December 29th, 2259

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What 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, 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.

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.

December 29th, 1937

The Constitution of Ireland, the founding legal document of the state known today as the Republic of Ireland, came into force.

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

Birthdays and future age on December 29th, 2259

291

Peter Runggaldier

Italian alpine skier

*December 29th, 1968, Brixen

296

Kim Moon-soo

South Korean badminton player

*December 29th, 1963, Busan

306

Matthias Platzeck

German politician (SPD)

*December 29th, 1953, Potsdam

321

Jon Voight

American actor (born 1938)

*December 29th, 1938, Yonkers

287

Jude Law

English actor

*December 29th, 1972, Lewisham

297

Carles Puigdemont

Catalan politician

*December 29th, 1962, Amer

300

Patricia Clarkson

American actress

*December 29th, 1959, New Orleans

290

Jennifer Ehle

American actress

*December 29th, 1969, Winston-Salem

281

Danny Higginbotham

Association football player (born 1978)

*December 29th, 1978, Manchester

269

Sofiane Hanni

Algerian and French footballer

*December 29th, 1990, Ivry-sur-Seine

303

Christine Errath

East German figure skater

*December 29th, 1956, East Berlin

267

Théophile Onfroy

French rower

*December 29th, 1992, Verdun

281

Hélène Laporte

French politician

*December 29th, 1978, Villeneuve-sur-Lot

265

Lennard Hofstede

Dutch road cyclist

*December 29th, 1994, Poeldijk

288

Jeroen Blijlevens

Road bicycle racer

*December 29th, 1971, Rijen

302

Bruce Beutler

American immunologist and geneticist

*December 29th, 1957, Chicago

263

Dylan Minnette

American actor and musician

*December 29th, 1996, Evansville

266

Jan Sýkora

Czech association football player (1993-)

*December 29th, 1993, Plzeň

286

Patrice Verchère

Member of the National Assembly of France

*December 29th, 1973, Le Coteau

306

Thomas Bach

9th president of the International Olympic Committee since 2013

*December 29th, 1953, Würzburg

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