12-29-2005, 06:48 AM
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December 29th
1170 ~ Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered by knights acting under the orders of Henry II.
1845 ~ Texas became the 28th state of the United States.
1851 ~ The first Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) opened in Boston.
1890 ~ Defeat at the Battle of Wounded Knee effectively ended American Indian resistance to European settlement of the U.S.
1916 ~ Death of Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk.
1937 ~ The Constitution of Ireland, changing the Irish Free State into Eire, went into effect.
1940 ~ The Luftwaffe began dropping incendiary bombs on London.
1986 ~ Death of Harold Macmillan, former Prime Minister of the UK.
1989 ~ Vaclav Havel was elected president of Czechoslovakia.
1989 ~ San Francisco rocked by a 6.9 earthquake.
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