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	Wednesday, December 29th The 363rd day of 2010. There are 2 days left in the year. Go to a previous date.

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Today's Highlights in History
See a larger version of this front page.		On Dec. 29, On Dec. 29, 1940, during World War II, Germany began dropping incendiary bombs on London. (Go to article.)On Dec. 29, 1808, Andrew Johnson,the 17th president of the United States and the first American president to be impeached, was born.Following his death on July 31, 1875,his obituary appeared in The Times.(Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
		On December 29, 1906, Harper'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.)

On this date in:
1170	Archbishop Thomas Becket was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral in England.
1808	Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United States, was born in Raleigh, N.C.
1845	Texas was admitted to the union as the 28th state.
1851	The first American Young Men's Christian Association was organized, in Boston.
1890	U.S. troops killed as many as 400 Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee, S.D.
1916	Gregory Rasputin, the monk who had wielded powerful influence over the Russian court, was murdered by a group of noblemen.
1989	Playwright 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.
1996	War-weary guerrilla and government leaders in Guatemala signed an accord ending 36 years of civil conflict.
1998	Khmer Rouge leaders apologized for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed 1 million lives.
1999	The Nasdaq composite index closed above 4,000 for the first time, ending the day at 4,041.46.
2007	The 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.

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Current Birthdays

Patricia Clarkson turns 51years old today.

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

78 Inga Swenson Actress ("Benson") 76 Tom Jarriel Broadcast journalist 74 Mary Tyler Moore Actress 72 Jon Voight Actor 64 Marianne Faithfull Rock singer 63 Ted Danson Actor ("Cheers") 51 Paula Poundstone Comedian 47 Sean Payton Football coach 43 Andy Wachowski Director ("Matrix" films) 38 Jude Law Actor 36 Mekhi Phifer Actor ("ER") 33 Laveranues Coles Football player 31 Diego Luna Actor

Historic Birthdays
Andrew Johnson
12/29/1808 - 7/31/1875 17th President of the United States (1865-69)  (Go to obit.)
75	William Gaddis 12/29/1922 - 12/16/1998 American novelist
76	Klaus Fuchs 12/29/1911 - 1/28/1988 German-born American physicist and spy
86	Jess Willard 12/29/1881 - 12/15/1968 American prizefighter
56	William Mitchell 12/29/1879 - 2/19/1936 U.S. Army officer and early advocate of a separate air force
96	Pablo Casals 12/29/1876 - 10/22/1973 Spanish cellist and conductor
88	William Gladstone 12/29/1809 - 5/19/1898 English statesman and four-time prime minister (1868-74, 1880-85, 1886, 1892-94)
59	Charles Goodyear 12/29/1800 - 7/1/1860 American inventor; pioneered commercial use of rubber
76	Charles Macintosh 12/29/1766 - 7/25/1843 Scottish chemist and inventor
42	Jeanne-Antoinette Pompadour 12/29/1721 - 4/15/1764 French mistress of Louis XV

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