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| Birthday December 29, 1721 Marquise de Pompadour, mistress of French King Louis the 15th |
| Birthday December 29, 1776 Charles Macintosh, Scotland, patented waterproof fabric |
| Birthday December 29, 1800 Charles Goodyear, invented vulcanization process for rubber |
| Birthday December 29, 1808 Andrew Johnson is born |
| Birthday December 29, 1808 Andrew Johnson, (Unionist), 17th pres (1865-69) |
| Birthday December 29, 1809 William Ewart Gladstone, (Lib), British PM (1868-74, '80-86, '92-94) |
| Birthday December 29, 1859 Venustiano Carranza, president of Mexico (1915-20) |
| Birthday December 29, 1879 Billy Mitchell, WW I aviation hero Gen |
| Birthday December 29, 1917 Tom Bradley, LA Mayor |
| Birthday December 29, 1920 Viveca Lindfors, Actress (The Way We Were, Welcome to LA) |
| Birthday December 29, 1921 Marla Powers |
| Birthday December 29, 1934 Inga Swenson, in Omaha Nebraska |
| Birthday December 29, 1936 Ray Nitschke, NFL linebacker (Green Bay Packers) |
| Birthday December 29, 1937 Mary Tyler Moore, in Bkln (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Ordinary People) |
| Birthday December 29, 1938 Barbara Steele |
| Birthday December 29, 1938 Jon Voight, Actor (Deliverance, Midnight Cowboy) |
| Birthday December 29, 1946 Marianne Faithful, Rocker |
| Birthday December 29, 1947 Ted Danson, (Cheers) |
| Birthday December 29, 1947 Cheers star Ted Danson born |
| Birthday December 29, 1949 Angel Tompkins |
| Birthday December 29, 1952 Gelsey Kirkland, ballerina |
| History December 29, 1170 Archbishop Thomas A Becket murdered by King Henry II supporters |
| History December 29, 1170 The making of an English martyr |
| History December 29, 1778 British capture Savannah, Georgia |
| History December 29, 1845 Texas becomes 28th state |
| History December 29, 1845 Texas enters the Union |
| History December 29, 1848 Gas lights installed at White House for 1st time |
| History December 29, 1851 1st Young Men's Christian Association chapter opened in Boston |
| History December 29, 1862 Battle of Chickasaw Bluffs |
| History December 29, 1864 Fire Dept celebrates 1st annual ball |
| History December 29, 1876 Bridge collapses in Ohio |
| History December 29, 1878 Cuban professional baseball league holds first game |
| History December 29, 1890 U.S. Army massacres Sioux at Wounded Knee |
| History December 29, 1890 Federal troops massacre 300 captive Sioux at Wounded Knee SD |
| History December 29, 1911 SF Symphony formed |
| History December 29, 1915 French government gives land for British war cemeteries |
| History December 29, 1916 Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is published |
| History December 29, 1916 Death of Rasputin |
| History December 29, 1921 William Lyon Mackenzie King succeeded Arthur Meighen as Canadian PM |
| History December 29, 1931 Identification of heavy water publicly announced HC Urey |
| History December 29, 1937 Pan Am starts SF to Auckland New Zealand service |
| History December 29, 1940 Worst air raid on London |
| History December 29, 1940 Germans raid London |
| History December 29, 1949 Hungary nationalized its industries |
| History December 29, 1949 1st UHF television station operating regular basis Bridgeport Ct |
| History December 29, 1952 1st transistorized hearing aid offered for sale Elmsford NY |
| History December 29, 1956 United States prepares new strategic plan for Middle East |
| History December 29, 1957 Pat Boone earns second #1 hit with April Love |
| History December 29, 1962 Saigon announces success of strategic hamlet program |
| History December 29, 1966 Johnson Administration responds to Harrison Salisbury's charges |
| History December 29, 1975 11 killed 75 hurt by terrorist bomb at LaGuardia Airport in NYC |
| History December 29, 1983 US announced withdrawal from UNESCO |
| History December 29, 1984 Blues took 27 shots against Islanders in 1 period |
| History December 29, 1985 The Railway Rapist commits his first murder |
| History December 29, 1989 Actor Christian Slater arrested for drunk driving |