WHAT HAPPENED ON 29. DECEMBER
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Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II; he subsequently becomes a saint and martyr in the Anglican Church and the Catholic Church. (29. December 1170)

Army of Ming Dynasty started withdrawing from Hanoi, put an end to the domination of Đại Việt. (29. December 1427)

Portuguese forces under the command of Francisco de Almeida attack Khambhat at the Battle of Dabul. (29. December 1508)

American Revolutionary War: 3,000 British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia. (29. December 1778)

French Revolution: The Assembly of Notables is convened. (29. December 1786)

The USS Constitution under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures the HMS Java off the coast of Brazil after a three hour battle. (29. December 1812)

The Treaty of New Echota is signed, ceding all the lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States. (29. December 1835)

In accordance with International Boundary delimitation, United States annexes the Republic of Texas, following the manifest destiny doctrine. The Republic of Texas, which had been independent since the Texas Revolution of 1836, is thereupon admitted as the 28th U.S. state. (29. December 1845)

The first American YMCA opens in Boston, Massachusetts. (29. December 1851)

The first British seagoing ironclad warship, HMS Warrior is launched. (29. December 1860)

The Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio. (29. December 1876)

Wounded Knee Massacre on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota killed by the US Army. (29. December 1890)

Mongolia gains independence from the Qing Dynasty, enthroning 9th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia. (29. December 1911)

Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912. (29. December 1911)

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the first novel by James Joyce, is serialized in The Egoist. (29. December 1914)

Sir Muhammad Iqbal's presidential address in Allahabad introduces the Two nation theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan. (29. December 1930)

Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930. (29. December 1934)

The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution. (29. December 1937)

First flight of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator. (29. December 1939)

World War II: In the Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, England, UK, killing almost 200 civilians. (29. December 1940)