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 ...

This touched off a rebellion that resulted in 10 years of independence for the breakaway state until it agreed to join the United States in 1845. Texas had the option to split up into as many as 5 ...

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.