Saturday, Dec. 29

Today is Saturday, Dec. 29, the 363rd day of 2007. There are 2 days left in the year.

Highlights in history on this date:

1170 - Archbishop Thomas Becket is slain at the altar in Cathedral of Canterbury, England.

1721 - French occupy Mauritius and rename it Ile de France.

1789 - Tippoo of Mysore attacks Rajah of Travancore, India.

1797 - French capture Mayence, France, from Holy Roman Empire forces.

1857 - British and French forces take Canton in China.

1890 - U.S. troops massacre 200 Sioux men, women, and children at Wounded Knee, South Dakota.

1895 - L. Starr Jameson stages raid into …