Historical Events In December - 29
Sunday, 03 July 2022
1862 Battle of Chichasaw Bayou: confederate armies defeat Gen Sherman on December - 29.
1864 On this day in history fire Dept celebrates 1st annual ball
1866 Joseph Limburg, liberal Second-Member of parliament (1905-19) on December - 29.
1867 On this day in history first telegraph ticker used by a brokerage house, Groesbeck and Co, New York
1867 1st telegraph ticker used by a brokerage house, Groesbeck & Co, NY on this day in history.
1869 On December - 29 bill Howell, cricketer (Australian bowler at turn of century)
1871 Ferdinand Marcucci, composer, dies at 71 on December - 29.
1876 11 passenger cars crash in a ravine near Ashtabula OH on this day in history.
1876 11 passenger cars crash in a ravine near Ashtabula Ohio, 92 die on December - 29.
1876 On December - 29 pablo Casals, Vendrell Catalonia Spain, violinist/conductor/composer
1877 On December - 29 grand Trunk Railroad workers strike to support fired members of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers; strike broken by use of militia and unorganized workers.
1877 On December - 29 willem Sassen, Dutch attorney general on Curacao (Affair-S), dies
1879 Billy Mitchell, aviation hero Gen (WW I) on this day in history.
1880 Jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin, composer on December - 29.
1885 Gottlieb Daimler patents 1st bike (Germany) on this day in history.
1887 Kiyoshi Nobutoki, composer on December - 29.
1888 On this day in history joseph Beran, Czech archbishop of Prague/cardinal
1890 On December - 29 300 Sioux Indians are killed by US troops at Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
1890 Federal troops massacre 200+ captive Sioux at Wounded Knee, SD; Indian "war" in the west on this day in history.
1890 The "Battle of Wounded Knee" ends the last major Indian resistance to white settlement in America on this day in history.
1890 On December - 29 the last ever battle between American natives and US troops takes place
1890 On this day in history uS 7th Cavalry massacre 200+ captive Sioux at Wounded Knee, SD
1890 Big Foot, Sioux indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee on this day in history.
1891 Edison patents "transmission of signals electrically" (radio) on this day in history.
1891 Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician, dies at 68 on December - 29.
1892 On this day in history emory Parnell, St Paul MN, actress (Rocket Man, County Fair)
1894 Chris Rossetti, writer, dies at 64 on December - 29.
1895 Dr L S Jameson begins failed raid on Johannesburg on this day in history.
1896 First issue of newspaper Le Soleil is published on December - 29.
1896 On this day in history david Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexico, painter/muralist (Lib of Chile)
1897 Hermann Heiss, composer on December - 29.
1898 On December - 29 jeanne Leleu, composer
1898 Georg Goltermann, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1899 On this day in history english fleet brings German postschip Bundesrath up
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