December 29

Events

 * - (Captain ) captures  off Brazil after a three hour battle.
 * - soldiers burn  during the.
 * - The is signed, ceding all the lands of the  east of the  to the.
 * - is admitted as the 28th.
 * - The first American opens in.
 * - The first seagoing, the  is launched.
 * - The occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at.
 * - soldiers massacre more than 400 men, women and children of the  at.
 * - becomes the first President of the.
 * - gains independence from the.
 * - 's presidential address in introduces the  and outlines a vision for the creation of.
 * - The first college game at 's  is played between the  and.
 * 1934  -  renounces the  of  and the  of.
 * - The is replaced by a new state called  with the adoption of a new.
 * - First flight of the
 * - : In, the firebombs , killing almost 200 civilians.
 * - of  becomes the first  (UHF)  station to operate a daily schedule.
 * - An  ""  to, , killing 101.
 * - Riots break-out after decides to forcibly repatriate ese s.
 * 1989  - On the final day of trading for the year and decade, the ese  Average closes at an all-time high of 38,915.87.
 * -, president of , tried to resign amidst corruption charges, but ended up being impeached.
 * - and leaders of  sign a peace accord ending a 36-year.
 * - begins to kill all the nation's s (1.25 million) to stop the spread of a potentially deadly  strain.
 * - Leaders of the apologize for the   in  that claimed over 1 million.
 * - A massive fire in the historic district of downtown, kills at least 274 people.

Births

 * - Empress (d. )
 * -, mistress of King (d. )
 * -, German physicist (d. )
 * -, American inventor (d. )
 * -, 17th (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, German physician (d. )
 * - a.k.a. Carmen Sylva, queen of Romania and writer (d. )
 * -, Dutch mathematician (d. )
 * -, 54th (d. )
 * -, Catalan musician (d. )
 * -, American boxer (d. )
 * -, Mexican painter (d. )
 * -, Chinese Communist military leader (d. )
 * -, player (d. )
 * -, German theologian (d. )
 * -, British economist, laureate
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * 1914  -, Australian artist (d. )
 * -, American football player (d. )
 * -, American politician (d. )
 * 1917  -, Indian film director (d. )
 * -, Swedish-American actress (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, American athlete (d. )
 * -, British actor
 * -, Korean royalty (d. )
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American actress
 * 1936  -, American football player (d. )
 * -, British actress
 * 1937  -, American football team owner
 * -, American actor
 * -, British musician
 * -, Canadian musician (d. )
 * 1942  -, Indian actor
 * -, British singer
 * -, American actor
 * 1947  -, English rock drummer (d. )
 * 1947  -, British actor (d. )
 * -, Indian cricket player
 * -, American disco singer
 * -, American dancer
 * -, American author (d. )
 * 1953  -, Israeli singer and actress
 * -, American singer
 * 1954  -  of Japan (d. )
 * -, Scottish comedian
 * -, American film producer
 * 1957  -, American screenwriter/playwright
 * -, American astronaut
 * -, American actress
 * 1959  -, American comedian
 * -, founder and leader of
 * -, Australian Cricketer
 * -, American associate at , victim of the  (d. )
 * 1961  -, Scottish singer
 * -, Jamaican baseball player
 * 1962  -, American adult actress
 * -, Filipino billiard player
 * 1963  -, British artist and filmmaker
 * 1963  -, American football coach
 * -, American musician
 * -, Italian footballer
 * -, American director
 * 1967  -, Canadian journalist
 * 1967  -, American singer
 * -, American actress
 * 1969  -, Scottish race car driver
 * -, Welsh singer
 * 1970  -, American actor
 * 1970  -, American musician
 * 1970  -, Japanese racing driver
 * -, American musician and actor
 * 1972  -, American soccer player
 * 1972  -, British actor
 * -, American baseball general manager
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1974  -, American actor
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, American actor, writer, and producer
 * 1976  -, American actress
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, Peruvian pornographic actress
 * 1978  -, English footballer
 * 1978  -, American singer
 * -, Mexican actor
 * -, Japanese figure skater
 * -, British footballer
 * - of Japan

Deaths

 * - of Japan (b. )
 * -, (assassinated) (b. )
 * -, French theologian (b. )
 * -, Polish bishop (b. )
 * -, French poet (b. )
 * -, English physician (b. )
 * -, English mathematician (b. )
 * -, French mathematician (b. )
 * -, Norwegian poet (b. )
 * -, French painter (b. )
 * -, mathematician (b. )
 * -, English poet (b. )
 * -, American wood engraver and political reformer. (b. )
 * -, Russian monk (b. )
 * -, Swiss writer, laureate (b. )
 * -, Austrian writer (b. )
 * -, German automobile designer (b. )
 * -, American author (b. )
 * -, British writer (b. )
 * 1960  -, Quebec physician, diplomat and writer (b. )
 * -, American musician and conductor (b. )
 * -, Belgian athlete (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * 1980  -, Russian writer (b. )
 * -, Croatian writer (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, British racing driver (b. )
 * -, Soviet Armenian actor (b. )
 * -, French singer and actress (b. )
 * -, writer and illustrator of comics (b. )
 * -, British criminologist (b. )
 * -, American actor (lung cancer) (b. )
 * 2003  -, English actor (cancer) (b. )
 * 2003  -, English comedian and game show host (b. )
 * -, American biochemist, recipient of the (b. )
 * 2004  -, New Zealand actress (b. )
 * 2004  -, American baseball player (b. )
 * -, Norwegian-born body psychotherapist (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * The fourth in Western.
 * - (optional memorial)