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    What infamous event occured on today's date in British history?

    Question #42781. Asked by Gimboid. (Dec 29 03 9:05 AM)


    Stew54

    		Thomas Becket was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170.


    Dec 29 03, 9:13 AM
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    		In addition to that, although it does depends on what side you were on, in 1813 the British burn Buffalo, New York.
    In 1778 British troops, attempting a new strategy to defeat the colonials in America, captured Savannah.
    I am not sure about her Nationality but in 1852, Emma Snodgrass was arrested in Boston for wearing pants.

    Dec 29 03, 10:10 AM
    Stew54

    		The British authorities turned a ship full of Jewish refugees away from Palestine on 29 December 1947, according to one "this-day-in-history" site I looked at.

    It's a day for infamy - the massacre of Wounded Knee took place on 29 December 1890.

    Dec 29 03, 10:34 AM

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