Here’s a look at what happened on this day, 29 December, throughout history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever.
ON THIS DAY: 29 DECEMBER
2013 | A suicide bomb attack on a train station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd killed at least 18 people and wounds 40 others, officials confirmed.
2012 | A Tupolev Tu-204 plane crashed into a ditch between the airport fence and the M3 highway after it overturned the runway at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing five people and three others seriously injured.
1997 | Hong Kong started to kill all 1.25 million chickens in the city to stop the spread of a deadly flu virus.
1994 | On this day, 57 of 76 occupants were reported died in a Turkish Airlines Flight 278 (Boeing 737-400) crash near Van Ferit Melen Airport in Van, Turkey.
1989 | Václav Havel was elected president of Czechoslovakia on this day, the first post-communist President of Czechoslovakia. He died on December 18, 2011.
DEATHS
1988 | Egyptian race car driver, Mike Beuttler, 48.
2012 | Australian soldier and author, Roland Griffiths-Marsh, 89.
2008 | American trumpet player and composer, Freddie Hubbard,70.
2020 | Italian entrepreneur, Pierre Cardin, 98.
ON THIS DAY: BIRTHDAYS
1981 | Japanese figure skater and sportscaster, Shizuka Arakawa.
1972 | British actor who appeared in “Sherlock Holmes” film, Jude Law.
1959 | Mexican pop singer, Marco Antonio Solís.
1988 | American football player who plays for Angel City FC and United States national team player, Christen Press.
SPORTS
1990 | Andy Cole played his first League match, and played for Arsenal in his only League match, as he came on as a substitute for Gunners in a 4-1 win over Sheffield United at Highbury.
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ENTERTAINMENT
1989 | Indian romantic movie “Maine Pyar Kiya” directed by Sooraj Barjatya, was released on this day.
AFRICA FACT
Sudan has more pyramids than Egypt (200+), where there are nearly 2 000 Kushite pyramids in upper Sudan but the largest pyramid is in Mexico.
