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.

1845 — Annexation of Texas

29 Dec 1845 — Texas enters the Union as a slave state through a joint resolution of Congress. The resolution needs only simple majorities; an annexation treaty had failed in the Senate in 1844. Mexico had already broken off relations and warned that annexation meant war.

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1943 — Deportation of the Kalmyks

28–29 Dec 1943 — Accusing the entire Kalmyk people of collaboration during the German occupation, the NKVD deported about 93,000 Kalmyks to Siberia in Operation Ulusy and abolished their republic. Kalmyks serving in the Red Army were later taken from the front and sent after them.

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1983 — Tunisian bread riots

29 Dec 1983 — The government announces that bread and semolina prices will roughly double. Riots begin in Douz and the oases of the Nefzaoua, then spread north through Kasserine and Gafsa, reaching Tunis by 3 January. Bourguiba cancels the increase on 6 January.

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