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What happened in history on this day: December 29?
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- 1141 - Yue Fei Chinese general, executed.
- 1170 - Thomas Beckett archbishop, assassinated by four knights of King Henry II.
- 1539 - Saint Jacobs Church burns after being hit by lightning.
- 1541 - Isabella of Poland and King Ferdinand of Austria sign Treaty of Gyalu.
- 1558 - Charles V, German emperor, buried.
- 1558 - Hermann Finck composer, dies at age 31.
- 1563 - Birth of Francesco Maria Guaitoli composer.
- 1586 - Birth of Francisco de Moncada Spanish earl of Osuna/marquis of Aytona.
- 1619 - Antoine Arnauld French lawyer (Philippica), dies.
- 1630 - Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele Roman Catholic pastor/lyricist, dies at age 51.
- 1678 - Birth of Gotthard Wagner composer.
- 1689 - Olfert Dapper Amsterdam historian/geographer, buried.
- 1703 - Mustapha II sultan (Turkey), dies at age 39.
- 1708 - Great Alliance occupies Gent.
- 1709 - Birth of Elisabeth Petrovna tsarina of Russia/daughter of Peter the Great.
- 1721 - Birth of Madame De Pompadour mistress of French King Louis the 15th.
- 1731 - J Brook Taylor English mathematician, dies at age 46.
- 1743 - Birth of Alexander van Bylandt Dutch military officer.
- 1776 - Birth of Charles Macintosh in Scotland; patented waterproof fabric.
- 1778 - English troops occupy Savannah, Georgia.
- 1782 - First nautical almanac in US published by Samuel Stearns, Boston.
- 1783 - William Pitt becomes Prime Minister of England.
- 1792 - Birth of Archibald Alison; Scottish historian (History of Europe).
- 1800 - Birth of Charles Goodyear; inventor (vulcanization process for rubber).
- 1808 - Birth of Andrew Johnson in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA; American politician (Representative, Tennessee, 1843-53), governor of Tennessee (1853-57), US Senator (Tennessee, 1857-62, 1875), military governor of Tennessee (1862-64), 17th US President (1865-69).
- 1809 - Birth of Albert Pike in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), Indian Commissioner, governor of Indian Territory (dies 1891).
- 1809 - Birth of William Ewart Gladstone in Liverpool, England; British Prime Minister (Liberal, 1868-1874, 1880-1886, 1892-1894).
- 1813 - British burn Buffalo, New York, during the War of 1812.
- 1821 - Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael, South Netherlands general, dies at age 61.
- 1825 - Jacques-Louis David, French painter (Death of Marat), dies at age 77.
- 1830 - Birth of Ezra Meeker in Huntsville, Ohio, USA; sculptor, co-founder of Puyallup Washington, grower of hops, promoter of the Oregon Trail.
- 1831 - Birth of Adam Badeau; US Brevet Brigadier-General (Union volunteers) (dies 1895).
- 1833 - Birth of John James Ingalls; American politician (Representative-Kansas).
- 1837 - Canadian militia destroy Caroline, a US steamboat docked at Buffalo, New York.
- 1837 - Steam-powered threshing machine patented, in Winthrop, Maine, USA.
- 1841 - King/grand duke Willem II installs Order of Eikenkroon.
- 1843 - Birth of Elisabeth, queen of Romania/poet (Rumänische Dichtungen).
- 1845 - US President James Polk signs act admitting Texas into union.
- 1848 - Gas lights first installed at White House (James Polk's administration).
- 1851 - First Young Men's Christian Association chapter opened (Boston, Massachusetts).
- 1852 - Emma Snodgrass arrested in Boston for wearing pants.
- 1856 - Birth of Thomas J Stieltjes; mathematician (Stieltjes integral).
- 1859 - Birth of Venustiano Carranza; Governor of state of Coahuila, President of México (1915-20).
- 1862 - The bowling ball is invented.
- 1862 - Battle of Chichasaw Bayou: Confederate armies defeat USA Army General Tecumseh Sherman with loss of 1700 men.
- 1866 - Birth of Joseph Limburg; liberal Second-Member of parliament (1905-19).
- 1867 - First telegraph ticker used by a brokerage house, Groesbeck and Company, New York.
- 1869 - Birth of Bill Howell; cricket player (Australian bowler at turn of century).
- 1874 - Alfonso XII is proclaimed King of Spain.
- 1876 - Eleven passenger cars crash in a ravine near Ashtabula, Ohio, USA; 92 die.
- 1877 - Willem Sassen, Dutch Attorney General on Curaçao (Affair-S), dies.
- 1878 - Birth of Felix M Abel; French bible scholar (Jérusalem Nouvelle).
- 1879 - Birth of Billy Mitchell; aviation hero general (WWI).
- 1888 - Birth of Joseph Beran; Czechoslovakian archbishop of Prague/cardinal.
- 1890 - The U.S. 7th Cavalry massacres 146 Sioux Indians (nearly half women and children) at Wounded Knee Creek on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. 25 cavalry men are killed.
- 1890 - Death of Big Foot, Sioux Indian chief, at Wounded Knee in South Dakota, USA.
- 1891 - Thomas A. Edison is granted a US patent for "transmission of signals electrically" (radio).
- 1892 - Birth of Emory Parnell in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; actress (Rocket Man, County Fair).
- 1895 - Dr L S Jameson begins failed raid on Johannesburg, South Africa.
- 1896 - Birth of David Alfaro Siqueiros in México; painter/muralist (Liberation of Chile).
- 1900 - General Viljoen makes surprise attack on British garrison to Helvetia.
- 1903 - Birth of Clyde McCoy in Ashland, Kentucky, USA; trumpeter/bandleader ("Sugar Blues").
- 1903 - French Equatorial Africa separates into Gabon, Chad, and Ubangi-Shari.
- 1904 - Birth of Wendell Niles in Twin Valley, Minnesota, USA; radio announcer (The Bob Hope Show, Adventures of Philip Marlowe, The Man Called X), TV announcer (Truth or Consequences, Let's Make a Deal, Colgate Comedy Hour, It Could Be You).
- 1905 - General Ramón Cáceres becomes new President of the Dominican Republic.
- 1906 - Montréal Wanderers beat New Glasgow (Nova Scotia) for Stanley Cup (second of 1906).
- 1908 - Birth of Claire Dodd in Arkansas, USA; actress (Ex-Lady, In the Navy).
- 1908 - Birth of Gerben Sonderman; Dutch test pilot (Fokker).
- 1908 - Patent granted for a 4-wheel automobile brake, Clintonville, Wisconsin.
- 1912 - Birth of Peggy Glanville-Hicks in Melbourne, Australia; composer (Triad).
- 1913 - First movie serial, Adventures of Kathlyn premieres in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- 1915 - Birth of Charles Leonard Harness in Colorado City, Texas, USA; American sci-fi author (Paradox Men, Wolfhead).
- 1915 - Birth of Jan Meefout; Dutch sculptor (Laying Woman).
- 1915 - Birth of Robert Ruark; US writer (Something of Value).
- 1917 - Birth of Tom Bradley; American politician (Mayor-Democrat-Los Angeles) (1973-93).
- 1919 - Birth of Pieter Terpstra; Dutch journalist/writer (De dei is forroun / Havank-T).
- 1920 - Birth of Viveca Lindfors in Uppsala, Sweden; actress (The Way We Were, Welcome to Los Angeles).
- 1920 - The Netherlands and Venezuela recover diplomatic relations.
- 1920 - Yugoslav government bans communist party.
- 1921 - William Lyon Mackenzie King succeeds Arthur Meighen as Canadian Prime Minister.
- 1922 - Revised Netherlands Law proclaims suffrage.
- 1925 - Birth of Dina Merrill in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Operation Petticoat, Butterfield 8).
- 1925 - Félix E Vallotton, Swiss painter/writer (Chaste Susanne), dies at age 60.
- 1926 - Rainer M Rilke, Austrian songwriter/writer ("Wise Queen"), dies at age 51.
- 1926 - Victoria (1107) beat New South Wales (221 and 230) in cricket by an innings 656 runs.
- 1927 - Birth of Jim Simpson in Washington DC, USA; sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball).
- 1928 - Birth of Bernard Cribbins in Oldham, England; actor (Val Doonican Show).
- 1929 - Indonesian police arrest Sukarno and 100s PNI-leaders.
- 1930 - Fred P Newton completes longest swim ever (1826 miles), when he swam in the Mississippi River from Ford Dam, Minnesota, to New Orleans, Louisiana.
- 1931 - Birth of Barbara Steele in England; actress (Castle of Blood, Dark Shadows).
- 1931 - Identification of heavy water publicly announced, HC Urey.
- 1931 - Victoria scores 7 for 435 in second innings to beat New South Wales.
- 1932 - Birth of Inga Swenson in Omaha, Nebraska, USA; actress (Gretchen - Benson, Doctor Doctor).
- 1933 - Joh Georghe Duca, premier of Romania, murdered.
- 1933 - New York Yankees refuse to release Babe Ruth so he can manage the Cincinnati Reds.
- 1934 - First collegiate basketball doubleheader games, at Madison Square Garden in New York, with Notre Dame versus New York University and Saint John's versus Westminster, Philadelphia.
- 1934 - Birth of Ed Flanders in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; actor (Dr. Westphal - St. Elsewhere (Emmy award 1983)).
- 1934 - Birth of Tom Jarriel in LaGrange, Georgia, USA; newscaster (ABC Weekend News, 20/20).
- 1934 - Japan renounces Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and London Treaty of 1930.
- 1935 - Birth of Tony Bramall in England; auto dealer/multi-millionaire (Harrogate).
- 1936 - Birth of Ray Nitschke; NFL linebacker (Green Bay Packers).
- 1937 - Ireland adopts constitution (Irish Free State becomes Eire).
- 1937 - Lou Thesz beats E Marshall in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA to become wrestling champion.
- 1937 - Birth of Mary Tyler Moore in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Dick Van Dyke Show, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Ordinary People).
- 1938 - Birth of Jon Voight in Yonkers, New York, USA; actor (Deliverance, Midnight Cowboy, Noah's Ark, Jasper Texas, Return to Lonesome Dove).
- 1938 - Birth of Wayne Huizenga; CEO (Waste Management, Blockbuster, Miami Dolphins).
- 1938 - Construction on Lake Washington Floating Bridge, in Seattle, Washington, begins.
- 1939 - Birth of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom; President of Maldives (1978-).
- 1939 - The Russian 163rd Division begins an attack in great force on the middle of Finland, to try to drive through to the Gulf of Bothnia and cut Finland in two.
- 1940 - Birth of Ed Buce in Keiser, Arkansas, USA; country singer (Texas).
- 1940 - Birth of Peter Koelewijn; Dutch writer/vocalist ("Come off that Roof").
- 1940 - Germany begins dropping incendiary bombs on London, England.
- 1940 - NFL Pro Bowl: Chicago Bears beats NFL All-Stars 28-14.
- 1941 - Japanese forces begin an attack on Corregidor, Philippines.
- 1941 - Birth of Ray Thomas in England; rock vocalist, flutist (The Moody Blues - "Nights in White Satin").
- 1942 - Birth of Dinah Christiel singer/comedienne (This Hour Has Seven Days).
- 1943 - Birth of Maij-Wegge; Dutch traffic minister (19??-94).
- 1943 - William H Singer, American painter/collector (Singer Museum), dies at age 75.
- 1944 - Birth of Rodney Redmond; New Zealand cricket player (opener scored century in Test versus Pakistan 1973).
- 1946 - Birth of Laffit Pincay Junior; jockey (Kentucky Derby 1984, Belmont Stakes 1982-84, Swale).
- 1946 - Birth of Marianne Faithfull in Hampstead, England; vocalist ("Money", "As Tears Go By").
- 1946 - Birth of Paul Trible; American politician (Senator-Republican-Virginia).
- 1947 - Birth of Cozy Powell in England; rock drummer (Jeff Beck Group, Whitesnake, Emerson Lake and Powell).
- 1947 - Birth of Ted Danson in San Diego, California, USA; actor (Sam Malone - Cheers, Three Men and a Baby, Becker, Help Me Help You).
- 1947 - Joseph Cuvelier, Belgian historian/general, dies at age 78.
- 1947 - Ship carrying Jewish immigrants driven away from Palestine.
- 1948 - Canada recognizes Israel.
- 1948 - US State Department announces work on placing objects into Earth orbit.
- 1949 - First UHF television station operating regular basis (Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA).
- 1949 - Birth of Angel Tompkins; actress (Bees, Prime Cut, Murphy's Law).
- 1949 - Birth of Syed Kirmani; cricket player (Indian keeper after Engineer).
- 1949 - Hungary nationalizes its industries.
- 1950 - Birth of Jon Polito in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Fire With Fire, Homicide).
- 1951 - Birth of Laurel Masse in Holland, Michigan, USA; jazz singer (Manhattan Transfer - "Operator").
- 1951 - Birth of Yvonne Elliman; US actress/singer ("I Don't Know How to Love Him").
- 1952 - First transistorized hearing aid offered for sale (Elmsford, New York).
- 1952 - Birth of Gelsey Kirkland in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA; ballerina/druggie (Nutcracker).
- 1952 - Birth of Nikolai Andrianov in the USSR; gymnast (Olympics-gold-1972, 1976, 1980).
- 1953 - Birth of Kate Schmidt in the USA; javelin thrower (Olympics-bronze-1972).
- 1954 - Birth of Glenn Myernick in Trenton, New Jersey, USA; soccer coach (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1954 - Kingdom of the Netherlands, with Netherlands and Netherlands Antilles as autonomous parts, comes into being.
- 1955 - Birth of Jan Pijnenburg; Dutch rock drummer (Doe Maar - "Bomb").
- 1955 - Birth of Neil Giraldo; rocker (Pat Benatar Band).
- 1956 - Birth of Dolf de Vries; Dutch musical/director/arranger (Josephine).
- 1956 - Martin Albertz, German theologist (Jesus Christ's Church), dies at age 73.
- 1957 - Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 50-14 in NFL championship game.
- 1957 - Tom Richmond, cricket player (Notts leg-spinner took 2-86 in England Test), dies.
- 1958 - Baltimore Colts beat New York Giants 23-17 in NFL championship game broadcast to live TV audience of 40 million.
- 1958 - Birth of Curt Allen Byrum in Onida, South Dakota, USA; PGA golfer (1989 Hardee's Golf Classic).
- 1958 - Doris Humphrey, US dancer/choreographer (Dances of Women), dies at age 63.
- 1958 - The long-running radio soap Young Dr Malone debuts on TV.
- 1959 - Birth of Patricia Clarkson; actress (Six Feet Under, Murder One).
- 1959 - Birth of Leslie Graves in Silver City, New Mexico, USA; actress (Brenda - Capitol).
- 1959 - Birth of Paula Poundstone; comedienne (Emmy Awards).
- 1960 - Birth of Dave Gilbert; cricket player (Aussie pace bowler in 9 Tests 1985-86).
- 1960 - Birth of David Boon; cricket player (short backward square from Tasmania).
- 1961 - Birth of Jim Reid; guitarist, singer (Jesus and Mary Chain).
- 1962 - Birth of Devon White in Kingston, Jamaica; outfielder (Florida Marlins).
- 1962 - United Nations launches second attack on Katanga.
- 1962 - Doug Walters makes first-class debut for New South Wales 17 years 8 days.
- 1963 - 52nd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Adelaide (3-2).
- 1964 - Bernard von Brentano, German writer (Big Cats), dies at age 63.
- 1964 - Birth of Craig Grebeck in Cerritos, California, USA; infielder (Florida Marlins).
- 1964 - Birth of Kimberly Russell; actress (Sarah - Head of the Class).
- 1965 - Birth of David Delfino; hockey goaltender (Team Italy 1998).
- 1965 - CBS purchases NFL TV rights for 1966-68 at US$18.8 million per year.
- 1965 - Birth of Dexter Holland; singer (The Offspring).
- 1966 - Birth of Bruce Bulina in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Canadian Tour golfer (1990 Alberta Open).
- 1966 - Birth of Drew Hartt in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Canadian Tour golfer (1995 Desert Tour).
- 1967 - Birth of Henry Jones; NFL safety (Buffalo Bills).
- 1967 - Birth of Jason Gould, son of Elliot Gould/Barbra Streisand, actor (Prince of Tides).
- 1967 - Birth of Tony Tolbert; NFL defensive end (Dallas Cowboys).
- 1967 - Death of Paul Whiteman at age 76; orchestra leader (Fabulous Dorseys - "Three O'Clock in the Morning", "My Blue Heaven", "All of Me", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes").
- 1967 - Turkish-Cypriot government forms in Cyprus.
- 1968 - Baltimore Colts beat Cleveland Browns 34-0 in NFL championship game.
- 1968 - Birth of Darren Perry; NFL free safety (Pittsburgh Steelers).
- 1968 - Birth of James Mouton in Denver, Colorado, USA; outfielder (Houston Astros).
- 1968 - Israeli commandos destroy 13 Lebanese airplanes.
- 1968 - New York Jets beat Oakland Raiders 27-23 in AFL championship game.
- 1969 - New York Times reports Curt Flood will sue baseball and challenge the reserve clause.
- 1970 - Birth of Yaroslav Ihorovych Pustovyi in Kostroma, Ukraine; cosmonaut.
- 1970 - Birth of Glen Phillips; singer, guitarist (Toad the Wet Sprocket).
- 1970 - Birth of Kevin Weisman; actor (Alias).
- 1971 - Birth of Jay Fiedler; NFL quarterback (Philadelphia Eagles).
- 1971 - Birth of Margot Thien in San Diego, California, USA; synchronized swimmer (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Mark Montreuil; NFL cornerback (San Diego Chargers).
- 1971 - Birth of Toby Mills; WLAF corner (Frankfurt Galaxy).
- 1972 - Birth of Jessica Lee McMinn; Miss North Carolina USA (1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Malcolm Seabron; NFL wide receiver (Houston Oilers).
- 1972 - Birth of Melissa Hall; Miss USA-Minnesota (1997).
- 1972 - Birth of Randy Neal; NFL linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals).
- 1972 - Eastern Tristar Jumbo Jet crashes near Florida Everglades killing 101.
- 1972 - Life magazine ceases publication.
- 1972 - Test Cricket debut of Jeff Thomson and Max Walker versus Pakistan at Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- 1973 - Birth of Tomas Perez in Barquisimeto, Venezuela; infielder (Toronto Blue Jays).
- 1973 - In the New Hebrides Islands, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurs.
- 1974 - Birth of Brad Hodge; cricket player (promising Victorian middle-order batsman).
- 1974 - Birth of James Darling; linebacker (Philadelphia Eagles).
- 1974 - Birth of Tom Knight; cornerback (Arizona Cardinals).
- 1974 - Birth of Mekhi Phifer; actor (ER).
- 1975 - Eleven killed, 75 hurt by terrorist bomb at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, New York.
- 1975 - Birth of Shawn Hatosy; actor (CSI, Felicity, ER).
- 1976 - Ivo van Damme, Belgian 800/1500 metre sprinter (Olympics-silver-1976), dies at age 22.
- 1978 - Shah of Iran asks Shapour Bahktiar to form a civilian government.
- 1978 - Test Cricket debut of Allan Robert Border, versus England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- 1979 - Birth of Laura Larson, Miss Maine Teen USA (1996).
- 1979 - Red Army beats New York Islanders 3-2 at Nassau Coliseum.
- 1980 - Death of Roy Engle of meningitis at age 67; supporting actor Police Chief - My Favorite Martian, President Ulysses S. Grant - Wild Wild West, Sky King radio show).
- 1980 - Death of Tim Hardin of a heroin overdose in Los Angeles at age 40; singer-songwriter ("If I Were A Carpenter", "Bird on a Wire").
- 1982 - Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant ends his career with Alabama (323 wins).
- 1982 - Sol C Siegel, US film producer (High Society), dies at age 79.
- 1983 - The Reverend Jesse Jackson travels to Syria to secure the release of U.S. Navy Lieutenant Robert Goodman, who has been in Syrian captivity after being shot down over the country on a reconnaissance mission.
- 1983 - Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236 versus West Indies.
- 1983 - Graeme Yallop completes 268 versus Pakistan at Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- 1984 - Saint Louis Blues take 27 shots against New York Islanders in one period.
- 1984 - Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi claims victory in parliamentary elections.
- 1986 - Andrei Tarkovski, Russian film director (Stalker), dies at age 54 (born 1932).
- 1986 - [Maurice] Harold Macmillan, former British Prime Minister (1957-63), dies in Sussex, England, at age 92 (born 1894).
- 1987 - Prozac anti-depressant drug makes its debut in the United States.
- 1988 - Soviet Red Army hockey team edges New York Islanders, 3-2 at Nassau Coliseum.
- 1988 - Victorian Post Office Museum in Australia closes.
- 1989 - In Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, the provincial government opens the Crystal Casino, the first permanent casino in the country, on the 7th floor of the Fort Gary Hotel, with 19,000 square feet (589 m2) of gaming space.
- 1989 - Václav Havel is elected President of Czechoslovakia.
- 1989 - Riots break-out after Hong Kong decides to forcibly repatriate Vietnamese refugees.
- 1989 - Wayne Gretzky and Martina Navratilova are named athletes of the decade by the Associated Press.
- 1989 - On the last day of stock trading in Japan, the Nikkei 225 stock market index closes at a peak of 38,915.
- 1990 - Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton weds Shannon Kelley.
- 1991 - Boeing 747-200F of China Airlines crashes into mountain at Taipei.
- 1992 - Governor Cuomo grants Jean Harris ("Scarsdale Diet" Murderess) clemency.
- 1992 - L H Ruitenberg, vicar/editor in chief (Reform Netherlands), dies at age 87.
- 1992 - Vivienne Segal, US actress (Broadway, Pal Joey), dies at age 95.
- 1992 - Brazil's president Fernando Collor de Mello is found guilty on charges that he stole more than $32 million from the government, preventing him from holding any elected office for eight years.
- 1993 - Argentina passes a measure allowing President Carlos Saul Menem and all future presidents to run for a second term. It also shortens presidential terms to four years and removes the requirement for the president to be Roman Catholic.
- 1994 - B737-400 flies into a mountain at Edremit East Turkey, 54 killed.
- 1994 - Bangladesh government of Zia resigns.
- 1994 - Frank Thring, Australian actor (El Cid, Ben-Hur), dies at age 68.
- 1994 - Last Dutch electro-magnetic telephone exchange shuts down.
- 1994 - Shane Warne takes a hat-trick versus England at cricket Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- 1995 - Nello Celio, President of Switzerland (1972), dies at age 81.
- 1996 - Guatemala and the leaders of the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Union sign a peace accord that ends a 36-year civil war.
- 1997 - Carquest Bowl 8: Georgia Tech beats West Virginia, 35-30.
- 1997 - Hong Kong begins to kill all the chickens within its territory (1.25 million) to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain.
- 1997 - Russia signs agreement to build a US$3 billion nuclear power plant in China.
- 1998 - Khmer Rouge leaders apologize for the genocide in Cambodia that claimed over one million in the 1970s.
- 1999 - In Henley-on-Thames, England, former Beatle George Harrison is stabbed several times in the chest by Michael Anram, who had broken into his home. Harrison's wife wrestles the knife out of the assailant's hand before the police arrive. The man apparently believes that Harrison is the devil. He is later charged with attempted murder.
- 2002 - The Communist New People's Army blows up a bust of Ferdinand Marcos in Benguet, Philippines.
- 2002 - In Cincinnati, Ohio, the Cinergy Field stadium is demolished.
- 2003 - Death of Earl Hindman of lung cancer at age 61; actor (Wilson - Home Improvement).
- 2003 - Birth of Princess Vittoria of Savoy, daughter of Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice and Piedmont and Clotilde Courau.
- 2003 - Death of Archbishop Michael Courtney in a hail of bullets as his car is ambushed in Burundi.
- 2005 - Agreeing to a US$60 million, five-year contract, Kevin Millwood joins the Texas Rangers American baseball team.
- 2006 - In Somalia, Ethiopian and Transitional government troops capture Mogadishu without resistance.
- 2007 - After defeating the New York Giants 38-35, the New England Patriots become the second team in NFL history to finish the regular season undefeated.
- 2007 - Death of Kevin Greening, former BBC Radio 1 DJ (born 1962).
- 2007 - Death of Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar, Yemeni political and tribal leader (born 1933).
- 2008 - Bangladesh holds its general elections after two years of political unrest over the interim government.
- 2011 - Samoa and Tokelau move from east to west of the International Date Line, thereby skipping December 30, in order to align their time zones better with their main trading partners.
- 2017 - Death of Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco, Spanish noble (born 1926).
- 2020 - The 2020 Petrinja earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 strikes Croatia, killing seven and injuring more than 20.
- 2020 - Death of Pierre Cardin, Italian-born French fashion designer (born 1922).
- 2022 - New government takes office in Israel, headed by Benjamin Netanyahu.
- 2022 - Death of Pelé AKA Edson Arantes do Nascimento at age 82 of multiple organ failure from colon cancer in a hospital in São Paulo, Brazil; soccer star (New York Cosmos, Brazilian national team, three World Cup victories, 1279 goals in 1353 matches, three World Cup wins).
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