Today in History - December 29, 2024

Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket, French painter Hyacinthe Rigaud, Andrew Johnson, British statesman William Ewart Gladstone, US annexation of Texas, Abolitionist crusader William Lloyd Garrison, Massacre at Wounded Knee Creek, Leander Starr Jameson, American actress Mary Tyler Moore, Ireland, The Khmer Rouge, Guinea, French designer Pierre Cardin, Brazilian soccer legend Pele