Discover what happened on December 29 with HISTORY's summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.

December 29

Discover what happened on December 29 with HISTORY&#8217;s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.

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Native American history spans an array of diverse groups and leaders like Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse and Tecumseh, and events like the Trail of Tears, the French and Indian War and the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

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Crime has been a dark and powerful undercurrent in human society throughout history. Uncover the facts behind some of the most daring robberies, brazen scams and brutal murders ever committed.&nbsp;

American Revolution

The Revolutionary War waged by the American colonies against Britain influenced political ideas and revolutions around the globe, as a small fledgling nation won its freedom from the greatest military force of its time.

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<a href="https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-history">World War II</a> was the biggest and deadliest war in history, involving more than 30 countries. Sparked by the 1939 Nazi invasion of Poland, the war dragged on for six bloody years until the Allies defeated Nazi Germany and Japan in 1945.

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British History

Though the 19th century saw the rise of populism, the labor movement and Jacksonian democracy, it also ushered in the Gilded Age, when men like Cornelius Vanderbilt and J. P. Morgan wielded control over politics and business.

This Day In History: December 29

U.S. Army massacres Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee

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London is devastated by German air raid

Texas enters the Union

Archbishop Thomas Becket is murdered

The “Railway Rapist” commits his first murder

British capture Savannah, Georgia