| Date | Weekday | Event |
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| December 29, 1170 | Tuesday | Archbishop Thomas A Becket murdered by King Henry II supporters |
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| December 29, 1845 | Monday | Texas becomes 28th state |
| December 29, 1848 | Friday | Gas lights installed at White House for 1st time |
| December 29, 1851 | Monday | 1st Young Men's Christian Association chapter opened in Boston |
| December 29, 1864 | Thursday | Fire Dept celebrates 1st annual ball |
| December 29, 1890 | Monday | Federal troops massacre 300 captive Sioux at Wounded Knee SD |
| December 29, 1911 | Friday | SF Symphony formed |
| December 29, 1916 | Friday | Death of Rasputin |
| December 29, 1921 | Thursday | William Lyon Mackenzie King succeeded Arthur Meighen as Canadian PM |
| December 29, 1931 | Tuesday | Identification of heavy water publicly announced HC Urey |
| December 29, 1937 | Wednesday | Pan Am starts SF to Auckland New Zealand service |
| December 29, 1949 | Thursday | 1st UHF television station operating regular basis Bridgeport Ct |
| December 29, 1949 | Thursday | Hungary nationalized its industries |
| December 29, 1952 | Monday | 1st transistorized hearing aid offered for sale Elmsford NY |
| December 29, 1975 | Monday | 11 killed 75 hurt by terrorist bomb at LaGuardia Airport in NYC |
| December 29, 1983 | Thursday | US announced withdrawal from UNESCO |
| December 29, 1984 | Saturday | Blues took 27 shots against Islanders in 1 period |