THE DAY IN HISTORY · DECEMBER 29
December 29 in history
What happened on December 29: 3 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1845, 1943 and 1983, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Annexation of Texas
29 Dec 1845 — Texas enters the Union as a slave state by joint resolution of Congress, a device that needed only simple majorities after an annexation treaty failed in the Senate in 1844. Mexico had warned that annexation meant war and had already broken off relations.
READ THIS MOMENT → · SEE IT ON THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MAP → · THE FULL STORY →
— Deportation of the Kalmyks
28–29 Dec 1943 — In Operation Ulusy the NKVD deported about 93,000 Kalmyks to Siberia and abolished their republic, accusing the whole people of collaboration during the German occupation. Kalmyks serving in the Red Army were later withdrawn from the front and sent after them.
READ THIS MOMENT → · SEE IT ON THE SOVIET UNION UNDER STALIN MAP → · THE FULL STORY →
— Tunisian bread riots
29 Dec 1983 — After the government announces that the price of bread and semolina will roughly double, riots break out in Douz and the oases of the Nefzaoua, spreading north through Kasserine and Gafsa to Tunis by 3 January. On 6 January Bourguiba cancels the increase.
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