Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 29
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This is a list of selected December 29 anniversaries that appears on 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 may be controversial, or on a day that is or soon will be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors.December 29: Hanukkah ends at sunset (Judaism, 2008)
- 1170 – Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket was slain in his own cathedral by four knights of Henry II of England.
- 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 (pictured) was elected as the provisional President of the Republic of China by representatives from provinces in Nanjing.
- 1937 – The Constitution of Ireland, the founding legal document of the state known today as the Republic of Ireland, came into force.
- 1993 – The Tian Tan Buddha, the world's tallest outdoor bronze statue of the seated Buddha, was completed.
More events: December 28 – December 29 – December 30
