

The city served as the centre of slave trade to Brazil from c. 1550 to 1836.