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What happened in history on this day: December 29?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On December 29 in ...
- 2004 - Tulip Computers of the Netherlands agrees to sell its Commodore International company to Yeahronimo Media Ventures for about US$32.7 million.
- 1926 - Disney ships the 46th Alice Comedy film, Alice's Auto Race, to Winkler Pictures.
- 1954 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, featuring the films Beaver Valley and Cameras in Africa.
- 1969 - In the case of the Sierra Club against the U.S. Forest Service over Disney's proposed Mineral King ski resort, the Forest Service asks the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to overrule the injunction, allowing the project to proceed.
- 1974 - Attendance at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World hits a record 74,597 for the day, forcing the park to close the entrance gates for four hours.
- 1995 - Buena Vista Pictures premieres the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Mr. Holland's Opus in Los Angeles, California.
- 1954 - Zora Arkus-Duntov reports to Maurice Olley that he is pursuing purchase of Jaguar's 4-speed manual transmission as the best choice compared to GM's Hydramatic 4-speed, Chevrolet 3-speed, and Oldsmobile 3-speed. With the Jaguar 4-speed, a Corvette V8 top speed should be 125mph.
- 1940 - American President Franklin Roosevelt gives a national radio address, suggesting that the US become "the arsenal of democracy".
- 1941 - (1154 hours) 18 Japanese bombers begin an attack on Corregidor, Philippines.
- 1941 - (1230 hours) 22 Japanese light bombers and 18 dive bombers attack Corregidor, Philippines. They are followed by an attack by 60 naval aircraft.
- 1944 - British Bomber Command makes an air raid against Koblenz, Germany.
- 2010 - Russia releases a brass-plated steel 10-ruble coin to circulation, depicting the official emblem of the celebration of the 65th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945.
- 1995 - Sega releases the Sega Rally Championship 1995 video game for the Saturn in Japan.
- 1911 - A proclamation restores "Dei Gratia" to the legend of Canada's coins.
- 1981 - The Supply and Services Minister announces that the 1982 5c piece will be struck in cupronickel (75% copper, 25% nickel).
- 2010 - Angus Reid releases results of a poll of 1016 Canadian adults indicating 55 percent are in favor of removing the cent coin from circulation.
- 1941 - Eric P. Newman of Saint Louis purchases all five 1913 Liberty Head nickels for $2000 from the estate of Edward Green, along with a copper 1913 Indian Head nickel, and other rarities.
- 1965 - The US Mint begins striking 1-cent and 5-cent coins with 1965 date.
- 2005 - The Denver Mint makes first strikes of 2006 Jefferson, Return to Monticello 5-cent coins.
- 1862 - The bowling ball is invented.
- 1906 - Montréal Wanderers beat New Glasgow (Nova Scotia) for Stanley Cup (second of 1906).
- 1926 - Victoria (1107) beat New South Wales (221 and 230) in cricket by an innings 656 runs.
- 1931 - Victoria scores 7 for 435 in second innings to beat New South Wales.
- 1933 - New York Yankees refuse to release Babe Ruth so he can manage the Cincinnati Reds.
- 1934 - First collegiate basketball doubleheader games, at Madison Square Garden in New York, with Notre Dame versus New York University and Saint John's versus Westminster, Philadelphia.
- 1937 - Lou Thesz beats E Marshall in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA to become wrestling champion.
- 1940 - NFL Pro Bowl: Chicago Bears beats NFL All-Stars 28-14.
- 1957 - Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 50-14 in NFL championship game.
- 1957 - Tom Richmond, cricket player (Notts leg-spinner took 2-86 in England Test), dies.
- 1958 - Baltimore Colts beat New York Giants 23-17 in NFL championship game broadcast to live TV audience of 40 million.
- 1962 - Doug Walters makes first-class debut for New South Wales 17 years 8 days.
- 1963 - 52nd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Adelaide (3-2).
- 1965 - CBS purchases NFL TV rights for 1966-68 at US$18.8 million per year.
- 1968 - Baltimore Colts beat Cleveland Browns 34-0 in NFL championship game.
- 1968 - New York Jets beat Oakland Raiders 27-23 in AFL championship game.
- 1969 - New York Times reports Curt Flood will sue baseball and challenge the reserve clause.
- 1972 - Test Cricket debut of Jeff Thomson and Max Walker versus Pakistan at Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- 1978 - Test Cricket debut of Allan Robert Border, versus England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- 1979 - Red Army beats New York Islanders 3-2 at Nassau Coliseum.
- 1982 - Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant ends his career with Alabama (323 wins).
- 1983 - Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236 versus West Indies.
- 1983 - Graeme Yallop completes 268 versus Pakistan at Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- 1984 - Saint Louis Blues take 27 shots against New York Islanders in one period.
- 1988 - Soviet Red Army hockey team edges New York Islanders, 3-2 at Nassau Coliseum.
- 1989 - Wayne Gretzky and Martina Navratilova are named athletes of the decade by the Associated Press.
- 1994 - Shane Warne takes a hat-trick versus England at cricket Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- 1997 - Carquest Bowl 8: Georgia Tech beats West Virginia, 35-30.
- 2002 - In Cincinnati, Ohio, the Cinergy Field stadium is demolished.
- 2005 - Agreeing to a US$60 million, five-year contract, Kevin Millwood joins the Texas Rangers American baseball team.
- 2007 - 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.
- 2021 - At Honda Center in Anaheim, California, USA, NHL regular season game: Vancouver Canucks beats Anaheim Ducks by score 2-1.
- 2021 - At Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington, USA, NHL regular season game: Philadelphia Flyers beats Seattle Kraken by score 3-2.
- 2021 - At Enterprise Center in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, NHL regular season game: Saint Louis Blues beats Edmonton Oilers by score 4-2.
- 2021 - At Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., USA, NHL regular season game: Washington Capitals beats Nashville Predators by score 5-3.
- 2021 - At FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Florida, USA, NHL regular season game: Florida Panthers beats New York Rangers by score 4-3.
- 2021 - At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: New Jersey Devils beats Buffalo Sabres by score 4-3.
- 1948 - US State Department announces work on placing objects into Earth orbit.
- 1539 - Saint Jacobs Church burns after being hit by lightning.
- 1778 - English troops occupy Savannah, Georgia.
- 1782 - First nautical almanac in US published by Samuel Stearns, Boston.
- 1813 - British burn Buffalo, New York, during the War of 1812.
- 1837 - Canadian militia destroy Caroline, a US steamboat docked at Buffalo, New York.
- 1837 - Steam-powered threshing machine patented, in Winthrop, Maine, USA.
- 1845 - US President James Polk signs act admitting Texas into union.
- 1848 - Gas lights first installed at White House (James Polk's administration).
- 1851 - First Young Men's Christian Association chapter opened (Boston, Massachusetts).
- 1852 - Emma Snodgrass arrested in Boston for wearing pants.
- 1862 - Battle of Chichasaw Bayou: Confederate armies defeat USA Army General Tecumseh Sherman with loss of 1700 men.
- 1867 - First telegraph ticker used by a brokerage house, Groesbeck and Company, New York.
- 1876 - Eleven passenger cars crash in a ravine near Ashtabula, Ohio, USA; 92 die.
- 1890 - The U.S. 7th Cavalry massacres 146 Sioux Indians (nearly half women and children) at Wounded Knee Creek on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. 25 cavalry men are killed.
- 1908 - Patent granted for a 4-wheel automobile brake, Clintonville, Wisconsin.
- 1930 - Fred P Newton completes longest swim ever (1826 miles), when he swam in the Mississippi River from Ford Dam, Minnesota, to New Orleans, Louisiana.
- 1938 - Construction on Lake Washington Floating Bridge, in Seattle, Washington, begins.
- 1941 - Japanese forces begin an attack on Corregidor, Philippines.
- 1948 - US State Department announces work on placing objects into Earth orbit.
- 1949 - First UHF television station operating regular basis (Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA).
- 1952 - First transistorized hearing aid offered for sale (Elmsford, New York).
- 1972 - Eastern Tristar Jumbo Jet crashes near Florida Everglades killing 101.
- 1972 - Life magazine ceases publication.
- 1975 - Eleven killed, 75 hurt by terrorist bomb at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, New York.
- 1983 - The Reverend Jesse Jackson travels to Syria to secure the release of U.S. Navy Lieutenant Robert Goodman, who has been in Syrian captivity after being shot down over the country on a reconnaissance mission.
- 1987 - Prozac anti-depressant drug makes its debut in the United States.
- 1992 - Governor Cuomo grants Jean Harris ("Scarsdale Diet" Murderess) clemency.
Other history:
- 1813 - British burn Buffalo, New York, during the War of 1812.
- 1845 - Texas admitted as the 28th state of USA.
- 1862 - Bowling ball invented.
- 1885 - Gottlieb Daimler patents first bike (Germany).
- 1891 - Edison patents "transmission of signals electrically" (radio).
- 1921 - William Lyon Mackenzie King succeeds Arthur Meighen as Canadian Prime Minister.
- 1952 - First transistorized hearing aid offered for sale (Elmsford, New York).
- 1972 - Life magazine ceases publication in the USA.
- 1989 - Wayne Gretzky and Martina Navratilova are named athletes of the decade by the Associated Press.
- 1997 - Hong Kong begins slaughtering all its chickens to prevent bird flu.
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