On this day …
December 29, 2014
- In 1170, Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, was assassinated.
- In 1845, the United States annexed the Republic of Texas, which was admitted to the Union as the 28th state.
- In 1851, the first American YMCA opened in Boston.
- In 1890, the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment killed 300 Lakota at Wounded Knee in South Dakota.
- In 1934, Japan renounced the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.
- In 1972, Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 crashed on approach to Miami International Airport, killing 101.
- In 1975, a bomb exploded at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport, killing 11 and injuring 74.
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