Dec. 29 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1170, Anglican churchman/politician Thomas Becket was killed at Britain's Canterbury Cathedral. In 1845, Texas was admitted into the United States as ...
In the Adams-Onis Treaty, Spain cedes the Floridas to the United States in exchange for ... sole Hispanic delegate to the Convention of 1845, where Texas accepts U.S. president James K.