All Events

Historical Events on December 29

  • Capture of Savannah

    1778

    American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.

  • USS Constitution

    1812

    The USS Constitution under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures the HMS Java off the coast of Brazil after a three-hour battle.

  • YMCA

    1851

    The first American YMCA opens in Boston, Massachusetts.

  • Ashtabula River railroad disaster

    1876

    The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.

  • Sun Yat-sen

    1911

    Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.

  • KC2XAK

    1949

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

  • Václav Havel

    1989

    Czech writer, philosopher and dissident Václav Havel is elected the first post-communist President of Czechoslovakia.

  • Influenza

    1997

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

  • Khmer Rouge

    1998

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

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Famous Deaths on December 29

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