December 29 in history: • 1845 – The Republic of Texas was annexed by the United States, becoming the 28th state to be admitted to the Union. → go there • 1860 – To counter the French Navy's Gloire, the world's first ironclad warship, the Royal Navy launched HMS Warrior, the world's first iron-hulled armoured warship. → go there • 1890 – Sioux Wars: The United States Army killed 250 to 300 Lakota men, women and children at the Wounded Knee Massacre, beginning the Ghost Dance War. → go there • 1915 – First World War: The French parliament passed a law granting the land occupied by British war graves as "the free gift of the French people". → go there • 1975 – Planted by unknown perpetrators, a bomb exploded (aftermath pictured) at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and seriously injuring 74 others. → go there Died 1720: Maria Margaretha Kirch Wiki link Born 1830: Ezra Meeker Wiki link Died 1894: Christina Rossetti Wiki link Died 1970: Marie Menken Wiki link Pictured: Terminal at LaGuardia Airport after the 1975 bombing.