Birthday Meme
Via mathowie:
December 29 (1961):
Three Events:
- 1997 - Hong Kong begins to kill all the nation's chickens (1.25 million) to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain.
- 1940 - World War II: In The Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe firebombs City of London, killing almost 200 civilians.
- 1170 - Thomas Becket is slain in his own cathedral by knights eager to please Henry II of England.
Two Births:
- 1808 - Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States (d. 1875)
- 1972 - Jude Law, British actor (not dead yet)
One Death:
- 1916 - Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (b. 1869)
One Holiday or Observance:
- The fourth day of Christmas in Western Christianity.
