What is December 29?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[1170]] &ndash; [[Thomas Becket]], is slain in his own cathedral on orders from [[Henry II of England]]. * [[1778]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: 3,000 British [[soldier]]s under the command of [[Lieutenant]] [[Colonel]] [[Archibald Campbell]] capture [[Savannah, Georgia]], [[US]]. * [[1786]] &ndash; [[French Revolution]]: The [[Assembly of the Notables]] is convened. * [[1813]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: [[United Kingdom|British]] soldiers burn [[Buffalo, New York]]. * [[1837]] &ndash; The [[Winter Palace]] in [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]], [[Russia]], is destroyed by fire. * [[1845]] &ndash; [[Texas]] is admitted as the 28th [[U.S. state]]. * [[1851]] &ndash; The first American–based [[YMCA]] opens, in [[Boston, Massachusetts]] * [[1860]] &ndash; The first British seagoing [[iron-clad warship]], the [[HMS Warrior (1860)|HMS ''Warrior'']] is launched. * [[1874]] &ndash; [[Alfonso XII of Spain]] is declared as [[King]]. * [[1876]] &ndash; The [[Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster|Ashtabula River Railroad bridge disaster]], 64 injured, 92 dead at [[Ashtabula, Ohio]]. * [[1890]] &ndash; [[Wounded Knee Massacre]]: The [[United States]] soldiers massacre over 400 men, women and children of the [[Great Sioux Nation]] at [[Wounded Knee, South Dakota]]. * [[1891]] &ndash; [[Thomas Edison]] patents the [[radio]]. * [[1893]] &ndash; French [[astronomer]] [[Stéphane Javelle]] discovers the pair of [[Galaxy|galaxies]] named IC 298. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === * [[1911]] &ndash; [[Sun Yat-sen]] becomes the first [[President]] of the [[Republic of China]]. * [[1911]] &ndash; [[Mongolia]] becomes independent. * [[1913]] &ndash; The first [[movie serial]], ''[[The Unwelcome Throne]]'' is released by [[Seligs Polyscope Company]]. * [[1921]] &ndash; [[William Lyon Mackenzie King]] becomes [[Prime Minister of Canada]] for the first time. * [[1930]] &ndash; [[Muhammad Iqbal]]'s presidential address in [[Allahabad]] introduces the two–nation theory and outlines a vi