December 29 in history
Events on December 29
Notable events that happened on December 29 in past years.
- 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.
Wikipedia article: Jeju Air Flight 2216 - 2020
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits near the town of Petrinja in Sisak-Moslavina County, Croatia, killing seven people.
Wikipedia article: 2020 Petrinja earthquake - 2012
A 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.
Wikipedia article: Tupolev Tu-204 - 2003
The last known speaker of Akkala Sami dies, rendering the language extinct.
Wikipedia article: Akkala Sámi - 1996
Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war.
Wikipedia article: Guatemala - 1989
Czech writer, philosopher and dissident Václav Havel is elected the first post-communist President of Czechoslovakia.
Wikipedia article: Václav Havel - 1975
A bomb explodes at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring more than 75.
Wikipedia article: 1975 LaGuardia Airport bombing - 1937
The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.
Wikipedia article: Irish Free State - 1930
Sir Muhammad Iqbal's presidential address in Allahabad introduces the two-nation theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan.
Wikipedia article: Muhammad Iqbal - 1911
Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.
Wikipedia article: Mongolia - 1874
The 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.
Wikipedia article: Arsenio Martínez Campos - 1860
The launch of HMS Warrior, with her combination of screw propeller, iron hull and iron armour, renders all previous warships obsolete.
Wikipedia article: HMS Warrior (1860) - 1835
The Treaty of New Echota is signed, ceding all the lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States.
Wikipedia article: Treaty of New Echota - 1607
According to John Smith, Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan leader Wahunsenacawh, successfully pleads for his life after tribal leaders attempt to execute him.
- 1170
Thomas 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.
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