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This day in history: 29 December

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498 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 29 December.
Entries come from Wikipedia’s day pages and are ordered by page views.
2024: Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashes into a wall in Muan, South Korea, killing 179 of the 181 occupants. It is the worst aircraft accident on South Korean soil in history.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: December 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Ebrulf

Christian feast day: Thomas Becket

Christian feast day: Trophimus of Arles

Constitution Day (Ireland)

Independence Day (Mongolia)

The fifth day of Christmas (Western Christianity)

The fourth day of Kwanzaa (United States)

Events

2024Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashes into a wall in Muan, South Korea, killing 179 of the 181 occupants. It is the worst aircraft accident on South Korean soil in history.

2023South Africa files a genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice over Israeli conducts in the Gaza Strip.

2020A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits near the town of Petrinja in Sisak-Moslavina County, Croatia, killing seven people.

2013A suicide bomb attack at the Volgograd-1 railway station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd kills at least 18 people and wounds 40 others.

2013Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher suffers a massive head injury while skiing in the French Alps.

2012A Tupolev Tu-204 airliner crashes in a ditch between the airport fence and the M3 highway after overshooting a runway at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing five people and leaving three others critically injured.

2006The UK settles its Anglo-American loan, post-WWII loan debt.

2003The last known speaker of Akkala Sami dies, rendering the language extinct.

1998Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the Cambodian genocide that claimed over one million lives.

1996Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war.

1994Turkish Airlines Flight 278 (a Boeing 737-400) crashes on approach to Van Ferit Melen Airport in Van, Turkey, killing 57 of the 76 people on board.

1992Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, tries to resign amidst corruption charges, but is then impeached.

1989Czech writer, philosopher and dissident Václav Havel is elected the first post-communist President of Czechoslovakia.

1989The Nikkei 225 for the Tokyo Stock Exchange hits its all-time intra-day high of 38,957.44 and closing high at 38,915.87, serving as the apex of the Japanese asset price bubble.

1975A bomb explodes at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring more than 75.

1972Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar) crashes in the Florida Everglades on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101 of the 176 people on board.

1940World War II: in the Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, England, killing almost 200 civilians.

1937The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.

1934Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.

1930Sir Muhammad Iqbal's presidential address in Allahabad introduces the two-nation theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan.

1913Cecil B. DeMille starts filming Hollywood's first feature film, The Squaw Man.

1911Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.

1890Wounded Knee Massacre: On Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.

1876The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.

1874The military coup of Gen. Martinez Campos in Sagunto ends the failed First Spanish Republic and the monarchy is restored as Prince Alfonso is proclaimed King of Spain.

1862American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou ends in a Union defeat as forces under General William T. Sherman are repulsed with heavy losses by Confederate troops under General John C. Pemberton.

1860The launch of HMS Warrior, with her combination of screw propeller, iron hull and iron armour, renders all previous warships obsolete.

1845The United States annexes the Republic of Texas and admits it as the 28th state.

1835The Treaty of New Echota is signed, ceding all the lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States.

1812USS Constitution, under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures HMS Java off the coast of Brazil after a three-hour battle.

1778American Revolutionary War: British forces under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell defeat American forces under Major General Robert Howe and capture the port city of Savannah, Georgia.

1607According to John Smith, Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan leader Wahunsenacawh, successfully pleads for his life after tribal leaders attempt to execute him.

1503The Battle of Garigliano was fought between a Spanish army under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba and a French army commanded by Ludovico II, Marquess of Saluzzo.

1170Thomas 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 Communion and the Catholic Church.

Born on this day

2006Ethan Mbappé, French footballer

2005Davide Bartesaghi, Italian footballer

2000Eliot Vassamillet, Belgian singer

2000Julio Rodríguez, Dominican baseball player

2000Orkun Kökçü, Dutch-Turkish footballer

1999Andreas Skov Olsen, Danish footballer

1999Francisco Trincão, Portuguese footballer

1998Brandon Thomas-Asante, Ghanaian footballer

1998Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, American actor

1998Victor Osimhen, Nigerian footballer

1997Felix Keisinger, German skeleton racer

1996Dylan Minnette, American actor, musician and singer

1996Sana Minatozaki, Japanese singer

1995Myles Garrett, American football player

1995Rina Ikoma, Japanese singer and actress (Nogizaka46 and AKB48)

1995Ross Lynch, American singer and actor

1994Kristel Fulgar, Filipino actress

1994Princess Kako of Akishino, Japanese princess

1993Gabby May, Canadian artistic gymnast

1993Travis Head, Australian cricketer

1992Katsuhiro Suzuki, Japanese actor and model

1992Mislav Oršić, Croatian footballer

1991Patrick Feeney, American sprinter

1991Steven Caulker, English footballer

1990Allen Kim, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (U-KISS)

1989Harri Säteri, Finnish ice hockey player

1989Jane Levy, American actress

1989Kei Nishikori, Japanese tennis player

1988Ágnes Szávay, Hungarian tennis player

1988Christen Press, American footballer

1988Eric Berry, American football player

1987Iain De Caestecker, Scottish actor

1987Juliana Huxtable, American artist

1987Yuhi Sekiguchi, Japanese race car driver

1986Derek Ryan, American ice hockey player

1986Joe Anyon, former English footballer

1985Alexa Ray Joel, American singer-songwriter

1985Wang Ji-hye, South Korean actress

1984Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, American playwright

1984Brenton Lawrence, Australian rugby league player

Died on this day

2024Aaron Brown, American journalist and academic (born 1948)

2024Jimmy Carter, American politician, 39th President of the United States (born 1924)

2024Linda Lavin, American actress and singer (born 1937)

2024Tomiko Itooka, Japanese supercentenarian (born 1908)

2023Gil de Ferran, French-born Brazilian racing driver, CART champion (2000, 2001), 2003 Indianapolis 500 winner (born 1967)

2022Edgar Savisaar, Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior (born 1950)

2022Pelé, Brazilian footballer (born 1940)

2022Vivienne Westwood, English fashion designer (born 1941)

2021Peter Klatzow, South African composer (born 1945)

2020Alexi Laiho, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1979)

2020Joe Louis Clark, American educator (born 1937)

2020Pierre Cardin, Italian-French fashion designer (born 1922)

2019Alasdair Gray, Scottish writer and artist (born 1934)

2019Neil Innes, English writer, comedian and musician (born 1944)

2018Brian Garfield, American novelist, historian and screenwriter (born 1939)

2018Rosenda Monteros, Mexican actress (born 1935)

2017John C. Portman Jr., American neofuturistic architect and real estate developer (born 1924)

2017Peggy Cummins, Irish actress (born 1925)

2016Keion Carpenter, American football defensive back (born 1977)

2016LaVell Edwards, American football head coach (born 1930)

2015Kim Yang-gon, North Korean politician (born 1942)

2015Om Prakash Malhotra, Indian general and politician, 25th Governor of Punjab (born 1922)

2015Pavel Srníček, Czech footballer and coach (born 1968)

2014Hari Harilela, Indian-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist (born 1922)

2014Juanito Remulla, Sr., Filipino lawyer and politician, Governor of Cavite (born 1933)

2014Odd Iversen, Norwegian footballer (born 1945)

2014Syed Hamid, Indian academic and diplomat (born 1920)

2013Benjamin Curtis, American guitarist, drummer, and songwriter (born 1978)

2013Besik Kudukhov, Russian wrestler (born 1986)

2013Connie Dierking, American basketball player (born 1936)

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