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December 29

This year marks the 150th anniversary of Ashtabula River railroad disaster — December 29 carries the weight of round numbers. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and conflict is a recurring thread.

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Capricorn is the sign for December 29 — read more on the Capricorn page, or see December's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on December 29?

December 29 is the 363rd day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1876 and 2024. Famous people born on December 29 include Andrew Johnson, Cozy Powell and Angelo Taylor.

Released on December 29

Movies, games, albums & shows

2023

  • TV Berlin

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1876

    Ashtabula River railroad disaster

  2. 1911

    Mongolia

  3. 1913

    Cecil B. DeMille

  4. 1940

    World War II

  5. 1975

    1975 LaGuardia Airport bombing

  6. 1994

    Turkish Airlines Flight 278

  7. 1996

    Guatemala

  8. 2013

    Formula One

  9. 2023

    South Africa

  10. 2024

    Jeju Air Flight 2216

Famous birthday twins

Born on December 29

Andrew Johnson

b. 1808

Cozy Powell

b. 1947

Angelo Taylor

b. 1978

Steven Caulker

b. 1991

Nancy J. Currie-Gregg

b. 1958

Liisa Savijarvi

b. 1963

Mary Tyler Moore

b. 1936

Marianne Faithfull

b. 1946

Deaths

  • 2024Jimmy Carter
  • 2022Pelé
  • 1995Lita Grey
  • 1986Andrei Tarkovsky
  • 1834Thomas Robert Malthus
  • 1208Emperor Zhangzong of Jin

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Ebrulf
  • —Christian feast day: Thomas Becket
  • —Christian feast day: Trophimus of Arles
  • —Christian feast day: December 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • —Constitution Day (Ireland)
  • —Independence Day (Mongolia)
  • —The fifth day of Christmas (Western Christianity)
  • —The fourth day of Kwanzaa (United States)

The factual record above — event titles, dates, names, and observances — is drawn from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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