What are the important events that happened on December 29? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
December 29: Facts & Myths About This Day
December 29 is the 364th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 2 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 16, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,735,430,400 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectahexacontatetragon’ day.
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Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 31 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,391 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 29 Historical Events
- 1786 –French Revolution: The Assembly of Notables is convened.
- 1851 –The first American YMCA opens in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1876 –The Ashtabula River Railroad bridge disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.
- 1911 –Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.
- 1930 –Sir Muhammad Iqbal’s presidential address in Allahabad introduces the Two-Nation Theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan.
- 1959 –Physicist Richard Feynman gives a speech entitled “There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom”, which is regarded as the birth of nanotechnology.
- 1959 –The Lisbon Metro begins operation.
- 1975 –A bomb explodes at LaGuardia Airport in New York, New York, killing 11 people and injuring 74.
- 1989 –Riots break-out after Hong Kong decides to forcibly repatriate Vietnamese refugees.
- 1996 –Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Union sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war.
Who were born on December 29?
- 1885 –Roman Ungern von Sternberg, famous White Russian warlord (d.1921)
- 1914 –Albert Tucker, Australian artist (d. 1999)
- 1948 –Peter Robinson, Northern Ireland politician
- 1949 –Syed Kirmani, Indian cricket player
- 1952 –Gelsey Kirkland, American dancer
- 1953 –Stanley Tookie Williams, American murderer (d. 2005)
- 1960 –David Boon, Australian Cricketer
- 1966 –Stefano Eranio, Italian footballer
- 1978 –Alexis Amore, Peruvian pornographic actress
- 1978 –Kieron Dyer, English footballer
Who died on December 29?
- 1634 –John Albert Vasa, Polish bishop (b. 1612)
- 1825 –Jacques-Louis David, French painter (b. 1748)
- 1926 –Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian writer (b. 1875)
- 1934 –Alma Tell, American stage and film actress (b. 1898)
- 1941 –Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician (b. 1873)
- 1988 –Mike Beuttler, British racing driver (b. 1940)
- 2001 –Cássia Eller, Brazilian musician (b. 1962)
- 2004 –Julius Axelrod, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1912)
- 2009 –“Dr. Death” Steve Williams, American former professional wrestler and football player (b. 1960)
- 2010 –Bill Erwin, American actor (b. 1914)
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