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29th December
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Born on this day
1800 Charles Goodyear 1908 Dr Magnus Pyke 1911 Klaus Fuchs 1928 Bernard Cribbins 1937 Mary Tyler Moore 1938 Jon Voight 1938 Harvey Smith 1946 Marianne Faithful 1946 Ted Danson 1947 Cozy Powell 1972 Jude Law Music 1930 Radio Luxembourg received permission to start broadcasting 1976 Rod Stewart was at No.1 with 'Tonight's The Night(Gonna Be Alright)' 1982 A Bob Marley postage stamp was issued in Jamaica Sport 1988 Ryder Cup golf captain Tony Jacklin married Astrid Waagen in Gibraltar People & Showbiz 1983 Princess Caroline married Stefano Casiraghiin Monte Carlo General Events 1860 HMS Warrior, Britain's first sea-going iron-clad warship was launched at Blackwall. At the time it was the world's largest warship and was said to have cost £239,640 0s.3d. to build 1890 The Battle of Wounded Knee, the last conflict between Red Indians and US troops, took place in South Dakota, with 200 of Chief Big Foot's Sioux Indians massacred by the 7th Cavalry 1914 The first Zeppelin appeared over the British coast 1937 The Irish Republic changed its name to Eire |
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