Sunday, December 29, 2013

History for December 29 -

History for December 29 - On-This-Day.com
1800- Charles Goodyear founder of Goodyear Tire was born 









1845 - U.S. President James Polk and signed legislation making Texas the 28th state of the United States. 














1911 - Sun Yat-sen became the first president of a republican China.






1972 - Following 36 years of publication, the last weekly issue of "LIFE" magazine hit the newsstands. The magazine later became a monthly publication.










1997 - Hong Kong began killing 1.25 million chickens, the entire population, for fear of the spread of 'bird flu'. 

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