29TH
DECEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURY; ST EBRULF
OR EVROULT; ST TROPHIMUS OF ARLES; & ST MAROELLUS AKIMETES." |
| 29TH |
1170 |
"ST THOMAS a’BECKET" THE 40th ARCHBISHOP OF
CANTERBURY WAS MURDERED IN HIS OWN CATHEDRAL BY 4 KNIGHTS ACTING ON "HENRY
II’s" ORDERS. |
| 29TH |
1813 |
THE BRITISH BURN BUFFALO, NEW
YORK, DURING THE WAR OF 1812. |
| 29TH |
1845 |
TEXAS IS ADMITTED AS THE 28TH STATE OF THE U.S. |
| 29TH |
1860 |
HMS WARRIOR, BRITAIN’S
FIRST SEAGOING IRON CLAD WARSHIP, WAS LAUNCHED. |
| 29TH |
1876 |
AMERICAN HYMNWRITER, "PHILIP P. BLISS" 38, DIES
WHEN THE TRAIN HE & HIS WIFE WERE TRAVELLING IN, PLUNGED FROM A BRIDGE INTO A RAVINE
60 FEET BELOW.
HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HYMNS; "I GAVE MY LIFE FOR THEE," "I WILL SING
OF MY REDEEMER," "LET THE LOWER LIGHTS BE BURNING," &, "WONDERFUL
WORDS OF LIFE." |
| 29TH |
1890 |
THE MASSACRE OF MORE THAN 200
SIOUX, INDIANS, AT WOUNDED KNEE, THE LAST MAJOR BATTLE BETWEEN NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS
& U.S. TROOPS TOOK PLACE. |
| 29TH |
1891 |
"EDISON" PATENTS TRANSMISSION OF RADIO SIGNALS
ELECTRICALLY. |
| 29TH |
1908 |
PATENT GRANTED IN THE U.S. FOR
A 4 WHEEL AUTOMOBILE BRAKING SYSTEM. |
| 29TH |
1937 |
‘PAN AM’ BEGINS SAN FRANCISCO TO AUCKLAND AIR
SERVICE. |
| 29TH |
1940 |
GERMANY BEGINS DROPPING
INCENDIARY BOMBS ON LONDON. |
| 29TH |
1955 |
"BARBRA STREISAND" MAKES HER FIRST RECORDING
"YOU’LL NEVER KNOW" AT THE AGE OF 13. |
| 29TH |
1957 |
SINGERS, ‘STEVE
LAWRENCE,’ AND ‘EYDIE GORME’ MARRY IN NEVADA. |
| 29TH |
1967 |
A CESSNA 206 CRASH AT DALY WATERS, NT, CLAIMS 6 LIVES. |
| 29TH |
1972 |
16 SURVIVORS OF AN AIRCRAFT
CRASH IN THE ANDES ON 16TH OCTOBER REVEAL THEY ATE THE BODIES OF THE DEAD TO SAVE
THEMSELVES FROM CERTAIN STARVATION. |
| 29TH |
1982 |
JAMAICA ISSUED A "BOB MARLEY" COMMEMORATIVE STAMP. |
| 29TH |
1989 |
AN EARTHQUAKE HITS NEWCASTLE AT
10.28am, KILLING 13 PEOPLE AND INJURING MORE THAN 120. |
| 29TH |
1990 |
CHAMPION U.S. OLYMPIC GYMNAST, "MARY LOU RETTON"
MARRIES "SHANNON KELLEY." |
| 29TH |
1997 |
AN ESTIMATED CROWD OF 50,000
WATCHED AUSTRALIA DEFEAT NEW ZEALAND IN THE WOMEN’S WORLD CUP CRICKET FINAL IN
CALCUTTA. |
| 29TH |
2000 |
NORTHERN TERRITORY ADVENTURER, AUTHOR, "BRETT de la
MACE" 36, LANDED HIS MOTORISED GLIDER IN THE GROUNDS OF BUCKINGHAM PALACE AS A
PUBLICITY STUNT. |
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