miércoles, 29 de diciembre de 2010

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On This Day in HistoryWednesday, December 29th
The 363rd day of 2010.
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On Dec. 29, On Dec. 29, 1940, during World War II, Germany began dropping incendiary bombs on London. (Go to article.)On Dec. 291808Andrew Johnson,the 17th president of the United States and the first American president to be impeached, was born.Following his death on July 311875,his obituary appeared in The Times.(Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
Editorial Cartoon of the Day

On December 29, 1906Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about President Theodore Roosevelt's appointment of Attorney General William Moody to the U.S. Supreme Court. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)

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1170Archbishop Thomas Becket was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral in England.
1808Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United States, was born in Raleigh, N.C.
1845Texas was admitted to the union as the 28th state.
1851The first American Young Men's Christian Association was organized, in Boston.
1890U.S. troops killed as many as 400 Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee, S.D.
1916Gregory Rasputin, the monk who had wielded powerful influence over the Russian court, was murdered by a group of noblemen.
1989Playwright Vaclav Havel was elected president of Czechoslovakia by the country's Federal Assembly, becoming the first non-Communist to hold the post in more than four decades.
1996War-weary guerrilla and government leaders in Guatemala signed an accord ending 36 years of civil conflict.
1998Khmer Rouge leaders apologized for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed 1 million lives.
1999The Nasdaq composite index closed above 4,000 for the first time, ending the day at 4,041.46.
2007The New England Patriots became the first NFL team in 35 years to finish the regular season undefeated when they beat the New York Giants 38-35 to go 16-0.

Current Birthdays
Patricia Clarkson turns 51years old today.

AP Photo/Dan Steinberg Actress Patricia Clarkson turns 51 years old today.

78Inga Swenson
Actress ("Benson")
76Tom Jarriel
Broadcast journalist
74Mary Tyler Moore
Actress
72Jon Voight
Actor
64Marianne Faithfull
Rock singer
63Ted Danson
Actor ("Cheers")
51Paula Poundstone
Comedian
47Sean Payton
Football coach
43Andy Wachowski
Director ("Matrix" films)
38Jude Law
Actor
36Mekhi Phifer
Actor ("ER")
33Laveranues Coles
Football player
31Diego Luna
Actor
Historic Birthdays
Andrew Johnson
 
12/29/1808 - 7/31/1875
17th President of the United States (1865-69) 

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75William Gaddis
12/29/1922 - 12/16/1998
American novelist

76Klaus Fuchs
12/29/1911 - 1/28/1988
German-born American physicist and spy

86Jess Willard
12/29/1881 - 12/15/1968
American prizefighter

56William Mitchell
12/29/1879 - 2/19/1936
U.S. Army officer and early advocate of a separate air force

96Pablo Casals
12/29/1876 - 10/22/1973
Spanish cellist and conductor

88William Gladstone
12/29/1809 - 5/19/1898
English statesman and four-time prime minister (1868-74, 1880-85, 1886, 1892-94)

59Charles Goodyear
12/29/1800 - 7/1/1860
American inventor; pioneered commercial use of rubber

76Charles Macintosh
12/29/1766 - 7/25/1843
Scottish chemist and inventor

42Jeanne-Antoinette Pompadour
12/29/1721 - 4/15/1764
French mistress of Louis XV

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