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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (47596)	12/29/2004 12:08:23 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Today in history- December 29: 1170 - Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket was slain in his own cathedral on orders from Henry II of England. 1845 - The Republic of Texas was annexed by the United States, becoming the state of Texas. 1890 - The United States Army killed over 400 members of the Great Sioux Nation at the Wounded Knee Massacre. 1911 - Sun Yat-sen was elected the first President of the Republic of China. 1937 - The Irish Free State was replaced by a new state called Ireland when a new constitution was adopted.