December 29
What happened on this day:
1170 Thomas Becket the Archbishop of Canterbury is assassinated.
1845 Texas is admitted as the 28th U.S. state.
1860 The HMS Warrior, the first British iron-clad warship, is launched.
1891 Thomas Edison patents the radio.
1911 Sun Yat-sen becomes the first President of the Republic of China.
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Famous Birthdays:
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1800 Charles Goodyear : Inventor and tire maker
1808 Andrew Johnson : 17th US President
1936 Mary Tyler Moore : Movie Actress
1938 Jon Voight : Movie Actor – Angelina Jolie’s father
1947 Ted Danson : Movie Actor from Cheers
1967 Ashleigh Banfield : TV Journalist
1970 Kevin Weisman : Movie Actor – TV’s Alias
1972 Jude Law : Movie Actor
