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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_29" title="December 29">December 29</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1845" title="1845">1845</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Texas" title="Republic of Texas">Republic of Texas</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_annexation" title="Texas annexation">was annexed</a></b> by the United States, becoming <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">the 28th state</a> to be <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admission_to_the_Union" title="Admission to the Union">admitted to the Union</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860" title="1860">1860</a> – To counter the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Navy" title="French Navy">French Navy</a>'s <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_ironclad_Gloire" title="French ironclad Gloire">Gloire</a></i>, the world's first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironclad_warship" title="Ironclad warship">ironclad warship</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> launched <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Warrior_(1860)" title="HMS Warrior (1860)">HMS <i>Warrior</i></a></b>, the world's first iron-hulled armoured warship.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1913" title="1913">1913</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_B._DeMille" title="Cecil B. DeMille">Cecil B. DeMille</a> started filming <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood,_Los_Angeles" title="Hollywood, Los Angeles">Hollywood</a>'s first feature film, <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Squaw_Man_(1914_film)" title="The Squaw Man (1914 film)">The Squaw Man</a></b></i> <i>(featured)</i>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1915" title="1915">1915</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First World War</a>: The French parliament <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_law_of_29_December_1915" title="French law of 29 December 1915">passed a law</a></b> granting the land occupied by British war graves as "the free gift of the French people".</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975" title="1975">1975</a> – Planted by unknown perpetrators, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_LaGuardia_Airport_bombing" title="1975 LaGuardia Airport bombing">a bomb exploded</a></b> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaGuardia_Airport" title="LaGuardia Airport">LaGuardia Airport</a> in New York City, killing 11 people and seriously injuring 74 others.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Bocskai" title="Stephen Bocskai">Stephen Bocskai</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1606); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Johnson" title="Andrew Johnson">Andrew Johnson</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1808); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adele_Zay" title="Adele Zay">Adele Zay</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1928); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._T._Hsia" title="C. T. Hsia">C. T. Hsia</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2013)</p>
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