December 29th, 1876

Born on December 29th, 1876

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on December 29th, 1876?

December 29th, 1876

The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashtabula_River_railroad_disaster

December 29th, 1876

A railway bridge collapsed over the Ashtabula River in Ohio, killing 92 people and injuring 64 others on a Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway train.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashtabula_River_railroad_disaster

What else happened on December 29th?

December 29th, 1913

Cecil B. DeMille started filming Hollywood's first feature film, The Squaw Man (featured).

December 29th, 1996

Peace accords were signed under the leadership of President Álvaro Arzú and guerrilla leader Rolando Morán, ending the 36-year-long Guatemalan Civil War.

December 29th, 1975

Planted by unknown perpetrators, a bomb exploded at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and seriously injuring 74 others.

December 29th, 1959

American physicist Richard Feynman gave a speech entitled "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom" at Caltech, anticipating the field of nanotechnology.

December 29th, 1940

Second World War: The Luftwaffe began a major night bombing raid on the British capital as part of the Blitz, beginning what was later called the "Second Great Fire of London".

December 29th, 1928

The Northern Expedition, a military campaign by the National Revolutionary Army of the Kuomintang, ended with the complete control of the Republic of China.

December 29th, 1915

First World War: The French parliament passed a law granting the land occupied by British war graves as "the free gift of the French people".

December 29th, 1911

Sun Yat-sen was elected the provisional president of the Republic of China in Nanjing.

December 29th, 1890

Sioux Wars: The United States Army killed 250 to 300 Lakota men, women and children at the Wounded Knee Massacre, beginning the Ghost Dance War.

December 29th, 1860

To counter the French Navy's Gloire, the world's first ironclad warship, the Royal Navy launched HMS Warrior, the world's first iron-hulled armoured warship.

December 29th, 1845

The Republic of Texas was annexed by the United States, becoming the 28th state to be admitted to the Union.

December 29th, 1812

War of 1812: In a three-hour single-ship action, HMS Java (drawing shown) was captured by USS Constitution off the coast of Brazil.

December 29th, 1778

American Revolutionary War: Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell led a contingent of British soldiers to capture the city of Savannah, Georgia.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 29th

Born on December 29th, 1876

96

Pau Casals

Catalan cellist and conductor

*December 29th, 1876, El Vendrell †October 22nd, 1973, San Juan

98

Lionel Tertis

British musician

*December 29th, 1876, West Hartlepool †February 22nd, 1975, London

86

Adolf Weber

German economist (1876-1963)

*December 29th, 1876, Mechernich †January 1st, 1963, Munich

74

Karl Slevogt

German design engineer

*December 29th, 1876, Sparneck †September 6th, 1951, Weilheim in Oberbayern

77

Alfred Lamoureux

Canadian composer and musician

*December 29th, 1876, Montreal †March 10th, 1954, Montreal

93

Hannah Gale

Canadian politician

*December 29th, 1876, Netherton †August 7th, 1970, Vancouver

81

Charlotte Walker

American actress (1876-1958)

*December 29th, 1876, Galveston †March 23rd, 1958, Kerrville

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Who's birthday is on December 29th?

74

François Brandt

Dutch rower (1874-1949)

*December 29th, 1874, Zoeterwoude †July 4th, 1949, Naarden

55

Peter Runggaldier

Italian alpine skier

*December 29th, 1968, Brixen

93

Dina Merrill

American actress (1923–2017)

*December 29th, 1923, New York City †May 22nd, 2017, East Hampton

60

Kim Moon-soo

South Korean badminton player

*December 29th, 1963, Busan

70

Matthias Platzeck

German politician (SPD)

*December 29th, 1953, Potsdam

68

Giuseppe Motta

Member of the Swiss Federal Council (1871-1940)

*December 29th, 1871, Airolo †January 23rd, 1940, Bern

85

Jon Voight

American actor (born 1938)

*December 29th, 1938, Yonkers

66

Andrew Johnson

President of the United States from 1865 to 1869

*December 29th, 1808, Raleigh †July 31st, 1875, Elizabethton

51

Jude Law

English actor

*December 29th, 1972, Lewisham

77

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Mexican social realist painter (1896–1974)

*December 29th, 1896, Porto †January 6th, 1974, Cuernavaca

61

Carles Puigdemont

Catalan politician

*December 29th, 1962, Amer

80

Jo Van Fleet

American actress (1915-1996)

*December 29th, 1915, Oakland †June 10th, 1996, Queens

64

Patricia Clarkson

American actress

*December 29th, 1959, New Orleans

89

Giorgio Capitani

Italian film director (1927-2017)

*December 29th, 1927, Paris †March 25th, 2017, Viterbo

54

Jennifer Ehle

American actress

*December 29th, 1969, Winston-Salem

42

Thomas W. Benoist

Aviator

*December 29th, 1874, Irondale †June 14th, 1917, Sandusky

59

Brad Grey

American film and television producer (1957–2017)

*December 29th, 1957, New York City †May 14th, 2017, Holmby Hills

87

Ramanand Sagar

Indian film director (1917-2005)

*December 29th, 1917, Lahore †December 12th, 2005, Mumbai

90

Inga Swenson

American actress

*December 29th, 1932, Omaha †July 23rd, 2023, Los Angeles

45

Danny Higginbotham

British association football player (born 1978)

*December 29th, 1978, Manchester

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91

Konrad Adenauer

German politician, Chancellor of West Germany (1949–1963), Zentrum and CDU

*January 5th, 1876, Cologne †April 19th, 1967, Rhöndorf

83

Felix Jacoby

German classicist and philologist (1876–1959)

*March 19th, 1876, Magdeburg †November 10th, 1959, Berlin

55

Fred Duesenberg

American automobile designer and manufacturer

*December 6th, 1876, Lippe †July 26th, 1932

71

Mohammad Ali Jinnah

Politician and the founder of Pakistan (1876–1948)

*December 25th, 1876, Karachi †September 11th, 1948, Karachi

69

Manuel de Falla

Spanish composer

*November 23rd, 1876, Cádiz †November 14th, 1946, Alta Gracia

40

Jack London

American author, journalist and social activist (1876–1916)

*January 12th, 1876, San Francisco †November 22nd, 1916, Glen Ellen

82

Pius XII

Head of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958

*March 2nd, 1876, Rome †October 9th, 1958, Castel Gandolfo

39

Jean Webster

American novelist (1876-1916)

*July 24th, 1876, Fredonia †June 11th, 1916, New York City

84

Wilhelm Pieck

German communist politician, president of GDR (1876-1960)

*January 3rd, 1876, Guben †September 7th, 1960, Berlin

75

Rudolf Winderlich

German chemist (1876-1951)

*May 26th, 1876, Iserlohn †July 15th, 1951, Oldenburg

60

Orso Mario Corbino

Italian physicist (1876-1937)

*April 30th, 1876, Augusta †January 23rd, 1937, Rome

41

Mata Hari

Dutch exotic dancer, courtesan and spy (1876-1917)

*August 7th, 1876, Leeuwarden †October 15th, 1917, Vincennes

72

Susan Glaspell

American writer (1876-1948)

*July 1st, 1876, Davenport †July 27th, 1948, Provincetown

64

Sherwood Anderson

American writer

*September 13th, 1876, Camden †March 8th, 1941, Colón City

78

Otto Diels

German chemist

*January 23rd, 1876, Hamburg †March 7th, 1954, Kiel

56

Anna de Noailles

Romanian-French writer (1876-1933)

*November 15th, 1876, 7th arrondissement of Paris †April 30th, 1933, 16th arrondissement of Paris

75

Robert Guérin

President of FIFA (1876-1952)

*June 28th, 1876, France †March 19th, 1952

81

Paul Rivet

French ethnologist (1876-1958)

*May 7th, 1876, Wasigny †March 21st, 1958, Paris

93

Percival Proctor Baxter

American politician (1876–1969)

*November 22nd, 1876, Portland †December 6th, 1969, Portland

65

William Carr

American rower (1876-1942)

*June 17th, 1876, County Donegal †March 25th, 1942, Philadelphia

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Leap year

Yes: 1876 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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