Major Events
- 1835 Treaty of New Echota is signed between the US government and representatives of a minority Cherokee political faction to cede all lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States
- 1845 Texas admitted as 28th state of the Union
- 1903 French Equatorial Africa separates into Gabon, Chad and Ubangi-Shari (Central African Republic)
- 1911 Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen is elected the 1st President of the Republic of China
- 1997 Hong Kong begins slaughtering all its chickens to prevent bird flu
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Dec 29 in Film & TV
- 1913 1st movie serial "Adventures of Kathlyn" premieres in Chicago
Dec 29 in Music
- 1902 Scot Joplin copyrights "The Entertainer" and several other piano rag compositions through the US Copyright Office
Dec 29 in Sport
- 1989 Wayne Gretzky and Martina Navratilova, named athletes of decade by the Associated Press
Did You Know?
The first British seagoing iron-clad warship, HMS Warrior is launched
Elizabeth of Russia
Charles Goodyear
Andrew Johnson
William Gladstone
Klaus Fuchs
Carles Puigdemont
Mary Tyler Moore
Jon Voight
Jude Law
Alison Brie
Ray Nitschke
Laffit Pincay Jr.
David Boon
Famous Weddings
- 1941 Actress Maureen O'Hara (21) marries second husband director Will Price (28) (divorced 1953)
- 1954 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin (24) weds Joan Archer
- 1957 American singing duo Steve Lawrence (22) and Eydie Gormé (29) wed at the home of casino owner Beldon Katleman in Las Vegas, Nevada, until her death in 2013
Famous Divorces
- 2003 Retired NFL quarterback John Elway (43) divorces first wife Janet Buchan after 18 years of marriage
- 2006 NBA basketball star Michael Jordan (43) divorces Juanita Vanoy (47) due to irreconcilable differences after 17 years of marriage
- 2006 One Tree Hill actress Sophia Bush (24) divorces actor Chad Michael Murray (25) for the reason of fraud after 5 months of marriage
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Thomas Becket
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Harold Macmillan
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