How Many Days Until December 29?

This day in history: December 29

1. 1913

   Cecil B. DeMille started filming Hollywood's first feature film, The Squaw Man (featured).

2. 1915

   First World War: The French parliament passed a law granting the land occupied by British war graves as "the free gift of the French people".

3. 1928

   The Northern Expedition, a military campaign by the National Revolutionary Army of the Kuomintang, ended with the complete control of the Republic of China.

4. 1940

   Second World War: The Luftwaffe began a major night bombing raid on the British capital as part of the Blitz, beginning what was later called the "Second Great Fire of London".

5. 1959

   American physicist Richard Feynman gave a speech entitled "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom" at Caltech, anticipating the field of nanotechnology.

6. 1975

   Planted by unknown perpetrators, a bomb exploded at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and seriously injuring 74 others.

7. 1994

   Turkish Airlines Flight 278 crashed on approach to Van Ferit Melen Airport in Van, Turkey, killing 57 of the 76 people on board.

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