Gary Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 A good friend of mine is starting a cable access show (Houston media source), and is in the beginning stages of compiling "Houston first's". In other words, he's looking for historical facts regarding Houston inovations and important happenings such as, the Astrodome (first domed stadium), First word on the moon (Houston), NFL collective bargaining aggreement (Luv Ya Blue), largest med center in the world, etc. Pretty much anything that makes Houston great.It's a big spectrum of information I know, but we would really appreciate anyones help in this. Of course HAIF and each individual will recieve credits on the show.Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 KUHF Ch. 8 was the world's first educational television station.http://www.houstonpbs.org/site/PageServer?...ame=abt_historyAnd UH was the first college football team to play on Astroturf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted April 20, 2007 Author Share Posted April 20, 2007 KUHF Ch. 8 was the world's first educational television station.http://www.houstonpbs.org/site/PageServer?...ame=abt_historyAnd UH was the first college football team to play on Astroturf.Ahhhh, that's two we didn't have. Thanks Coog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmariar Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Houston is the largest city in Texas.The Port of Houston is the busiest port in the U.S. in terms of foreign tonnage.The first heart transplant in the U.S. was performed in Houston.Houston has the largest Nigerian population in the U.S.I think Houston has the largest "medical center" in the world, though I'm not sure how that's defined/measured. [Oops - see you had that one already.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 I think its know for having one of the most "extensive" and ever growing underground tunnel systems in a downtown area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted April 20, 2007 Author Share Posted April 20, 2007 Thanks guy's. Keep em coming, I need a bunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted April 21, 2007 Author Share Posted April 21, 2007 Come on guy's, I need some more info on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenJVeal Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 Houston has the tallest building outside of a downtown area...Williams Tower aka Transco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 Houston was the first city to be graced with my presence upon graduating high school and winning my freedom. You all gotta be proud of that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted April 23, 2007 Author Share Posted April 23, 2007 Houston was the first city to be graced with my presence upon graduating high school and winning my freedom. You all gotta be proud of that! Like a proud Papa. Niche, I know you've got something to add here, so bring it on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Among the first (perhaps second?) to have electric street lighting, in 1882 - only a few months after Edison lighted part of NYC. At least that's what they told us when I worked for HL&P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmer Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I remember reading in the Marmac guide to Houston, in the 80s, that Houston had more railroad grade crossings than any other city in the world except Bonn, Germany. And this was way before light rail!marmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 How could I forget! Houston was the first major city to start the Head Start Program for children around 1965. This could go under the education section?I still have a certificate from Kashmere Gardens Elementary 1966. Too little to see The Beatles that year but oh well...See link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_StartAs an addition: Pertaining more towards womens lib era in Houston 1973, there was the infamous:Battle of the Sexes between Billy Jean King & Bobby Riggs. Man, it sure was a big deal that year.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_Start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchitecturalPRGirl Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 One shell plaza was designed the south Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Here are some firsts from the University of Houston...1) UH ranks as the nation's most diverse research institution. The student breakdown is 39.5% white, 18.7% Asian/Pacific Islander, 18.1% Hispanic, 13.0% African-American, 8.1% International, 0.4% Native American/Eskimo and the rest unknown.2) KUHT-PBS Houston was the nation's first public educational television station.3) Arte Publico Press is the largest publisher of contemporary and recovered literature by U.S. Hispanic authors. Arte Publico also produces children's literature under a division called Pinata Books.4) On January 20, 1968, #2 Houston upset #1 UCLA 71-69. The game was played in the Astrodome infront of 52,693 fans (largest regular season attendance for basketball) and infront of a national tv audience (the FIRST regular season game to be nationally televised and the game credited for making college basketball into the giant that it is today).Rice University firsts...1) In 1963, Rice opened the nation's first space science departmentPort of Houston firsts...1) First direct shipment of cotton to Europe in Nov. 19192) ranks #1 in foreign tonnage others...Houston Comets win the first WNBA title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 The first ever nationwide regualr season NCAA basketball game was played in the Astrodome in 1968.#1 UCLA vs. #2 Houston - The Big E vs. Kareem Abdul-JabbarIt was also the largest crowd to have ever seen a college basketball game at 52,629.Man, I was typing about the game of the century the same time you were, Kinkaid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isuredid Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I could be wrong, but wasn't Air Conditioning invented in Houston? Also the Weedeater was invented here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchitecturalPRGirl Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I think it's the most airconditioned city, don't know if it started here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 The first ever nationwide regualr season NCAA basketball game was played in the Astrodome in 1968.reminding me of the bobby riggs/billie jean king tennis match. most ever in attendance for a tennis match and i believe also most watched tennis event on the tele. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 san jac monumenttallest war memorialtallest stone column Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Rice University firsts...1) In 1963, Rice opened the nation's first space science departmentOf arguably greater significance is the discovery of the fullerenes at Rice in 1985, a milestone that ultimately led to the awarding of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Rice professors Richard Smalley and Robert Curl and University of Sussex professor Sir Harold Kroto.Fullerene (Wikipedia) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devonhart Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Houston held the first vice presidential debate at the Alley Theatre. Mondale and Dole 1976.http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/...,918442,00.htmlI was working at the Alley at the time. Saw Dole once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Maybe Barbara Jordan belongs in here some where? ie; PoliticsShe was the first African-American female to serve as president pro tem of the state senate and served for one day as acting governor of Texas in 1972.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Jordan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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