December 29 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for December 29
In the headlines today:

2005	Millionaire British concert promoter Sharon Tendler, 41, marries 'Cindy,' a 35-year-old bottlenosed dolphin, in Eliat, Israel.
2002	Joe Strummer, guitarist and lead singer for rock group The Clash, dies at his Somerset, England, home at age 50.
1996	A peace accord is signed in Guatemala, ending 36 years of civil unrest there.
1989	Vaclav Havel becomes the first non-communist elected as president of Czechoslovakia in 40 years.
1975	Eleven people die when a bomb explodes in the main terminal at LaGuardia Airport in New York.
1957	Entertainers Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme are married in Las Vegas.
1940	Germany begins the bombing of London during WWII, damaging many buildings, such as historic St. Mary's Cathedral.
1934	Japan renounces the London Naval Treaty of 1930 and the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922.
1890	300 Sioux Indians are killed by US troops at Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
1851	The first YMCA in the US is organized in Boston.
1848	Gaslights are installed in the White House in Washington, DC.
1845	Texas is admitted as the 28th state of the US.
1813	British soldiers burn the town of Buffalo, NY during this War of 1812 battle.
1170	English Archbishop Thomas Becket is murdered in Canterbury Cathedral.