December, 29th in History

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Events

Tuesday 29, 1998:
Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the genocide in Cambodia that claimed over 1 million in the 1970s.

Monday 29, 1997:
Hong Kong begins to kill all the nation's chickens (1.25 million) to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain.

Sunday 29, 1996:
Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Union sign a peace accord that ends a 36 year civil war.

Wednesday 29, 1993:
Construction of the Tian Tan Buddha, the world's tallest outdoor bronze statue of the seated Buddha, was completed.

Tuesday 29, 1992:
Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, resigned.

Friday 29, 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.

Tuesday 29, 1987:
Yuri Romanenko of USSR remained in space for 326 days and came back to Earth on this day that year.

Monday 29, 1975:
A bomb explodes at New York City's LaGuardia Airport killing 11.

Friday 29, 1972:
An Eastern Airlines Lockheed Tristar crashed on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101

Thursday 29, 1949:
KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule.

Sunday 29, 1940:
Battle of Britain: Luftwaffe firebombs London, killing almost 3000 civilians

Wednesday 29, 1937:
The Irish Free State was replaced by a new state called Ireland when a new constitution was adopted.

Saturday 29, 1934:
Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.

Thursday 29, 1921:
William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada

Monday 29, 1913:
The first serial motion picture, The Unwelcome Throne is released by Seligs Polyscope Company.

Friday 29, 1911:
Sun Yat-sen becomes the first President of the Republic of China

Tuesday 29, 1891:
Thomas Edison patents the radio.

Monday 29, 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.

Friday 29, 1876:
The Ashtabula River Railroad bridge disaster, 64 injured, 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.

Monday 29, 1862:
American Civil War: End of the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou.

Saturday 29, 1860:
The first British seagoing iron-clad warship, the HMS Warrior is launched.

Monday 29, 1851:
The first American-based YMCA opens, in Boston, Massachusetts

Monday 29, 1845:
Texas is admitted as the 28th U.S. state.

Wednesday 29, 1813:
War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York.

Tuesday 29, 1170:
Thomas Becket is slain in his own cathedral on orders from Henry II of England.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/29-december/on-this-day.html


People born on December 29

1981:
Angela Via, American singer (b: December 29, 1981) (Biography of Angela Via)

1978:
Alexis Amore, Peruvian pornographic actress, exotic dancer and model (b: December 29, 1978) (Biography of Alexis Amore)

1974:
Richie Sexson, baseball player (b: December 29, 1974) (Biography of Richie Sexson)

1972:
Jason Kreis, American soccer player (b: December 29, 1972) (Biography of Jason Kreis)
Jude Law, English actor (b: December 29, 1972) (Biography of Jude Law)

1970:
Kevin Weisman, American actor (b: December 29, 1970) (Biography of Kevin Weisman)
Frankie Dettori, Italian jockey (b: December 29, 1970) (Biography of Frankie Dettori)

1967:
Andy Wachowski, American director (b: December 29, 1967) (Biography of Andy Wachowski)

1965:
Dexter Holland, American singer and guitarist (The Offspring) (b: December 29, 1965) (Biography of Dexter Holland)

1963:
Francisco Bustamante, Filipino billiard player (b: December 29, 1963) (Biography of Francisco Bustamante)
Dave McKean, English artist and filmmaker (b: December 29, 1963) (Biography of Dave McKean)

1954:
Roger Voudouris, American singer and songwriter (b: December 29, 1954 ; d: August 3, 2003) (Biography of Roger Voudouris)

1953:
Gali Atari, Israeli singer (b: December 29, 1953) (Biography of Gali Atari)

1952:
Gelsey Kirkland, American dancer (b: December 29, 1952) (Biography of Gelsey Kirkland)

1947:
Ted Danson, American actor (b: December 29, 1947) (Biography of Ted Danson)

1946:
Marianne Faithfull, English singer (b: December 29, 1946) (Biography of Marianne Faithfull)

1942:
Rick Danko, Canadian musician (The Band) (b: December 29, 1942) (Biography of Rick Danko)

1938:
Jon Voight, American actor (b: December 29, 1938) (Biography of Jon Voight)

1937:
Barbara Steele, British actress (b: December 29, 1937) (Biography of Barbara Steele)

1936:
Ray Nitschke, American football player (b: December 29, 1936 ; d: March 8, 1998) (Biography of Ray Nitschke)
Mary Tyler Moore, American actress (b: December 29, 1936) (Biography of Mary Tyler Moore)

1934:
Tom Jarriel, American correspondent (b: December 29, 1934) (Biography of Tom Jarriel)

1931:
Prince Gu of Korea (b: December 29, 1931) (Biography of Yi Ku)

1927:
Andy Stanfield, American athlete d. (1985) (b: December 29, 1927 ; d: June 15, 1985) (Biography of Andy Stanfield)

1917:
Tom Bradley, Mayor of Los Angeles, California (b: December 29, 1917 ; d: September 29, 1998) (Biography of Tom Bradley (politician))

1914:
Billy Tipton, American musician (b: December 29, 1914 ; d: January 21, 1989) (Biography of Billy Tipton)
Albert Tucker, Australian artist (d 1999) (b: December 29, 1914) (Biography of Albert Tucker (artist))

1910:
Ronald Coase, British economist (b: December 29, 1910) (Biography of Ronald Coase)

1908:
Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologian (b: December 29, 1908) (Biography of Helmut Gollwitzer)

1881:
Jess Willard, American boxer (b: December 29, 1881 ; d: December 15, 1968) (Biography of Jess Willard)

1876:
Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor (b: December 29, 1876 ; d: October 22, 1973) (Biography of Pablo Casals)

1840:
Anton Dohrn, German zoologist (b: December 29, 1840) (Biography of Anton Dohrn)

1809:
William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b: December 29, 1809 ; d: May 19, 1898) (Biography of William Ewart Gladstone)

1808:
Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States (b: December 29, 1808 ; d: July 31, 1875) (Biography of Andrew Johnson)

1800:
Charles Goodyear, American inventor and businessman (b: December 29, 1800) (Biography of Charles Goodyear)

1796:
Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (b: December 29, 1796 ; d: January 24, 1877) (Biography of Johann Christian Poggendorff)

1709:
Empress Elizabeth of Russia (b: December 29, 1709 ; d: January 5, 1762) (Biography of Elizabeth of Russia)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/29-december/births.html

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They left us on December 29

2004:
Julius Axelrod, American biochemist (b: May 30, 1912 ; d: December 29, 2004) (Biography of Julius Axelrod)
Liddy Holloway (d: December 29, 2004) (Biography of Liddy Holloway)

2003:
Bob Monkhouse, English comedian and game show host (b: June 1, 1928 ; d: December 29, 2003) (Biography of Bob Monkhouse)
Dinsdale Landen, English actor (b: September 4, 1932 ; d: December 29, 2003) (Biography of Dinsdale Landen)
Earl Hindman, American actor (b: October 20, 1942 ; d: December 29, 2003) (Biography of Earl Hindman)

1986:
Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b: February 10, 1894 ; d: December 29, 1986) (Biography of Harold Macmillan)

1980:
Tim Hardin, American musician (b: December 23, 1941 ; d: December 29, 1980) (Biography of Tim Hardin)

1967:
Paul Whiteman, American bandleader (b: March 28, 1890 ; d: December 29, 1967) (Biography of Paul Whiteman)

1960:
Eden Phillpotts (d: December 29, 1960) (Biography of Eden Phillpotts)

1937:
Don Marquis, American author (b: July 29, 1878 ; d: December 29, 1937) (Biography of Don Marquis)

1926:
Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet (b: December 4, 1875 ; d: December 29, 1926) (Biography of Rainer Maria Rilke)

1924:
Carl Spitteler, Swiss writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b: April 24, 1845 ; d: December 29, 1924) (Biography of Carl Spitteler)

1916:
Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (b: January 10, 1869 ; d: December 29, 1916) (Biography of Grigori Rasputin)

1894:
Christina Rossetti, English poet (b: December 5, 1830 ; d: December 29, 1894) (Biography of Christina Rossetti)

1891:
Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician (b: December 7, 1823 ; d: December 29, 1891) (Biography of Leopold Kronecker)

1825:
Jacques-Louis David, French painter (b: August 30, 1748 ; d: December 29, 1825) (Biography of Jacques-Louis David)

1785:
Johan Herman Wessel (d: December 29, 1785) (Biography of Johan Herman Wessel)

1731:
Brook Taylor, English mathematician (b: August 18, 1685 ; d: December 29, 1731) (Biography of Brook Taylor)

1689:
Thomas Sydenham, English physician (b: September 10, 1624 ; d: December 29, 1689) (Biography of Thomas Sydenham)

1661:
Antoine Gérard de Saint-Amant (d: December 29, 1661) (Biography of Antoine Gérard de Saint-Amant)

1634:
John Albert Vasa, Polish bishop (b: June 25, 1612 ; d: December 29, 1634) (Biography of John Albert Vasa)

1563:
Sebastian Castellio (d: December 29, 1563) (Biography of Sebastian Castellio)

1170:
Thomas Becket, Lord Chancellor of England and Archbishop of Canterbury (b: December 21, 1118 ; d: December 29, 1170) (Biography of Thomas Becket)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/29-december/deaths.html