Section: Not a single day without an event #December29 Holidays Constitution #Day (Ireland) Independence Day (#Mongolia) The fifth day of Christmas (Western Christianity) Events 1170 - Archbishop Thomas Becket was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral in England. 1808 - Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United States, was born in Raleigh, N.C. 1845 - Texas was admitted to the union as the 28th state. 1851 - The first American Young Mens Christian Association was organized, in Boston. 1890 - U.S. troops killed as many as 400 Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee, S.D. 1916 - Gregory Rasputin, the monk who had wielded powerful influence over the Russian court, was murdered by a group of noblemen. 1940 - Germany began dropping incendiary bombs on London during World War II. 1996 - War-weary guerrilla and government leaders in Guatemala signed an accord ending 36 years of civil conflict. 1998 - Khmer Rouge leaders apologized for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed 1 million lives. 1999 - The Nasdaq composite index closed above 4,000 for the first time, ending the day at 4,041.46. 2007 - The New England Patriots became the first NFL team in 35 years to finish the regular season undefeated when they beat the New York Giants 38-35 to go 16-0. Historic Birthdays William Gaddis 12/29/1922 - 12/16/1998 (American novelist) Klaus Fuchs 12/29/1911 - 1/28/1988 (German-born American physicist and spy) Jess Willard 12/29/1881 - 12/15/1968 (American prizefighter) William Mitchell 12/29/1879 - 2/19/1936 (U.S. Army officer and early advocate of a separate air force) Pablo #Casals 12/29/1876 - 10/22/1973 (Spanish cellist and conductor) William Gladstone 12/29/1809 - 5/19/1898 (English statesman and four-time prime minister (1868-74, 1880-85, 1886, 1892-94)) Charles Goodyear 12/29/1800 - 7/1/1860 (American inventor; pioneered commercial use of rubber) Charles Macintosh 12/29/1766 - 7/25/1843 (#Scottish chemist and inventor) Jeanne-Antoinette #Pompadour 12/29/1721 - 4/15/1764 (French mistress of #Louis XV)
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