On this date

1845 — Texas was admitted as the 28th state. 1890 — The Wounded Knee massacre took place in South Dakota as an estimated 300 Sioux Indians were killed by U.S. troops sent to disarm them. 1916 — James Joyce’s first novel, “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man,” was first published in book form in New York after being serialized in London. 1940 — During World War II, Germany dropped incendiary bombs on London, setting off what came to be known as “The Second Great Fire of London.” 1957 — Singers Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme were married in Las Vegas. (The marriage lasted until Gorme’s death in 2013.) 1967 — Hyundai Motor Co. was founded in Seoul, South Korea. 1972 — Eastern Air Lines Flight 401, a Lockheed L-1011 Tristar, crashed into the Florida Everglades near Miami International Airport, killing 101 of the 176 people aboard. 1975 — A bomb exploded in the main terminal of New York’s LaGuardia Airport, killing 11 people. (It’s never been determined who was responsible.) 1992 — David and Sharon Schoo of St. Charles, Illinois, were arrested at O’Hare International Airport upon their return from a Mexican vacation for leaving their 4- and 9-year-old daughters at home, alone. (The Schoos pleaded guilty to child neglect and were sentenced to probation; the children were put up for adoption.)

Thought for today ‘The wise man must be wise before, not after.’ Epicharmus Sicilian Greek comic poet (circa 540-450 BC)