Historical Events In December - 29

1992  On December - 29 lH Ruitenberg, vicar/editor in chief (Reform Netherlands), dies at 87  

1994  Eugene Tanner Jr, singer, dies at 58 on December - 29.  

1995  On this day in history hope Clara Chenhalls, food inspector, dies at 85  

1996  On December - 29 a peace accord is signed in Guatemala, ending 36 years of civil unrest there.  

1996  On this day in history alma Birk, journalist/politician, dies at 77  

1997  On December - 29 kmart announces the closure of 10 stores across Canada; finding it difficult to compete against WalMart.  

1997  (Hanlon) Pat Clarke, cyclist, dies at 82 on December - 29.  

2006  War in Somalia: Ethiopian and Transitional government troops capture Mogadishu without resistance on December - 29.  

2007  On December - 29 after defeating the New York Giants 38-35, the New England Patriots become the second team in NFL history to finish the regular season undefeated.  

2011  Samoa and Tokelau move from east to west of the International Date Line, thereby skipping dec 30, in order to align their time zones better with their main trading partners on December - 29.  

2012  On December - 29 200 people are executed by the Syrian army in Homs  

2018  40 militants killed in Giza and El-Arish by Egyptian police after attack on a tourist bus the day before killed four on December - 29.  

2018  On December - 29 85th Orange Bowl: #1 Alabama beats #4 Oklahoma, 45-34  

2019  A report by the Multi-Sector Epidemic Response Committee (CMRE) indicates that 2,231 people have died so far in the 2018–19 Kivu Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on this day in history.  

2019  The Taliban's ruling council agrees to a temporary cease-fire in Afghanistan, opening a door to a peace agreement with the United States.December 30 - Chinese authorities announce that He Jiankui, who claimed to have created the world's first genetically edited human babies, has been sentenced to three years in prison and fined 3 million yuan (US$430,000) for his genetic research efforts on December - 29.  

2020  The 2020 Petrinja earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 strikes Croatia, killing seven and injuring more than 20 on this day in history.  

2023  Russian invasion of Ukraine: Russia launches the largest wave of drones and missiles on Ukrainian cities since the start of the war in a overnight assault, killing at least 39 people and injuring at least 160 others. Ukraine launches a drone assault the following day, killing at least 21 people, including three children, and injuring 110 others, including 17 children on December - 29.  

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1563  Francesco Maria Guaitoli, composer was born on December - 29.  

1586  Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna/marquis of Aytona was born on December - 29.  

1678  On this day in history birth of gotthard Wagner, composer  

1709  Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia/daughter of Peter the Great was born on December - 29.  

1721  On this day in history birth of madame De Pompadour, mistress of French King Louis the 15th  

1743  On this day in history birth of alexander van Bylandt, Dutch military officer  

1767  Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer was born on this day in history.  

1776  Charles Macintosh, Scotland, patented waterproof fabric was born on this day in history.  

0721  Death of Empress Gemmei of Japan (b. 661) on this day in history.  

1141  On December - 29 death of yue Fei, Chinese general, executed  

1170  On this day in history death of thomas Beckett, archbishop, assassinated by 4 knights of King Henry II  

1558  Hermann Finck, composer, dies at 31 on this day in history.  

1563  On December - 29 death of sebastian Castellio, French theologian (b. 1515)  

1619  On this day in history antoine Arnauld, French lawyer (Philippica), dies  

1630  Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, RC pastor/lyricist, dies at 51 on December - 29.  

1634  Death of John Albert Vasa, Polish bishop (b. 1612) on this day in history.