December 29rd Events |
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| December 29th, 2001 (December 29 2001) | Event | Mesa Redonda shopping center fire, Lima, Peru, at least 291 killed. | |
| 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, 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, 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, 1975 (December 29 1975) | Event | A bomb exploded at La Guardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring 74. | |
| 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, 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, 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, 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, 1934 (December 29 1934) | Event | Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930. | |
| 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, 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, 1890 (December 29 1890) | Event | United States soldiers clash with members of the Great Sioux Nation in the Wounded Knee Massacre. | |
| 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, 1860 (December 29 1860) | Event | The first British seagoing iron-clad warship, HMS Warrior is launched. | |
| 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, 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, 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, 1786 (December 29 1786) | Event | French Revolution: The Assembly of Notables is convoked | |
| 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, 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. | |
