Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 29
This is a list of selected December 29 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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December 29: Islamic New Year (2008, A.H. 1430); Mourning of Muharram in Shia Islam begins (2008); Hanukkah in Judaism ends at sunset (2008)
- 1170 – Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket was slain in his own cathedral by four knights of Henry II of England.
- 1845 – The Republic of Texas was annexed by the United States, with much of the territory becoming the state of Texas.
- 1860 – To counter the French Navy's La Gloire, the world's first ironclad warship, the British Royal Navy launched the world's first iron-hulled armoured battleship, HMS Warrior.
- 1911 – Sun Yat-sen was elected as the provisional President of the Republic of China by representatives from provinces in Nanjing.
- 1930 – During an address in Allahabad, poet and philosopher Muhammad Iqbal (pictured) introduced what became known as the Two-Nation Theory, outlining a vision for the creation of an independent state for Muslim-majority provinces in northwestern India.
- 1993 – The Tian Tan Buddha, the world's tallest outdoor bronze statue of the seated Buddha, was completed.