December 29rd All Events |
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| December 29th, 2007 (December 29 2007) | Death | Phil O Donnell, Scottish footballer (born in 1972) | |
| December 29th, 2007 (December 29 2007) | Death | Kevin Greening, British radio presenter (born in 1962) | |
| December 29th, 2005 (December 29 2005) | Death | Gerda Boyesen, Norwegian-born body psychotherapist (born in 1922) | |
| December 29th, 2004 (December 29 2004) | Death | Julius Axelrod, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born in 1912) | |
| December 29th, 2004 (December 29 2004) | Death | Liddy Holloway, New Zealand actress (born in 1947) | |
| December 29th, 2004 (December 29 2004) | Death | Ken Burkhart, American baseball player (born in 1915) | |
| December 29th, 2003 (December 29 2003) | Death | Earl Hindman, American actor (born in 1942) | |
| December 29th, 2003 (December 29 2003) | Death | Dinsdale Landen, English actor (born in 1932) | |
| December 29th, 2003 (December 29 2003) | Death | Bob Monkhouse, English comedian and game show host (born in 1928) | |
| December 29th, 2001 (December 29 2001) | Event | Mesa Redonda shopping center fire, Lima, Peru, at least 291 killed. | |
| December 29th, 2001 (December 29 2001) | Death | Takashi Asahina, Japanese conductor (born in 1908) | |
| December 29th, 1999 (December 29 1999) | Death | Leon Radzinowicz, British criminologist (born in 1906) | |
| December 29th, 1998 (December 29 1998) | Event | Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed over 1 million. | |
| December 29th, 1998 (December 29 1998) | Death | Jean-Claude Forest, writer and illustrator of comics (Barbarella) (born in 1930) | |
| December 29th, 1997 (December 29 1997) | Event | Hong Kong begins to kill all the nation s chickens (1.25 million) to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain. | |
| December 29th, 1996 (December 29 1996) | Event | Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Union sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war. | |
| December 29th, 1996 (December 29 1996) | Death | Mireille Hartuch, French singer and actress (born in 1906) | |
| December 29th, 1995 (December 29 1995) | Death | Lita Grey, American actress (born in 1908) | |
| December 29th, 1994 (December 29 1994) | Birth | Princess Kako of Akishino of Japan | |
| December 29th, 1993 (December 29 1993) | Death | Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Soviet Armenian actor (born in 1930) | |
| December 29th, 1992 (December 29 1992) | Event | Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, tries to resign amidst corruption charges, but is then impeached. | |
| December 29th, 1989 (December 29 1989) | Event | Riots break-out after Hong Kong decides to forcibly repatriate Vietnamese refugees. | |
| December 29th, 1989 (December 29 1989) | Event | 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. | |
| December 29th, 1989 (December 29 1989) | Event | Vaclav Havel is elected president of Czechoslovakia. He became the first non-Communist to attain the post in more than four decades. | Vaclav Havel Quotes |
| December 29th, 1989 (December 29 1989) | Birth | Nathan Forbes, British footballer | |
| December 29th, 1988 (December 29 1988) | Death | Mike Beuttler, British racing driver (born in 1940) | |
| December 29th, 1986 (December 29 1986) | Birth | Kim Ok-bin, South Korean actress and model | |
| December 29th, 1986 (December 29 1986) | Death | Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born in 1894) | |
| December 29th, 1983 (December 29 1983) | Birth | Jessica Andrews, American country/pop singer | |
| December 29th, 1982 (December 29 1982) | Birth | Gabrielle Destroismaisons, Quebec singer | |
| December 29th, 1981 (December 29 1981) | Birth | Shizuka Arakawa, Japanese figure skater | |
| December 29th, 1981 (December 29 1981) | Death | Miroslav Krleza, Croatian writer (born in 1893) | |
| December 29th, 1980 (December 29 1980) | Death | Tim Hardin, American musician (born in 1941) | |
| December 29th, 1980 (December 29 1980) | Death | Nadezhda Mandelstam, Russian writer (born in 1899) | |
| December 29th, 1979 (December 29 1979) | Birth | Diego Luna, Mexican actor | |
| December 29th, 1979 (December 29 1979) | Birth | Mitsuhiro Ishida, Japanese mixed-martial arts fighter | Martial Quotes |
| December 29th, 1979 (December 29 1979) | Birth | Ariel Schrag, American Cartoonist | |
| December 29th, 1978 (December 29 1978) | Birth | Alexis Amore, Peruvian pornographic actress | |
| December 29th, 1978 (December 29 1978) | Birth | Kieron Dyer, English footballer | |
| December 29th, 1978 (December 29 1978) | Birth | LaToya London, American singer | |
| December 29th, 1977 (December 29 1977) | Birth | Katherine Moennig, American actress | |
| December 29th, 1977 (December 29 1977) | Birth | Jimmy Journell, American baseball player | |
| December 29th, 1976 (December 29 1976) | Birth | Danny R. McBride, American actor, writer, and producer | |
| December 29th, 1976 (December 29 1976) | Death | Ivo Van Damme, Belgian athlete (born in 1954) | |
| December 29th, 1975 (December 29 1975) | Event | A bomb exploded at La Guardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring 74. | |
| December 29th, 1975 (December 29 1975) | Birth | Jaret Wright, American baseball player | |
| December 29th, 1975 (December 29 1975) | Death | Euell Gibbons, American outdoorsman and proponent of natural diets (born in 1911). | |
| December 29th, 1974 (December 29 1974) | Birth | Mekhi Phifer, American actor | |
| December 29th, 1974 (December 29 1974) | Birth | Richie Sexson, American baseball player | |
| December 29th, 1973 (December 29 1973) | Birth | Pimp C, American rapper (UGK) (died in 2007) | |
| December 29th, 1973 (December 29 1973) | Birth | Theo Epstein, American baseball general manager | |
| December 29th, 1972 (December 29 1972) | Event | An Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (a Lockheed "Tristar") crashes on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101. | |
| December 29th, 1972 (December 29 1972) | Birth | Asheru, American rapper | |
| December 29th, 1972 (December 29 1972) | Birth | Jason Kreis, American soccer player | |
| December 29th, 1972 (December 29 1972) | Birth | Jude Law, British actor | Jude Law Quotes |
| December 29th, 1972 (December 29 1972) | Birth | Evan Seinfeld, American musician (Biohazard) and actor | |
| December 29th, 1970 (December 29 1970) | Birth | Aled Jones, Welsh singer | |
| December 29th, 1970 (December 29 1970) | Birth | Hidetoshi Mitsusada, Japanese racing driver | |
| December 29th, 1970 (December 29 1970) | Birth | Glen Phillips, American musician (Toad The Wet Sprocket) | |
| December 29th, 1970 (December 29 1970) | Birth | Kevin Weisman, American actor | |
| December 29th, 1970 (December 29 1970) | Death | Marie Menken, American experimental filmmaker and socialite (born in 1909) | |
| December 29th, 1969 (December 29 1969) | Birth | Jennifer Ehle, American actress | |
| December 29th, 1969 (December 29 1969) | Birth | Allan McNish, Scottish race car driver | |
| December 29th, 1968 (December 29 1968) | Death | Austin Farrer, English theologian and philosopher (born in 1904) | Philo Quotes |
| December 29th, 1967 (December 29 1967) | Birth | Ashleigh Banfield, Canadian journalist | |
| December 29th, 1967 (December 29 1967) | Birth | Chris Barnes, American singer | |
| December 29th, 1967 (December 29 1967) | Birth | Andy Wachowski, American director | |
| December 29th, 1967 (December 29 1967) | Death | Paul Whiteman, American musician and conductor (born in 1890) | |
| December 29th, 1966 (December 29 1966) | Birth | Stefano Eranio, Italian footballer | |
| December 29th, 1965 (December 29 1965) | Birth | Dexter Holland, American musician (The Offspring) | |
| December 29th, 1963 (December 29 1963) | Birth | Francisco Bustamante, Filipino billiard player | |
| December 29th, 1963 (December 29 1963) | Birth | Des Foy, British rugby league player | |
| December 29th, 1963 (December 29 1963) | Birth | Dave McKean, British artist and filmmaker | |
| December 29th, 1963 (December 29 1963) | Birth | Sean Payton, American football coach | |
| December 29th, 1962 (December 29 1962) | Birth | Blake Mitchell, American adult actress | |
| December 29th, 1962 (December 29 1962) | Birth | Devon White, Jamaican baseball player | Devo Quotes |
| December 29th, 1961 (December 29 1961) | Birth | Kevin Granata, American associate professor at Virginia Tech, victim of the Virginia Tech massacre (died in 2007) | |
| December 29th, 1961 (December 29 1961) | Birth | Jim Reid, Scottish singer (The Jesus and Mary Chain, Freeheat) | |
| December 29th, 1960 (December 29 1960) | Birth | David Boon, Australian Cricketer | |
| December 29th, 1960 (December 29 1960) | Birth | Katerina Didaskou, Greek actress | |
| December 29th, 1960 (December 29 1960) | Birth | Thomas Lubanga, founder and leader of Union of Congolese Patriots | |
| December 29th, 1960 (December 29 1960) | Death | Eden Phillpotts, British writer (born in 1862) | |
| December 29th, 1960 (December 29 1960) | Death | Philippe Panneton, Quebec physician, diplomat and writer (born in 1895) | |
| December 29th, 1959 (December 29 1959) | Birth | Patricia Clarkson, American actress | |
| December 29th, 1959 (December 29 1959) | Birth | Paula Poundstone, American comedian | |
| December 29th, 1958 (December 29 1958) | Birth | Nancy J. Currie, American astronaut | |
| December 29th, 1957 (December 29 1957) | Birth | Brad Grey, American film producer | |
| December 29th, 1957 (December 29 1957) | Birth | Paul Rudnick, American screenwriter/playwright | |
| December 29th, 1956 (December 29 1956) | Birth | Fred MacAulay, Scottish comedian | |
| December 29th, 1954 (December 29 1954) | Birth | Roger Voudouris, American singer | |
| December 29th, 1954 (December 29 1954) | Birth | Prince Takamado of Japan (died in 2002) | |
| December 29th, 1953 (December 29 1953) | Birth | Stanley Tookie Williams, American author/murderer (executed 2005) | Ted Williams Quotes |
| December 29th, 1953 (December 29 1953) | Birth | Gali Atari, Israeli singer and actress | |
| December 29th, 1953 (December 29 1953) | Death | Violet MacMillan, American Broadway theatre actress(born in 1887) | |
| December 29th, 1952 (December 29 1952) | Birth | Gelsey Kirkland, American dancer | |
| December 29th, 1951 (December 29 1951) | Birth | Yvonne Elliman, American disco singer | |
| December 29th, 1951 (December 29 1951) | Birth | Georges Thurston, Canadian singer (died in 2007) | |
| December 29th, 1950 (December 29 1950) | Birth | Jon Polito, American actor | |
| December 29th, 1949 (December 29 1949) | Event | KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule. | |
| December 29th, 1949 (December 29 1949) | Birth | Syed Kirmani, Indian cricket player | |
| December 29th, 1949 (December 29 1949) | Birth | David Topliss, rugby league player | |
| December 29th, 1947 (December 29 1947) | Birth | Ted Danson, American actor | |
| December 29th, 1947 (December 29 1947) | Birth | Cozy Powell, English rock drummer (died in 1998) | |
| December 29th, 1947 (December 29 1947) | Birth | Vincent Winter, British actor (died in 1998) | |
| December 29th, 1946 (December 29 1946) | Birth | Marianne Faithfull, British singer | |
| December 29th, 1942 (December 29 1942) | Birth | Rick Danko, Canadian musician (The Band) (died in 1999) | |
| December 29th, 1942 (December 29 1942) | Birth | Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor | |
| December 29th, 1941 (December 29 1941) | Birth | Ray Thomas, British musician (The Moody Blues) | |
| December 29th, 1940 (December 29 1940) | Event | World War II: In The Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe firebombs London, killing almost 200 civilians. | |
| December 29th, 1939 (December 29 1939) | Event | First flight of the Consolidated B-24. | |
| December 29th, 1938 (December 29 1938) | Birth | Harvey Smith, English showjumper | |
| December 29th, 1938 (December 29 1938) | Birth | Jon Voight, American actor | |
| December 29th, 1937 (December 29 1937) | Event | The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution. | |
| December 29th, 1937 (December 29 1937) | Birth | Wayne Huizenga, American football team owner | |
| December 29th, 1937 (December 29 1937) | Birth | Barbara Steele, British actress | |
| December 29th, 1937 (December 29 1937) | Death | Don Marquis, American author (born in 1878) | Don Marquis Quotes |
| December 29th, 1936 (December 29 1936) | Birth | Mary Tyler Moore, American actress | |
| December 29th, 1936 (December 29 1936) | Birth | Ray Nitschke, American football player (died in 1998) | |
| December 29th, 1934 (December 29 1934) | Event | Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930. | |
| December 29th, 1934 (December 29 1934) | Birth | Ed Flanders, American actor (died in 1995) | |
| December 29th, 1932 (December 29 1932) | Birth | Inga Swenson, American actress | |
| December 29th, 1931 (December 29 1931) | Birth | Prince Gu of Korea, Korean royalty (died in 2005) | |
| December 29th, 1930 (December 29 1930) | Event | Sir Muhammad Iqbal s presidential address in Allahabad introduces the Two-Nation Theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan. | |
| December 29th, 1929 (December 29 1929) | Death | Wilhelm Maybach, German automobile designer (born in 1846) | |
| December 29th, 1928 (December 29 1928) | Birth | Bernard Cribbins, British actor | |
| December 29th, 1927 (December 29 1927) | Birth | Andy Stanfield, American athlete (died in 1985) | |
| December 29th, 1926 (December 29 1926) | Death | Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian writer (born in 1875) | Rainer Maria Rilke Quotes |
| December 29th, 1925 (December 29 1925) | Birth | Pete Dye, American golf course architect | |
| December 29th, 1924 (December 29 1924) | Death | Carl Spitteler, Swiss writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1845) | |
| December 29th, 1922 (December 29 1922) | Birth | William Gaddis, American writer (died in 1998) | |
| December 29th, 1920 (December 29 1920) | Birth | Viveca Lindfors, Swedish-American actress (died in 1995) | |
| December 29th, 1917 (December 29 1917) | Birth | Tom Bradley, American politician (died in 1998) | |
| December 29th, 1917 (December 29 1917) | Birth | Ramanand Sagar, Indian film director (died in 2005) | |
| December 29th, 1916 (December 29 1916) | Death | Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (born in 1869) | |
| December 29th, 1915 (December 29 1915) | Birth | Bill Osmanski, American football player (died in 1996) | |
| December 29th, 1914 (December 29 1914) | Birth | Billy Tipton, American musician (died in 1989) | |
| December 29th, 1914 (December 29 1914) | Birth | Albert Tucker, Australian artist (died in 1999) | |
| December 29th, 1911 (December 29 1911) | Event | Sun Yat-sen becomes the first President of the Republic of China. | |
| December 29th, 1911 (December 29 1911) | Event | Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty. | |
| December 29th, 1910 (December 29 1910) | Birth | Ronald Coase, British economist, Nobel Prize laureate | |
| December 29th, 1908 (December 29 1908) | Birth | Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologian (died in 1993) | |
| December 29th, 1902 (December 29 1902) | Birth | Nels Stewart, National Hockey League player (died in 1957) | |
| December 29th, 1899 (December 29 1899) | Birth | Nie Rongzhen, People s Liberation Army Chief of General Staff (died in 1992) | |
| December 29th, 1897 (December 29 1897) | Death | William James Linton, American wood engraver and political reformer. (born in 1812) | William James Quotes |
| December 29th, 1896 (December 29 1896) | Birth | David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (died in 1974) | |
| December 29th, 1894 (December 29 1894) | Death | Christina Rossetti, English poet (born in 1830) | Christina Rossetti Quotes |
| December 29th, 1891 (December 29 1891) | Death | Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician (born in 1823) | |
| December 29th, 1890 (December 29 1890) | Event | United States soldiers clash with members of the Great Sioux Nation in the Wounded Knee Massacre. | |
| December 29th, 1881 (December 29 1881) | Birth | Jess Willard, American boxer (died in 1968) | |
| December 29th, 1876 (December 29 1876) | Event | The Ashtabula River Railroad bridge disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio. | |
| December 29th, 1876 (December 29 1876) | Birth | Pablo Casals, Catalan musician (died in 1973) | Pablo Casals Quotes |
| December 29th, 1860 (December 29 1860) | Event | The first British seagoing iron-clad warship, HMS Warrior is launched. | |
| December 29th, 1859 (December 29 1859) | Birth | Venustiano Carranza, 54th President of Mexico (died in 1920) | |
| December 29th, 1856 (December 29 1856) | Birth | Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch mathematician (died in 1894) | |
| December 29th, 1851 (December 29 1851) | Event | The first American YMCA opens in Boston, Massachusetts. | |
| December 29th, 1845 (December 29 1845) | Event | Texas is admitted as the 28th U.S. state. | |
| December 29th, 1843 (December 29 1843) | Birth | Elisabeth of Wied (pen name was Carmen Sylva), queen of Romania and writer (died in 1916) | |
| December 29th, 1835 (December 29 1835) | Event | The Treaty of New Echota is signed, ceding all the lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States. | |
| December 29th, 1825 (December 29 1825) | Death | Jacques-Louis David, French painter (born in 1748) | |
| December 29th, 1816 (December 29 1816) | Birth | Carl Ludwig, German physician (died in 1895) | |
| December 29th, 1813 (December 29 1813) | Event | British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York during the War of 1812. | |
| December 29th, 1812 (December 29 1812) | Event | The USS Constitution under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures the HMS Java off the coast of Brazil after a three hour battle. | |
| December 29th, 1809 (December 29 1809) | Birth | William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died in 1898) | William Ewart Gladstone Quotes |
| December 29th, 1808 (December 29 1808) | Birth | Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States (died in 1875) | Andrew Johnson Quotes |
| December 29th, 1806 (December 29 1806) | Birth | William Gladstone, Liberal Prime Minister | |
| December 29th, 1800 (December 29 1800) | Birth | Charles Goodyear, American inventor (died in 1860) | |
| December 29th, 1796 (December 29 1796) | Birth | Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (died in 1877) | |
| December 29th, 1786 (December 29 1786) | Event | French Revolution: The Assembly of Notables is convoked | |
| December 29th, 1785 (December 29 1785) | Death | Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian poet (born in 1742) | |
| December 29th, 1778 (December 29 1778) | Event | American Revolutionary War: 3,500 British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell captures Savannah, Georgia without firing a shot. | |
| December 29th, 1737 (December 29 1737) | Death | Joseph Saurin, French mathematician (born in 1659) | |
| December 29th, 1731 (December 29 1731) | Death | Brook Taylor, English mathematician (born in 1685) | |
| December 29th, 1721 (December 29 1721) | Birth | Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV of France (died in 1764) | |
| December 29th, 1709 (December 29 1709) | Birth | Empress Elizabeth of Russia (died in 1762) | |
| December 29th, 1689 (December 29 1689) | Death | Thomas Sydenham, English physician (born in 1624) | |
| December 29th, 1661 (December 29 1661) | Death | Antoine Gerard de Saint-Amant, French poet (born in 1594) | |
| December 29th, 1634 (December 29 1634) | Death | John Albert Vasa, Polish bishop (born in 1612) | |
| December 29th, 1563 (December 29 1563) | Death | Sebastian Castellio, French theologian (born in 1515) | |
| December 29th, 1170 (December 29 1170) | Event | Thomas Becket: Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II; he subsequently becomes a saint and martyr in the Anglican Church and the Roman Catholic Church. | |
| December 29th, 1170 (December 29 1170) | Death | Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury (assassinated) (born in 1118) | |
| December 29th, 0721 (December 29 0721) | Death | Empress Gemmei of Japan (born in 661) | |
