Historical Events In December - 29
Friday, 26 February 2021
1862 Battle of Chichasaw Bayou: confederate armies defeat Gen Sherman on this day in history.
1864 On this day in history fire Dept celebrates 1st annual ball
1866 Joseph Limburg, liberal Second-Member of parliament (1905-19) on this day in history.
1867 First telegraph ticker used by a brokerage house, Groesbeck and Co, New York on December - 29.
1867 1st telegraph ticker used by a brokerage house, Groesbeck & Co, NY on December - 29.
1869 Bill Howell, cricketer (Australian bowler at turn of century) on December - 29.
1871 On this day in history ferdinand Marcucci, composer, dies at 71
1876 On this day in history 11 passenger cars crash in a ravine near Ashtabula OH
1876 11 passenger cars crash in a ravine near Ashtabula Ohio, 92 die on this day in history.
1876 Pablo Casals, Vendrell Catalonia Spain, violinist/conductor/composer on this day in history.
1877 Grand Trunk Railroad workers strike to support fired members of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers; strike broken by use of militia and unorganized workers on December - 29.
1877 On this day in history 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 On December - 29 kiyoshi Nobutoki, composer
1888 On December - 29 joseph Beran, Czech archbishop of Prague/cardinal
1890 300 Sioux Indians are killed by US troops at Wounded Knee, South Dakota on December - 29.
1890 On this day in history federal troops massacre 200+ captive Sioux at Wounded Knee, SD; Indian "war" in the west
1890 On this day in history the "Battle of Wounded Knee" ends the last major Indian resistance to white settlement in America
1890 The last ever battle between American natives and US troops takes place on this day in history.
1890 US 7th Cavalry massacre 200+ captive Sioux at Wounded Knee, SD on December - 29.
1890 Big Foot, Sioux indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee on December - 29.
1891 Edison patents "transmission of signals electrically" (radio) on December - 29.
1891 On December - 29 leopold Kronecker, German mathematician, dies at 68
1892 On this day in history emory Parnell, St Paul MN, actress (Rocket Man, County Fair)
1894 On December - 29 chris Rossetti, writer, dies at 64
1895 On December - 29 dr L S Jameson begins failed raid on Johannesburg
1896 On this day in history first issue of newspaper Le Soleil is published.
1896 David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexico, painter/muralist (Lib of Chile) on December - 29.
1897 Hermann Heiss, composer on this day in history.
1898 On December - 29 jeanne Leleu, composer
1898 Georg Goltermann, composer, dies at 74 on December - 29.
1899 On this day in history english fleet brings German postschip Bundesrath up
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