Here is what happened on this day in history.
December 29th….
1890- U.S. Army massacres Indians at Wounded Knee
1940- London is devastated by German air raid
1845- Texas enters the Union
1170- Archbishop Thomas Becket is murdered
1985- The “Railway Rapist” commits his first murder
1610- Hungarian countess’s torturous escapades are exposed
1778- British capture Savannah, Georgia
For more information on any of these events go here- https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history
Advertisements