What Happened on Dec 29

Capture Of Savannah

The capture of Savannah, Georgia was an American Revolutionary War battle fought on December 29, 1778 between local Patriot militia and Continental... Read more

Andrew Johnson Is Born

Andrew Johnson, the seventeenth president of the United States, was born in Raleigh, North Carolina on December 29, 1808. His father's death left... Read more

The Treaty Of New Echota Is Signed

The Treaty of New Echota was a treaty signed on December 29, 1835 in New Echota, Georgia by officials of the United States government and... Read more

James K. Polk Signs The Texas Annexation Bill

Under U.S. President John Tyler, Texas was offered admission to the Union as a state. The bill was signed into law on March 1, 1845. It was... Read more

The President Officially Signed The Ordinance Of Annexation Of Texas

The original controversy about the legality of the annexation of Texas stems from the fact that Congress approved the annexation of Texas as a... Read more

Battle of Mossy Creek

Description: Brig. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis received a report on the night of December 28, 1863, that a brigade of enemy cavalry was in the... Read more

Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster

The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Train No. 5, The Pacific Express, left a snowy Erie, Pennsylvania, on the afternoon of December 29,... Read more

Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity is founded

The mission of Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity is to foster and develop in its membership the tenets of its Credo: Intellectual Awareness, Social... Read more

"Destry Rides Again" Is Released

Destry Rides Again is a 1939 western directed by George Marshall, starring Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart, Mischa Auer, Charles Winninger, Brian... Read more

Siege of Budapest

The Siege of Budapest was a siege of the Hungarian capital city of Budapest, fought towards the end of World War II in Europe, during the Soviet... Read more

Dexter Holland is born

Bryan Keith "Dexter" Holland (born December 29, 1965 in Garden Grove, California) is the singer and rhythm guitarist for the Californian punk rock... Read more

"Aguirre, The Wrath Of God" Is Released

Aguirre, the Wrath of God (German: Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes) is an independent 1972 German film written and directed by Werner Herzog. Klaus Kinski... Read more

Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 Crash

At 23:41:40 Miami approach contacted the flight and granted the crew's request to turn around by clearing him for a left turn heading 180 degrees.... Read more

Cash-Landrum Incident

The Cash - Landrum case is undisputedly one of the classic UFO sighting/physical trace cases. It assumes great importance because of the traces... Read more

FDA Approves Lilly's Prozac

Prozac is an antidepressant in a group of drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Prozac affects chemicals in the brain that... Read more

Prozac is Approved by the FDA

Fluoxetine hydrochloride had been approved for use in Belgium the year before. But the imprimatur of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration heralded... Read more

MST3K Ep. 211 - "First Spaceship on Venus"

A multinational team of astronauts heads to Venus but finds a world destroyed by nuclear war. Read more

Al-Qaeda Bombs Yemen Hotel

The first attack ever performed by al-Qaeda took place in Aden, Yemen in the Movenpick Hotel, and another nearby hotel named the Goldmouhr. A bomb... Read more

Bombing in Aden Yemen

Osama Bin Laden had been influenced by other extremists groups. Osama Bin Laden had turned to suicide attacks and bombings. Osama Bin Laden... Read more

FDA Approves Bristol Myers Squibb's Taxol

Taxol is one of the newer chemotherapy drugs, and has been around, and in use for some years. It is an extract from the bark and needles of the yew... Read more

FDA Approves GlaxoSmithKlein's Paxil

Paxil relieves a variety of emotional problems. It can be prescribed for serious, continuing depression that interferes with your ability to... Read more

Gold Mihor Hotel Bombing

This bombing would widely come to be considered bin Laden's first. Two people were killed and seven injured at the Gold Mihor and Movenpick hotels... Read more

Osama bin Laden Coordinates Attack on American Troops

Osama bin Laden coordinated for Al Queda to attack American troops at a hotel in Aden, Yemen. The bombers were unsuccessful in killing the... Read more

Yemen Hotel Bombings

On December 29, 1992 American troops were targeted in two bombings in Yemen. The bombs failed to kill any Americans but bin Laden still accepted... Read more

FDA Approves LEO's Dovonex to Treat Psoriasis

Dovonex (calcipotriene) is a synthetic topical form of vitamin D. It is involved in the growth and development of skin cells. Dovonex is used to... Read more