Tukuk-OS📅 December 29
13 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on December 29? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2024 — Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashed at Muan International Airport while attempting to perform a belly-landing after losing engine thrust to a flock of Baikal teal.
- 1994 — Turkish Airlines Flight 278 crashed on approach to Van Ferit Melen Airport in Van, Turkey, killing 57 of the 76 people on board.
Turkish Airlines Flight 278Van Ferit Melen AirportVan, Turkey
- 1975 — Planted by unknown perpetrators, a bomb exploded (aftermath pictured) at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and seriously injuring 74 others.
- 1959 — American physicist Richard Feynman gave a speech entitled "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom" at Caltech, anticipating the field of nanotechnology.
Richard FeynmanThere's Plenty of Room at the BottomCalifornia Institute of Technology
- 1940 — Second World War: The Luftwaffe began a major night bombing raid on the British capital as part of the Blitz, beginning what was later called the "Second Great Fire of London".
- 1928 — The Northern Expedition, a military campaign by the National Revolutionary Army of the Kuomintang, ended with the complete control of the Republic of China.
- 1915 — First World War: The French parliament passed a law granting the land occupied by British war graves as "the free gift of the French people".
- 1913 — Cecil B. DeMille started filming Hollywood's first feature film, The Squaw Man (featured).
Cecil B. DeMilleHollywood, Los AngelesThe Squaw Man (1914 film)
- 1890 — Sioux Wars: The United States Army killed 250 to 300 Lakota men, women and children at the Wounded Knee Massacre, beginning the Ghost Dance War.
- 1876 — A railway bridge collapsed over the Ashtabula River in Ohio, killing 92 people and injuring 64 others on a Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway train.
- 1860 — To counter the French Navy's Gloire, the world's first ironclad warship, the Royal Navy launched HMS Warrior, the world's first iron-hulled armoured warship.
- 1845 — The Republic of Texas was annexed by the United States, becoming the 28th state to be admitted to the Union.
- 1812 — War of 1812: In a three-hour single-ship action, HMS Java (drawing shown) was captured by USS Constitution off the coast of Brazil.
Births
- 2006 — Ethan Mbappé, French footballer
- 2005 — Davide Bartesaghi, Italian footballer
- 2000 — Orkun Kökçü, Dutch-Turkish footballer
- 2000 — Julio Rodríguez, Dominican baseball player
- 2000 — Eliot Vassamillet, Belgian singer
- 1999 — Andreas Skov Olsen, Danish footballer
- 1999 — Francisco Trincão, Portuguese footballer
- 1998 — Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, American actor
- 1998 — Victor Osimhen, Nigerian footballer
- 1998 — Brandon Thomas-Asante, Ghanaian footballer
- 1997 — Felix Keisinger, German skeleton racer
- 1996 — Sana Minatozaki, Japanese singer
Deaths
- 2024 — Aaron Brown, American journalist and academic (born 1948)
- 2024 — Jimmy Carter, American politician, 39th President of the United States (born 1924)
- 2024 — Linda Lavin, American actress and singer (born 1937)
- 2024 — Tomiko Itooka, Japanese supercentenarian (born 1908)
- 2023 — Gil de Ferran, French-born Brazilian racing driver, CART champion (2000, 2001), 2003 Indianapolis 500 winner (born 1967)
Gil de FerranChampionship Auto Racing Teams2000 CART FedEx Championship Series
- 2022 — Pelé, Brazilian footballer (born 1940)
- 2022 — Edgar Savisaar, Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior (born 1950)
- 2022 — Vivienne Westwood, English fashion designer (born 1941)
- 2021 — Peter Klatzow, South African composer (born 1945)
- 2020 — Pierre Cardin, Italian-French fashion designer (born 1922)
- 2020 — Joe Louis Clark, American educator (born 1937)
- 2020 — Alexi Laiho, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1979)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Ebrulf
- Christian feast day: Thomas Becket
- Christian feast day: Trophimus of Arles
- Christian feast day: December 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Constitution Day (Ireland)
- Independence Day (Mongolia)
- The fifth day of Christmas (Western Christianity)
- The fourth day of Kwanzaa (United States)
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