On this day in history
December 29
American
1890Soldiers of the 7th Cavalry kill about 300 Lakota at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, the last great massacre of th…
Soldiers of the 7th Cavalry kill about 300 Lakota at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, the last great massacre of the Indian Wars.
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1845Texas becomes the 28th state.
Texas becomes the 28th state.
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World
1170Four knights murder Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral, crying: who will rid me of this turbulen…
Four knights murder Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral, crying: who will rid me of this turbulent priest.
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1989Vaclav Havel, the dissident playwright, is elected president of Czechoslovakia.
Vaclav Havel, the dissident playwright, is elected president of Czechoslovakia.
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