A few of the great historical events that happened today in history, December 29th!
| 1170 | Thomas Becket, the archbishop of Canterbury, is murdered in Canterbury Cathedral by four knights of Henry II.  |
| 1607 | Indian chief Powhatan spares John Smith’s life after the pleas of his daughter Pocahontas.  |
| 1778 | British troops, attempting a new strategy to defeat the colonials in America, capture Savannah. |
| 1808 | Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United States, was born in Raleigh, N.C. |
| 1845 | Texas was admitted to the union as the 28th state. |
| 1849 | Gas lighting is installed in the White House. |
| 1851 | The first American Young Men’s Christian Association was organized, in Boston. |
| 1862 | Union General William T. Sherman’s troops try to gain the north side of Vicksburg in the Battle of Chickasaw Bluffs. |
| 1890 | The last major conflict of the Indian wars takes place at Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota after Colonel James W. Forsyth of the 7th Cavalry tries to disarm Chief Big Foot and his followers. |
| 1914 | The production of Belgian newspapers is halted to protest German censorship. |
| 1916 | Grigori Rasputin, the monk who had wielded powerful influence over the Russian court, was murdered by a group of noblemen. |
| 1921 | Sears Roebuck president Julius Rosenwald pledges $20 million of his personal fortune to help Sears through hard times.  |
| 1926 | Germany and Italy sign an arbitration treaty. |
| 1934 | Japan formally denounces Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. |
| 1940 | In a radio interview, President Roosevelt proclaims the United States to be the “arsenal of democracy.” |
| 1940 | London suffers its most devastating air raid when Germans firebomb the city on the evening of December 29. |
| 1948 | Tito declares Yugoslavia will follow its own path to Communism. |
| 1956 | President Dwight Eisenhower asks Congress for the authority to oppose Soviet aggression in the Middle East. |
| 1965 | A Christmas truce is observed in Vietnam, while President Johnson tries to get the North Vietnamese to the bargaining table. |
| 1981 | President Ronald Reagan curtails Soviet trade in reprisal for its hash policies on Poland. |
| 1996 | War-weary guerrilla and government leaders in Guatemala signed an accord ending 36 years of civil conflict. |
| 1998 | Khmer Rouge leaders apologized for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed 1 million lives.  |
| 1999 | The Nasdaq composite index closed above 4,000 for the first time, ending the day at 4,041.46. |
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