Historical Events In December - 29
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1862 Battle of Chichasaw Bayou: confederate armies defeat Gen Sherman on this day in history.
1864 Fire Dept celebrates 1st annual ball on this day in history.
1866 On this day in history joseph Limburg, liberal Second-Member of parliament (1905-19)
1867 First telegraph ticker used by a brokerage house, Groesbeck and Co, New York on December - 29.
1867 On this day in history 1st telegraph ticker used by a brokerage house, Groesbeck & Co, NY
1869 Bill Howell, cricketer (Australian bowler at turn of century) on December - 29.
1871 Ferdinand Marcucci, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.
1876 11 passenger cars crash in a ravine near Ashtabula OH on this day in history.
1876 On December - 29 11 passenger cars crash in a ravine near Ashtabula Ohio, 92 die
1876 Pablo Casals, Vendrell Catalonia Spain, violinist/conductor/composer on this day in history.
1877 On this day in history grand Trunk Railroad workers strike to support fired members of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers; strike broken by use of militia and unorganized workers.
1877 On this day in history willem Sassen, Dutch attorney general on Curacao (Affair-S), dies
1879 Billy Mitchell, aviation hero Gen (WW I) on December - 29.
1880 On this day in history jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin, composer
1885 On this day in history gottlieb Daimler patents 1st bike (Germany)
1887 Kiyoshi Nobutoki, composer on this day in history.
1888 Joseph Beran, Czech archbishop of Prague/cardinal on December - 29.
1890 On this day in history 300 Sioux Indians are killed by US troops at Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
1890 On this day in history federal troops massacre 200+ captive Sioux at Wounded Knee, SD; Indian "war" in the west
1890 The "Battle of Wounded Knee" ends the last major Indian resistance to white settlement in America on this day in history.
1890 The last ever battle between American natives and US troops takes place on December - 29.
1890 US 7th Cavalry massacre 200+ captive Sioux at Wounded Knee, SD on this day in history.
1890 Big Foot, Sioux indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee on December - 29.
1891 On December - 29 edison patents "transmission of signals electrically" (radio)
1891 On this day in history leopold Kronecker, German mathematician, dies at 68
1892 On December - 29 emory Parnell, St Paul MN, actress (Rocket Man, County Fair)
1894 On this day in history chris Rossetti, writer, dies at 64
1895 On December - 29 dr L S Jameson begins failed raid on Johannesburg
1896 First issue of newspaper Le Soleil is published on this day in history.
1896 David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexico, painter/muralist (Lib of Chile) on this day in history.
1897 On this day in history hermann Heiss, composer
1898 Jeanne Leleu, composer on this day in history.
1898 On this day in history georg Goltermann, composer, dies at 74
1899 On December - 29 english fleet brings German postschip Bundesrath up
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