Here are some historic “firsts” about Houston that you might not remember (or never learned!) from school:
• The first public television station in the U.S. (KUHT) began broadcasting from The University of Houston in 1948.
• The first successful human heart transplant in the U.S. was performed at St. Luke’s in 1968.
• The Astrodome, which opened in 1965, was the world’s first domed stadium.
• NASA’s Mission Control Center opened in Houston, making it the first word spoken from the moon: “Houston, Tranquility Base here.”
• In 1962, the Houston Symphony became the first major orchestra in Texas to perform at Carnegie Hall.
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