Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia. Date: December 29, 1911 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 29 📅 Events on this day in 1911 📅 On This Day (Today)

Cecil B. DeMille starts filming Hollywood's first feature film, The Squaw Man. Date: December 29, 1913 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 29 📅 Events on this day in 1913 📅 On This Day (Today)

Sir Muhammad Iqbal's presidential address in Allahabad introduces the two-nation theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan. Date: December 29, 1930 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 29 📅 Events on this day in 1930 📅 On This Day (Today)

Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930. Date: December 29, 1934 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 29 📅 Events on this day in 1934 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution. Date: December 29, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 29 📅 Events on this day in 1937 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: in the Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, England, killing almost 200 civilians. Date: December 29, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 29 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today)

Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar) crashes in the Florida Everglades on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101 of the 176 people on board. Date: December 29, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 29 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day…

A bomb explodes at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring more than 75. Date: December 29, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 29 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Nikkei 225 for the Tokyo Stock Exchange hits its all-time intra-day high of 38,957.44 and closing high at 38,915.87, serving as the apex of the Japanese asset price bubble. Date: December 29, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 29 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This…

Czech writer, philosopher and dissident Václav Havel is elected the first post-communist President of Czechoslovakia. Date: December 29, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 29 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)