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12-29-2007, 04:21 PM
jseal
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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) in the U.S. 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
.
1975
~
The UK's
Sex Discrimination Act
went into effect.
1989
~
Vaclav Havel was elected president of Czechoslovakia.
1998
~
Khmer Rouge
leaders apologized for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed 1 million lives.
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