Today in History
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1996 Guatemalan civil war comes to an end
The 36-year long civil war fought between several leftist groups representing the indigenous people
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1937 Ireland established
A new constitution, established by a national referendum, changed the name of the Irish Free state t
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1916 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man published
The first novel of Irish writer, James Joyce, the book follows the life of Stephen Dedalus, who many
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1911 Mongolian Independence
The landlocked North East Asian country declared its independence from the Qing Dynasty, after the M
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1890 Wounded Knee Massacre
On this day, the U.S. Army’s 7th Cavalry tried to disarm the members of the Lakota tribe who were ca
Births On This Day,
December, 29
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1972 Jude Law
English actor, director, producer
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1953 Stanley Williams
American gang leader, co-founded the Crips
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1923 Cheikh Anta Diop
Senegalese historian, anthropologist, physicist
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1809 William Ewart Gladstone
English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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1808 Andrew Johnson
American politician, 17th President of the United States
Deaths On This Day,
December, 29
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2009 Akmal Shaikh
Pakistani/English businessman, drug trafficker
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1986 Harold Macmillan
English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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1929 Wilhelm Maybach
German businessman, founded Maybach
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1916 Grigori Rasputin
Russian monk
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1170 Thomas Becket
English archbishop
