The Vote That Ended 2,000 Years of Emperors
On December 29, 1911, delegates in Nanjing elected Sun Yat-sen provisional president of China, closing the book on more than two millennia of imperial rule.
On December 29
Tragedy at Wounded Knee Creek
On December 29, 1890, U.S. soldiers opened fire on a Lakota camp at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota, killing as many as 300 men, women, and children.
Murder in the Cathedral
On December 29, 1170, four knights of Henry II murdered Archbishop Thomas Becket inside Canterbury Cathedral — a killing that horrified Christendom.