Revealing the Significance of December 29 in Historical Events

In this video, we'll be discussing the significance of December 29 in historical events. We'll be discussing some of the most significant December 29th events in history, and why they are significant.

December 29th is a special day, and it has played a significant role in many historic events. Whether you're a student of history or not, this video is a great way to learn about some of the most significant events that have taken place on December 29th!

1170 English Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket assassinated before the high altar of Canterbury Cathedral by four knights
1566 Danish student and future astronomer Tycho Brache loses part of his nose in a sword duel over who is the better mathematician (he wore a prosthetic nose the rest of his life)
1778 British troops occupy Savannah, Georgia
1782 1st nautical almanac in US published by Samuel Stearns, Boston
1812 The USS Constitution under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures the HMS Java off the coast of Brazil after a three hour battle
1813 British burn Buffalo, New York during War of 1812
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
1837 Canadian militia destroy Caroline, a US steamboat docked at Buffalo
1837 Steam-powered threshing machine patented in Winthrop, Maine
1845 Texas admitted as 28th state of the Union
1848 Gas lights 1st installed at White House (Polk's administration)

1851 1st American Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) chapter opened in Boston, Massachusetts

1852 Emma Snodgrass arrested in Boston for wearing pants
1862 Bowling ball invented

1867 1st telegraph ticker used by a brokerage house, Groesbeck & Co, New York
1890 US 7th Cavalry massacre 200+ captive Sioux at Wounded Knee, South Dakota
1891 Edison patents "transmission of signals electrically" (radio)
1930 Fred P. Newton completes longest swim ever (1826 miles), when he swam in the Mississippi River from Ford Dam, Minnesota, to New Orleans
1948 US State Department announces work on placing objects into Earth orbit

1949 1st UHF television station operating regular basis Bridgeport, Connecticut
1952 1st transistorized hearing aid offered for sale (Elmsford NY)
1965 CBS purchases NFL TV rights for 1966-68 at $18.8 million per year
1970 Occupational Safety and Health Act (United States) signed into law by President Richard M. Nixon
1972 Life magazine ceases publication
1980 Shuttle STS-1 moves from Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center (Florida) to Launch Complex 39A
1989 Jane Pauley says goodbye to NBC's "Today" show
1993 Todd Bridges arrested for transporting methamphetamine (speed)
2016 US President Barack Obama retaliates against Russia for hacking American computer systems and trying to influence the 2016 presidential election by ejecting 35 Russian spies and imposing sanctions
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