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(December 29, 1808) (December 29, 1895) (December 29, 1997) (December 29, 2020) (December 29, 2020)
Learn about the most intriguing events and historical facts that occurred on December 29 throughout history. Capricorn is the zodiac sign for December 29. Jude Law (1972), Laurent Gerra (1967), and Katherine Moennig were all born on this day (1977).
Event 
Andrew Johnson, the seventeenth President of the United States and the first to be impeached, was born.
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The United States' annexation of the Republic of Texas, approved by the United States Congress on this day in 1845, ignited the Mexican War due to disputed area between the Rio Grande and the Nueces River.
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As a precaution against the spread of a potentially lethal influenza strain, Hong Kong has begun to slaughter the city's 1.25 million hens.
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Pierre Cardin, a pioneer in the design of men's high fashion, died at the age of 98.
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Joe Louis Clark, American educator (b. 1937).
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