Historical Events In December - 29
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1992 LH Ruitenberg, vicar/editor in chief (Reform Netherlands), dies at 87 on December - 29.
1994 Eugene Tanner Jr, singer, dies at 58 on this day in history.
1995 Hope Clara Chenhalls, food inspector, dies at 85 on this day in history.
1996 A peace accord is signed in Guatemala, ending 36 years of civil unrest there on this day in history.
1996 On December - 29 alma Birk, journalist/politician, dies at 77
1997 Kmart announces the closure of 10 stores across Canada; finding it difficult to compete against WalMart on December - 29.
1997 On this day in history (Hanlon) Pat Clarke, cyclist, dies at 82
2006 War in Somalia: Ethiopian and Transitional government troops capture Mogadishu without resistance on this day in history.
2007 On December - 29 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.
2011 Samoa and Tokelau move from east to west of the International Date Line, thereby skipping dec 30, in order to align their time zones better with their main trading partners on this day in history.
2012 200 people are executed by the Syrian army in Homs on December - 29.
2018 40 militants killed in Giza and El-Arish by Egyptian police after attack on a tourist bus the day before killed four on this day in history.
2018 On this day in history 85th Orange Bowl: #1 Alabama beats #4 Oklahoma, 45-34
2019 On December - 29 a report by the Multi-Sector Epidemic Response Committee (CMRE) indicates that 2,231 people have died so far in the 2018–19 Kivu Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2019 On December - 29 the Taliban's ruling council agrees to a temporary cease-fire in Afghanistan, opening a door to a peace agreement with the United States.December 30 - Chinese authorities announce that He Jiankui, who claimed to have created the world's first genetically edited human babies, has been sentenced to three years in prison and fined 3 million yuan (US$430,000) for his genetic research efforts.
2020 On December - 29 the 2020 Petrinja earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 strikes Croatia, killing seven and injuring more than 20.
2023 Russian invasion of Ukraine: Russia launches the largest wave of drones and missiles on Ukrainian cities since the start of the war in a overnight assault, killing at least 39 people and injuring at least 160 others. Ukraine launches a drone assault the following day, killing at least 21 people, including three children, and injuring 110 others, including 17 children on this day in history.
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