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What happened in history on this day: December 29?
On December 29 in ...
- 1845 - US President James Polk signs act admitting Texas into union.
- 1862 - Battle of Chichasaw Bayou: Confederate armies defeat Union Army General Tecumseh Sherman with loss of 1700 men.
- 1867 - First telegraph ticker used by a brokerage house, Groesbeck and Company, New York.
- 1876 - Eleven passenger cars crash in a ravine near Ashtabula, Ohio, USA; 92 die.
- 1890 - The U.S. 7th Cavalry massacres 146 Sioux Indians (nearly half women and children) at Wounded Knee Creek on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. 25 cavalry men are killed.
- 1908 - Patent granted for a 4-wheel automobile brake, Clintonville, Wisconsin.
- 1930 - Fred P Newton completes longest swim ever (1826 miles), when he swam in the Mississippi River from Ford Dam, Minnesota, to New Orleans, Louisiana.
- 1938 - Construction on Lake Washington Floating Bridge, in Seattle, Washington, begins.
- 1941 - Japanese forces begin an attack on Corregidor, Philippines.
- 1948 - US State Department announces work on placing objects into Earth orbit.
- 1949 - First UHF television station operating regular basis (Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA).
- 1952 - First transistorized hearing aid offered for sale (Elmsford, New York).
- 1972 - Eastern Tristar Jumbo Jet crashes near Florida Everglades killing 101.
- 1972 - Life magazine ceases publication.
- 1975 - Eleven killed, 75 hurt by terrorist bomb at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, New York.
- 1983 - The Reverend Jesse Jackson travels to Syria to secure the release of U.S. Navy Lieutenant Robert Goodman, who has been in Syrian captivity after being shot down over the country on a reconnaissance mission.
- 1987 - Prozac anti-depressant drug makes its debut in the United States.
- 1992 - Governor Cuomo grants Jean Harris ("Scarsdale Diet" Murderess) clemency.
Births on December 29
- 1808 - Birth of Andrew Johnson in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA; American politician (Representative, Tennessee, 1843-53), governor of Tennessee (1853-57), US Senator (Tennessee, 1857-62, 1875), military governor of Tennessee (1862-64), 17th US President (1865-69).
- 1830 - Birth of Ezra Meeker in Huntsville, Ohio, USA; sculptor, co-founder of Puyallup Washington, grower of hops, promoter of the Oregon Trail.
- 1892 - Birth of Emory Parnell in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; actress (Rocket Man, County Fair).
- 1904 - Birth of Wendell Niles in Twin Valley, Minnesota, USA; TV announcer (It Could be You).
- 1908 - Birth of Claire Dodd in Arkansas, USA; actress (Ex-Lady, In the Navy).
- 1915 - Birth of Charles Leonard Harness in Colorado City, Texas, USA; American sci-fi author (Paradox Men, Wolfhead).
- 1925 - Birth of Dina Merrill in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Operation Petticoat, Butterfield 8).
- 1927 - Birth of Jim Simpson in Washington DC, USA; sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball).
- 1932 - Birth of Inga Swenson in Omaha, Nebraska, USA; actress (Gretchen - Benson).
- 1934 - Birth of Ed Flanders in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; actor (Dr Westphall - St Elsewhere).
- 1934 - Birth of Tom Jarriel in LaGrange, Georgia, USA; newscaster (ABC Weekend News, 20/20).
- 1936 - Birth of Mary Tyler Moore in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Mary Tyler Moore, Ordinary People).
- 1938 - Birth of Jon Voight in Yonkers, New York, USA; actor (Deliverance, Midnight Cowboy).
- 1940 - Birth of Ed Buce in Keiser, Arkansas, USA; country singer (Texas).
- 1946 - Birth of Paul Trible; American politician (Senator-Republican-Virginia).
- 1947 - Birth of Ted Danson in San Diego, California, USA; actor (Sam Malone - Cheers, Three Men and a Baby).
- 1950 - Birth of Jon Polito in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Fire With Fire, Homicide).
- 1951 - Birth of Laurel Masse in Holland, Michigan, USA; jazz singer (Manhattan Transfer - "Operator").
- 1951 - Birth of Yvonne Elliman; US actress/singer ("I Don't Know How to Love Him").
- 1952 - Birth of Gelsey Kirkland in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA; ballerina/druggie (Nutcracker).
- 1953 - Birth of Kate Schmidt in the USA; javelin thrower (Olympics-bronze-1972).
- 1954 - Birth of Glenn Myernick in Trenton, New Jersey, USA; soccer coach (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1954 - Birth of Roger Voudouris in Sacramento, California, USA; rock vocalist.
- 1958 - Birth of Curt Allen Byrum in Onida, South Dakota, USA; PGA golfer (1989 Hardee's Golf Classic).
- 1959 - Birth of Leslie Graves in Silver City, New Mexico, USA; actress (Brenda - Capitol).
- 1964 - Birth of Craig Grebeck in Cerritos, California, USA; infielder (Florida Marlins).
- 1967 - Birth of Kevin Toth in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; shot putter.
- 1968 - Birth of James Mouton in Denver, Colorado, USA; outfielder (Houston Astros).
- 1971 - Birth of Margot Thien in San Diego, California, USA; synchronized swimmer (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Jessica Lee McMinn; Miss North Carolina USA (1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Melissa Hall; Miss USA-Minnesota (1997).
- 1979 - Birth of Laura Larson, Miss Maine Teen USA (1996).
- 1983 - Birth of Jessica Andrews; American country music singer.
- 1998 - Birth of Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, American actor.
Deaths on December 29
- 1890 - Death of Big Foot, Sioux Indian chief, at Wounded Knee in South Dakota, USA.
- 1943 - William H Singer, American painter/collector (Singer Museum), dies at age 75.
- 1958 - Doris Humphrey, US dancer/choreographer (Dances of Women), dies at age 63.
- 1967 - Paul Whiteman, US orchestra leader (Fabulous Dorseys), dies at age 77.
- 1980 - Roy Engle, actor (Police Chief - My Favorite Martian), dies at age 67.
- 1980 - Tim Hardin, American singer ("Bird on a Wire"), dies of a drug overdose at age 39 (born 1941).
- 1982 - Sol C Siegel, US film producer (High Society), dies at age 79.
- 2003 - Death of Earl Hindman, American actor (born 1942).
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