Today is Monday, December 29, the 364th day of 2008. There are 2 days left in the year.
Highlights in history on this date:
In 1170, Archbishop Thomas Becket was slained at the altar in Cathedral of Canterbury, England.
In 1721, French occupied Mauritius and renamed it Ile de France.
In 1890, US troops massacred 200 Sioux men, women, and children at Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
In 1901, Commonwealth of Australia was inaugurated after being constituted by an Act of the Imperial Parliament the previous year.
In 1921, United States, Britain, France, Italy and Japan signed Washington treaty to limit naval armaments.
In 1965, Independence was announced for Bechuanaland, which became Botswana.
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