December 29
People born on this day are Capricorn.
- 1992
Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, tries to resign amidst corruption charges, but is then impeached.
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Turkish Airlines Flight 278 (a Boeing 737-400) crashes on approach to Van Ferit Melen Airport in Van, Turkey, killing 57 of the 76 people on board.
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Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war.
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Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the Cambodian genocide that claimed over one million lives.
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The last known speaker of Akkala Sami dies, rendering the language extinct.
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The UK settles its Anglo-American loan, post-WWII loan debt.
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A Tupolev Tu-204 airliner crashes in a ditch between the airport fence and the M3 highway after overshooting a runway at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing five people and leaving three others critically injured.
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A suicide bomb attack at the Volgograd-1 railway station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd kills at least 18 people and wounds 40 others.
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Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher suffers a massive head injury while skiing in the French Alps.
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A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits near the town of Petrinja in Sisak-Moslavina County, Croatia, killing seven people.
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South Africa files a genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice over Israeli conducts in the Gaza Strip.
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Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashes into a wall in Muan, South Korea, killing 179 of the 181 occupants. It is the worst aircraft accident on South Korean soil in history.
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2006Ethan Mbappé, French footballer
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2000Orkun Kökçü, Dutch-Turkish footballer
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2000Julio Rodríguez, Dominican baseball player
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2000Eliot Vassamillet, Belgian singer
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1999Francisco Trincão, Portuguese footballer
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1998Victor Osimhen, Nigerian footballer
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1998Brandon Thomas-Asante, Ghanaian footballer
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1997Felix Keisinger, German skeleton racer
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1996Sana Minatozaki, Japanese singer
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1996Dylan Minnette, American actor, musician and singer
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1995Myles Garrett, American football player
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1995Rina Ikoma, Japanese singer and actress (Nogizaka46 and AKB48)
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