On This Day December 29th

 OTD

December 29th is the 363rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 2 days remain until the end of the year.

 Events

1170 – Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II; he subsequently becomes a saint and martyr in the Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church.

1607 – According to John Smith, Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan leader Wahunsenacawh, successfully pleads for his life after tribal leaders attempt to execute him.

1845 – The United States annexes the Republic of Texas and admits it as the 28th state.

1890 – On Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.

1913 – Cecil B. DeMille starts filming Hollywood's first feature film, The Squaw Man.

1937 – The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.

1940 – In the Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire bombs London, England, killing almost 200 civilians during World War II.

2003 – The last known speaker of Akkala Sami dies, rendering the language extinct.

 

Birthdays

1550 – García de Silva Figueroa, Spanish diplomat and traveler (d. 1624)

1766 – Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and the inventor of waterproof fabric (d. 1843)

1800 – Charles Goodyear, American chemist and engineer (d. 1860)

1809 – William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1898)

1917 – Tom Bradley, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles (d. 1998)

1936 – Mary Tyler Moore, American actress and producer (d. 2017)

1936 – Ray Nitschke, American football player (d. 1998)

1947 – Cozy Powell, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 1998)

1973 – Theo Epstein, American businessman

1976 – Danny McBride, American actor, producer and screenwriter

 

Holiday Spotlight

Falls Music & Arts Festival (Australia)

  The story begins in 1993, with a small one-day concert held in Lorne, Victoria, named Rock Above The Falls. This first event attracted nearly 11,000 people, exceeding the organizers’ expectations, and they had to negotiate the use of neighboring land to accommodate the crowd. The festival became a two-day event in 1995, and the following year, the name was changed to The Falls Music & Arts Festival. 1999 was the first time the festival was not held at Lorne; it was moved to the Torquay site due to bad weather.

 The 2003 festival was the first time two events were held simultaneously, one in Lorne and another at Marion Bay, Tasmania. The same performances occurred at both events; the December 30 acts at Lorne played December 31 at Marion Bay, and vice versa. The Lorne and Marion Bay festivals have continued to run simultaneously, except for the 2022 edition, and artists continue to be exchanged between the two locations throughout the festival. Subsequent festivals retained this two-location format.

 Falls Festival won the 2008 Faster Louder Festival Award for ‘Best Lineup’; the following year, the Marion Bay site received the ‘Favorite Venue and Location’ award. They have also been awarded the ‘Excellence in Sustainability Victorian Tourism Awards’ from 2012, 2013, and 2014; ‘Outstanding in the Greener Festival Awards’ from the same years; ‘Major Festivals & Events Tasmanian Tourism Awards’ from 2013 and 2014; ‘Major Festival Australian Event Awards 2014;’ and ‘Victorian Live Event of the Year’ and ‘Tasmanian All Ages Achievement’ at the National Live Music Awards of 2019.

 In 2013, the Byron edition of the event was introduced, increasing the festival's reach nationwide. In 2019, the festival at the Lorne site was canceled due to extreme bushfire risk during the 2019 — 2020 Australian bushfire season. Unfortunately, the Marion Bay edition of the festival was canceled permanently in 2021, with organizers citing low revenue from the event.

 

Other Include

International Jewish Book Day

Constitution of Ireland

Mongolia Independence Day

National Chocolate Day

No Interruptions Day

Pepper Pot Day

Still, I Need to do Day.

Tick Tock Day

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