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On This Day:
Thursday December 29, 2005
This is the 363rd day of the year, with 2 days remaining in 2005.

Events
1607 - Indian chief Powhatan spared John Smith's life because of the pleas of Powhatan's daughter, Pocahontas.

1890 - The Wounded Knee massacre took place in South Dakota as some 300 SiouxIndians were killed by U.S. troops. It was the last major battlebetween Native Americans and U.S. troops.