On this day: 29 December

Selected events and births on 29 December, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1860 – To counter the French Navy's Gloire, the world's first ironclad warship, the Royal Navy launched HMS Warrior, the world's first iron-hulled armoured warship. Read more: French Navy French ironclad Gloire Ironclad warship
• 1913 – Cecil B. DeMille started filming Hollywood's first feature film, The Squaw Man (featured). Read more: Cecil B. DeMille Hollywood, Los Angeles The Squaw Man (1914 film)
• 1959 – American physicist Richard Feynman gave a speech entitled "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom" at Caltech, anticipating the field of nanotechnology. Read more: Richard Feynman There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom California Institute of Technology

Born on this day

• 1948 – Peter Robinson, Northern Irish politician, 3rd First Minister of Northern Ireland Read more: Peter Robinson (Northern Ireland politician) First Minister and Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland
• 1953 – Thomas Bach, German fencer, lawyer and sports administrator; 9th President of the International Olympic Committee Read more: Thomas Bach International Olympic Committee
• 1955 – Donald D. Hoffman, American quantitative psychologist and author Read more: Donald D. Hoffman Quantitative psychology
• 1963 – Francisco Bustamante, Filipino billiards player Read more: Francisco Bustamante Cue sports
• 1963 – Ulf Kristersson, Swedish politician, Leader of the Swedish Moderate Party and 35th Prime Minister of Sweden Read more: Ulf Kristersson Prime Minister of Sweden
• 1990 – Allen Kim, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (U-KISS) Read more: Allen Kim U-KISS
• 1995 – Rina Ikoma, Japanese singer and actress (Nogizaka46 and AKB48) Read more: Rina Ikoma Nogizaka46 AKB48
• 2000 – Orkun Kökçü, Dutch-Turkish footballer Read more: Orkun Kökçü
• 2000 – Julio Rodríguez, Dominican baseball player Read more: Julio Rodríguez
• 2000 – Eliot Vassamillet, Belgian singer Read more: Eliot Vassamillet
• 2005 – Davide Bartesaghi, Italian footballer Read more: Davide Bartesaghi
• 2006 – Ethan Mbappé, French footballer Read more: Ethan Mbappé

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