December 29 in History

Murdered by 4 of Henry IIs knights at the alter of St Benedict, Canterbury cathedral

A Parliamentary committee is established to examine doctrine and the Duke of Norfolk presents six questions for the House to consider, which pass as the Act of Six Articles reaffirming a traditional view of the Mass, the Sacraments and the priesthood

A Parliamentary committee is established to examine doctrine and the Duke of Norfolk presents six questions for the House to consider, which pass as the Act of Six Articles reaffirming a traditional view of the Mass, the Sacraments and the priesthood

Begins making plans for the Armada on England by gathering plans, maps & intelligence

Charles II dissolves the Convention Parliament after it completes the initial Restoration settlement.

Charles II dissolves the Convention Parliament after it has prepared the Restoration settlement.

Schlippenbach suffers defeat during the Russian winter offensive.

Tipu Sultan attacks the Travancore defensive lines, helping trigger the Third Anglo-Mysore War.

Talleyrand urged clergy in his diocese to take the constitutional oath after he had sworn it himself.

Billaud-Varenne argued that the National Convention alone should direct the revolutionary government.

Promulgates the constitution commonly known as the Moral Constitution.

Sucre begins serving as President of Bolivia under authority delegated by Bolivar.

Bolivar names Santa Cruz to succeed Sucre if delegated authority becomes vacant.

Uses Navy Island as a base for continued rebellion against colonial rule.

Loses the steamer Caroline after a British-Canadian raid on the vessel.

Obtains a long-exposure photograph of M31 that clearly records its spiral structure, a major step in the photographic study of the galaxy.

Leads the failed raid into the Transvaal.

Names the venture the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.

Announces plans to cross Antarctica from sea to sea.

Presses for the cavalry to man tanks

After the Council led by Ebert ordered the bloody suppression of the revolutionary Volksmarinedivision, Haase and the two other USPD representatives Wilhelm Dittman and Emil Barth resign from the Government

After the Council led by Ebert ordered the bloody suppression of the revolutionary Volksmarinedivision, Haase and the two other USPD representatives Wilhelm Dittman and Emil Barth resign from the Government

After the Council led by Ebert ordered the bloody suppression of the revolutionary Volksmarinedivision, Haase and the two other USPD representatives Wilhelm Dittman and Emil Barth resign from the Government

After the Council led by Ebert ordered the bloody suppression of the revolutionary Volksmarinedivision, Haase and the two other USPD representatives Wilhelm Dittman and Emil Barth resign from the Government

Forms his first Liberal government.

Zhang Xueliang recognizes the Nanjing government during the Northeast Flag Replacement, completing the nominal political reunification of China.

Appointed Prime Minister of Poland, 3rd term

Iron Guard members assassinate Duca at Sinaia railway station.

The State of Eire exists within the Commonwealth but has no links with the crown

The State of Eire exists within the Commonwealth but has no links with the crown

The Irish free state is replaced by the sovereign State of Eire

The State of Eire exists within the Commonwealth but has no links with the crown. The Irish free state is replaced by the sovereign State of Eire

The State of Eire exists within the Commonwealth but has no links with the crown. The Irish free state is replaced by the sovereign State of Eire

Becomes Taoiseach when the 1937 Constitution enters into operation and replaces the Executive Council system.

Assumes the new constitutional title Taoiseach as the Government of Ireland replaces the former Executive Council.

Responds after heavy bombing and fires across the City of London.

Requests an extension of legislators’ terms because nationwide elections cannot be held while the mainland remains under Communist control.

A decree established the legal basis for electing a Tunisian Constituent Assembly.

Captures Batista's armoured train at Santa Clara.

McCone transmitted guidance to the AEC after the administration decided how to handle the expiring moratorium and future Geneva negotiations.

Oliva joins Brigade 2506 leaders in presenting the brigade flag to Kennedy at the Orange Bowl ceremony.

Kennedy addresses returned Brigade 2506 members at the Orange Bowl after their release from Cuban prisons.

Appointed President of Italy

The Dollars trilogy reaches American cinemas and makes Eastwood a major star in the United States.

Supports the new federal workplace safety framework created by OSHA

The Act establishes federal workplace-safety standards and enforcement institutions.

Signs the Occupational Safety and Health Act

Appointed President of Italy

Directs Aguirre, the Wrath of God.

The committee's final findings stated that anti-Castro Cuban groups, as groups, were not involved in Kennedy's assassination.

The committee concluded from the available evidence that the Cuban Government was not involved in Kennedy's assassination.

Introduces economic sanctions against Russia for making Poland to adopt martial law

Releases Trans, using electronic textures and vocoder effects during his Geffen period.

Protests began after the government increased bread and cereal prices by reducing food subsidies.

An elected independent non-Communist Government is formed under Havel. first non-Communist President in more than 40 yrs

Bloodless revolution in Czech that sees the overthrow of the communist Government

The Federal Assembly unanimously elects Havel

Appointed President of Czechoslovakia

Is elected president by the Federal Assembly.

Alexander Dubcek is elected speaker of the federal Parliament on December 28 and Vaclav Havel the President of Czechoslovakia on December 29 1989

Bloodless revolution in Czech that sees the overthrow of the communist Government

1st genuine free elections for 40 yrs

1st genuine free elections for 40 yrs

Appointed President of Brazil after the resignation of Fernando Collor

The privatization of British Coal Corp is completed

Tariceanu forms a coalition government after the parliamentary election.

Bangladeshis voted in their droves in elections that mark the end of two years of emergency rule, with a pair of rival former Prime Minister's vying to reclaim power in the impoverished nation

Bangladeshis voted in their droves in elections that mark the end of two years of emergency rule, with a pair of rival former Prime Minister's vying to reclaim power in the impoverished nation

Is proclaimed supreme leader after Kim Jong Il dies.

Welcomes seventy-six Ukrainians returning from detention after agreements reached at the Normandy summit.

Born at 62 Rodney Street, William Ewart Gladstone was the fourth son of the slave-owning merchant Sir John Gladstone, and his second wife, Anne MacKenzie Robertson

Klaus Fuchs is born in Russelsheim in the German Empire.

The future theoretical physicist is born into a German family.

Death of Thomas a Becket, assassinated

Dies after a career that helped shape clinical medicine

Sheremetev defeats Schlippenbach's Swedish force at Erestfer.