What happend on 29th December

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30.12
1890

Wounded Knee Massacre: The United States soldiers massacred over 400 men, women and children of the Great Sioux Nation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota.

1876

The Ashtabula River Railroad bridge disaster, 64 injured, 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.

1862

American Civil War: End of the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou.

1860

The first British seagoing iron-clad warship, the HMS Warrior is launched.

1851

The first American-based YMCA opens, in Boston, Massachusetts

1845

Texas is admitted as the 28th U.S. state.

1813

War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York.

1170

Thomas Becket is slain in his own cathedral on orders from Henry II of England.