December 29

Tuesday 29, 1998:

Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the genocide in Cambodia that claimed over 1 million in the 1970s.

Monday 29, 1997:

Hong Kong begins to kill all the nation's chickens (1.25 million) to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain.

Sunday 29, 1996:

Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Union sign a peace accord that ends a 36 year civil war.

Wednesday 29, 1993:

Construction of the Tian Tan Buddha, the world's tallest outdoor bronze statue of the seated Buddha, was completed.

Tuesday 29, 1992:

Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, resigned.

Friday 29, 1989:

On the final day of trading for the year and decade, the Japanese Nikkei 225 Average closes at an all-time high of 38,915.87.

Tuesday 29, 1987:

Yuri Romanenko of USSR remained in space for 326 days and came back to Earth on this day that year.

Monday 29, 1975:

A bomb explodes at New York City's LaGuardia Airport killing 11.

Friday 29, 1972:

An Eastern Airlines Lockheed Tristar crashed on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101

Thursday 29, 1949:

KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule.

Sunday 29, 1940:

Battle of Britain: Luftwaffe firebombs London, killing almost 3000 civilians

Wednesday 29, 1937:

The Irish Free State was replaced by a new state called Ireland when a new constitution was adopted.

Saturday 29, 1934:

Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.

Thursday 29, 1921:

William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada

Monday 29, 1913:

The first serial motion picture, The Unwelcome Throne is released by Seligs Polyscope Company.

Friday 29, 1911:

Sun Yat-sen becomes the first President of the Republic of China

Tuesday 29, 1891:

Thomas Edison patents the radio.

Monday 29, 1890:

Wounded Knee Massacre: The United States soldiers massacred over 400 men, women and children of the Great Sioux Nation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota.

Friday 29, 1876:

The Ashtabula River Railroad bridge disaster, 64 injured, 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.

Monday 29, 1862:

American Civil War: End of the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou.

Saturday 29, 1860:

The first British seagoing iron-clad warship, the HMS Warrior is launched.

Monday 29, 1851:

The first American-based YMCA opens, in Boston, Massachusetts

Monday 29, 1845:

Texas is admitted as the 28th U.S. state.

Wednesday 29, 1813:

War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York.

Tuesday 29, 1170:

Thomas Becket is slain in his own cathedral on orders from Henry II of England.

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