
December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 2 days remaining. ==Events== *1170 - Thomas Becket, is slain in his own cathedral on orders from Henry II of England. *1813 - War of 1812: United Kingdom soldiers burn Buffalo, New York. *1845 - Texas is admitted as the 28th U.S. state. *1851 - The first American-based YMCA opens, in Boston, Massachusetts *1860 - The first British seagoing iron-clad warship, the HMS Warrior is launched. *1876 - The Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster , 64 injured, 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio. *1890 - Wounded Knee Massacre: The United States soldiers massacred over 400 men, women and children of the Great Sioux Nation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. *1891 - Thomas Edison patents the radio. *1911 - Sun Yat-sen becomes the first President of the Republic of China *1913 - The first serial motion picture, ''The Unwelcome Throne'' is released by Seligs Polyscope Company. *1921 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada *1934 - The first college basketball game at Madison Square Garden in New York City is played, between the University of Notre Dame and New York University *1934 - Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930. *1937 - The Irish Free State was replaced by a new state called Republic of Ireland when a new Constitution of Ireland was adopted. *1940 - Battle of Britain: Luftwaffe firebombs London, killing almost 3000 civilians *1949 - KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule. *1972 - An Eastern Airlines Lockheed Tristar crashed on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101 *1975 - A bomb explodes at New York City's LaGuardia Airport killing 11. *1987 - Yuri Romanenko of USSR remained in space for 326 days and came back to Earth on this day that year. *1989 - Václav Havel becomes President of Czechoslovakia *1989 - Riots break-out after Hong Kong decides to forcibly repatriate Vietnamese refugees. *1989 - On the final day of trading for the year and decade, the Japanese Nikkei 225 Average closes at an all-time high of 38,915.87. *1992 - Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, resigned. *1993 - Construction of the Tian Tan Buddha, the world's tallest outdoor bronze statue of the seated Buddha, was completed. *1996 - Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Union sign a peace accord that ends a 36 year civil war. *1997 - Hong Kong begins to kill all the nation's chickens (1.25 million) to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain. *1998 - Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the genocide in Cambodia that claimed over 1 million in the 1970s. ==Births== *1800 - Charles Goodyear, inventor of the vulcanization of rubber (d. 1860) *1808 - Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States (d. 1875) *1809 - William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1897) *1840 - Anton Dohrn, zoologist (d. 1909) *1876 - Pablo Casals, cello and conductor (d. 1973) *1879 - Billy Mitchell, United States Army officer, United States Air Force pioneer (d. 1936) *1881 - Jess Willard, boxing champion (d. 1968) *1890 - Kathe Dorsch, actress (d. 1957) *1908 - Helmut Gollwitzer, theologian (d. 1993) *1910 - Ronald Coase, British economist *1914 - Billy Tipton, jazz musician (d. 1989) *1914 - Albert Tucker (artist), Australian artist (d 1999) *1917 - Tom Bradley (politician), mayor of Los Angeles, California (d. 1998) *1927 - Andy Stanfield, American athlete d. (1985) *1931 - Prince Yi Ku *1936 - Mary Tyler Moore, actress (''The Dick Van Dyke Show'', ''Mary Tyler Moore (TV series)'') * 1936 - Ray Nitschke, American football star (d. 1998) *1937 - Barbara Steele, actress *1938 - Jon Voight, actor *1942 - Rick Danko, musician ("The Band") (d. 1999) *1946 - Marianne Faithfull, singer *1947 - Ted Danson, actor *1952 - Gelsey Kirkland, dancer *1954 - Roger Voudouris, United_States singer-songwriter *1967 - Andy Wachowski, director (''The Matrix'') *1970 - Kevin Weisman, actor *1970 - Frankie Dettori, jockey *1972 - Jason Kreis, American soccer star * 1972 - Jude Law, actor *1974 - Richie Sexson, Major League Baseball Major League Baseball All-Star Game *1981 - Angela Via, singer ==Deaths== *1170 - Thomas Becket, English bishop (assassinated) (b. 1115) *1785 - Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian poet *1825 - Jacques-Louis David, French painter (b. 1748) *1891 - Leopold Kronecker, mathematician (b. 1823) *1894 - Christina Rossetti, English poet *1916 - Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (b. 1869) *1926 - Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian writer (b. 1875) *1937 - Don Marquis, author (b. 1878) *1960 - Eden Phillpotts, British writer *1967 - Paul Whiteman, American musician and conductor (b. 1890) *1980 - Tim Hardin, musician (b. 1941) *1986 - Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1894) *1999 - Jerzy Waldorff, Polish film and music critic *2003 - Earl Hindman, American actor (b. 1942) *2003 - Bob Monkhouse, comedian (b. 1928) *2004 - Julius Axelrod, American biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine recipient (b. 1912) *2004 - Liddy Holloway, New Zealand actress ==Holidays and observances== *The fourth day of Christmas in Western Christianity == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/29 BBC: On This Day] * [http://www.tnl.net/when/12/29 Today in History: December 29] ---- December 28 - December 30 - November 29 - January 29 -- historical anniversaries la:29 Decembris
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December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 2 days remaining. ==Events== *1170 - Thomas Becket, is slain in his own cathedral on orders from Henry II of England. *1813 - War of 1812: United Kingdom soldiers burn Buffalo, New York. *1845 - Texas is admitted as the 28th U.S. state. *1851 - The first American-based YMCA opens, in Boston, Massachusetts *1860 - The first British seagoing iron-clad warship, the HMS Warrior is launched. *1876 - The Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster , 64 injured, 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio. *1890 - Wounded Knee Massacre: The United States soldiers massacred over 400 men, women and children of the Great Sioux Nation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. *1891 - Thomas Edison patents the radio. *1911 - Sun Yat-sen becomes the first President of the Republic of China *1913 - The first serial motion picture, ''The Unwelcome Throne'' is released by Seligs Polyscope Company. *1921 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada *1934 - The first college basketball game at Madison Square Garden in New York City is played, between the University of Notre Dame and New York University *1934 - Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930. *1937 - The Irish Free State was replaced by a new state called Republic of Ireland when a new Constitution of Ireland was adopted. *1940 - Battle of Britain: Luftwaffe firebombs London, killing almost 3000 civilians *1949 - KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule. *1972 - An Eastern Airlines Lockheed Tristar crashed on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101 *1975 - A bomb explodes at New York City's LaGuardia Airport killing 11. *1987 - Yuri Romanenko of USSR remained in space for 326 days and came back to Earth on this day that year. *1989 - Václav Havel becomes President of Czechoslovakia *1989 - Riots break-out after Hong Kong decides to forcibly repatriate Vietnamese refugees. *1989 - On the final day of trading for the year and decade, the Japanese Nikkei 225 Average closes at an all-time high of 38,915.87. *1992 - Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, resigned. *1993 - Construction of the Tian Tan Buddha, the world's tallest outdoor bronze statue of the seated Buddha, was completed. *1996 - Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Union sign a peace accord that ends a 36 year civil war. *1997 - Hong Kong begins to kill all the nation's chickens (1.25 million) to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain. *1998 - Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the genocide in Cambodia that claimed over 1 million in the 1970s. ==Births== *1800 - Charles Goodyear, inventor of the vulcanization of rubber (d. 1860) *1808 - Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States (d. 1875) *1809 - William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1897) *1840 - Anton Dohrn, zoologist (d. 1909) *1876 - Pablo Casals, cello and conductor (d. 1973) *1879 - Billy Mitchell, United States Army officer, United States Air Force pioneer (d. 1936) *1881 - Jess Willard, boxing champion (d. 1968) *1890 - Kathe Dorsch, actress (d. 1957) *1908 - Helmut Gollwitzer, theologian (d. 1993) *1910 - Ronald Coase, British economist *1914 - Billy Tipton, jazz musician (d. 1989) *1914 - Albert Tucker (artist), Australian artist (d 1999) *1917 - Tom Bradley (politician), mayor of Los Angeles, California (d. 1998) *1927 - Andy Stanfield, American athlete d. (1985) *1931 - Prince Yi Ku *1936 - Mary Tyler Moore, actress (''The Dick Van Dyke Show'', ''Mary Tyler Moore (TV series)'') * 1936 - Ray Nitschke, American football star (d. 1998) *1937 - Barbara Steele, actress *1938 - Jon Voight, actor *1942 - Rick Danko, musician ("The Band") (d. 1999) *1946 - Marianne Faithfull, singer *1947 - Ted Danson, actor *1952 - Gelsey Kirkland, dancer *1954 - Roger Voudouris, United_States singer-songwriter *1967 - Andy Wachowski, director (''The Matrix'') *1970 - Kevin Weisman, actor *1970 - Frankie Dettori, jockey *1972 - Jason Kreis, American soccer star * 1972 - Jude Law, actor *1974 - Richie Sexson, Major League Baseball Major League Baseball All-Star Game *1981 - Angela Via, singer ==Deaths== *1170 - Thomas Becket, English bishop (assassinated) (b. 1115) *1785 - Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian poet *1825 - Jacques-Louis David, French painter (b. 1748) *1891 - Leopold Kronecker, mathematician (b. 1823) *1894 - Christina Rossetti, English poet *1916 - Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (b. 1869) *1926 - Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian writer (b. 1875) *1937 - Don Marquis, author (b. 1878) *1960 - Eden Phillpotts, British writer *1967 - Paul Whiteman, American musician and conductor (b. 1890) *1980 - Tim Hardin, musician (b. 1941) *1986 - Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1894) *1999 - Jerzy Waldorff, Polish film and music critic *2003 - Earl Hindman, American actor (b. 1942) *2003 - Bob Monkhouse, comedian (b. 1928) *2004 - Julius Axelrod, American biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine recipient (b. 1912) *2004 - Liddy Holloway, New Zealand actress ==Holidays and observances== *The fourth day of Christmas in Western Christianity == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/29 BBC: On This Day] * [http://www.tnl.net/when/12/29 Today in History: December 29] ---- December 28 - December 30 - November 29 - January 29 -- historical anniversaries la:29 Decembris
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