Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of December 29:
1563 Francesco Maria Guaitoli composer
1586 Francisco de Moncada Spanish earl of Osuna/marquis of Aytona
1678 Gotthard Wagner composer
1709 Elisabeth Petrovna tsarina of Russia/daughter of Peter the Great
1721 Madame De Pompadour mistress of French King Louis the 15th
1743 Alexander van Bylandt Dutch military officer
1767 Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne composer
1776 Charles Macintosh Scotland, patented waterproof fabric
1792 Archibald Alison Scottish historian (History of Europe)
1800 Charles Goodyear inventor (vulcanization process for rubber)
1808 Andrew Johnson Raleigh NC, (Unionist), 17th President (1865-69)
1808 György Apponyi Hungarian Parliament member
1809 William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal) British PM (1868-74, '80-86, '92-94)
1809 Albert Pike Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), died in 1891
1813 Etienne-Joseph Soubre composer
1831 Adam Badeau Brevet Brigadier-General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
1833 John James Ingalls (Representative-KS)
1843 Elisabeth queen of Romania/poet (Rumänische Dichtungen)
1850 Tomas Breton y Hernandez composer
1856 Thomas J Stieltjes mathematician (Stieltjes integral)
1859 Venustiano Carranza President of México (1915-20)
1866 Joseph Limburg liberal Second-Member of parliament (1905-19)
1869 Bill Howell cricketer (Australian bowler at turn of century)
1876 Pablo Casals Vendrell Catalonia Spain, cellist/conductor/composer
1878 Felix M Abel French bible scholar (Jérusalem Nouvelle)
1879 Billy Mitchell aviation hero general (WWI)
1880 Jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin composer
1887 Kiyoshi Nobutoki composer
1888 Joseph Beran Czechoslovakian archbishop of Prague/cardinal
1890 Jozef Cantré Flemish sculptor/wood carver
1892 Emory Parnell St Paul MN, actress (Rocket Man, County Fair)
1896 David Alfaro Siqueiros México, painter/muralist (Liberation of Chile)
1897 Hermann Heiss composer
1898 Jeanne Leleu composer
19-- Ronnie Younkins rocker (Kix-Hot Wire)
19-- Susie Garrett Detroit MI, actress (Punky Brewster)
1900 Willie Humphrey jazz Clarinetist
1903 Clyde McCoy jazz trumpeter/bandleader
1904 Wendell Niles Twin Valley MN, TV announcer (It Could be You)
1907 James Gardner designer
1908 Claire Dodd Arkansas, actress (Ex-Lady, In the Navy)
1908 Gerben Sonderman Dutch test pilot (Fokker)
1912 Peggy Glanville-Hicks Melbourne Australia, composer (Triad)
1913 Laurence Gower academic
1915 Robert Ruark US writer (Something of Value)
1915 Charles L[eonard] Harness US, sci-fi author (Paradox Men, Wolfhead)
1915 John P W Meefout Dutch sculptor (Laying Woman)
1917 Tom Bradley (Mayor-D-LA) (1973-93)
1919 Pieter Terpstra Dutch journalist/writer (De dei is forroun/Havank-T)
1919 Roman Vlad composer
1920 Syd Dernley hangman
1920 Viveca Lindfors Uppsala Sweden, actress (Way We Were, Welcome to LA)
1921 Dobrica Cosic writer
1925 Dina Merrill New York NY, actress (Operation Petticoat, Butterfield 8)
1927 Jim Simpson Washington DC, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball)
1928 Bernard Cribbins Oldham England, actor (Val Doonican Show)
1930 Willy Giefer composer
1931 Barbara Steele England, actress (Castle of Blood, Dark Shadows)
1932 Inga Swenson Omaha NE, actress (Gretchen-Benson)
1933 Prez "Kidd" Kenneth blues singer/guitarist
1934 Ed Flanders Minneapolis MN, actor (Dr Westphall-St Elsewhere)
1934 Tom Jarriel LaGrange GA, newscaster (ABC Weekend News, 20/20)
1935 Tony Bramall England, auto dealer/multi-millionaire (Harrogate)
1936 Mary Tyler Moore Brooklyn NY, actress (Mary Tyler Moore, Ordinary People)
1936 Ray Nitschke NFL linebacker (Green Bay Packers)
1936 Vitaly Alexeyevich Godzyatsky composer
1938 Jon Voight Yonkers NY, actor (Deliverance, Midnight Cowboy)
1938 Wayne Huizenga CEO (Waste Management, Blockbuster, Miami Dolphins)
1939 Maumoon Abdul Gayoom President of Maldives (1978- )
1940 Brigitte Kronauer writer
1940 Ed Buce Keiser AR, country singer (Texas)
1940 Peter Koelewijn Dutch writer/vocalist (Come off that Roof)
1941 Ray Thomas England, rock vocalist (Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin)
1942 Jerry Summers rocker
1943 Maij-Wegge Dutch traffic minister (19..-94)
1944 Rodney Redmond New Zealand cricket (opener scored century in Test vs Pakistan 1973)
1945 Adje Roland Dutch disc-jockey
1946 Laffit Pincay Jr jockey (Kentucky Derby 1984, Belmont Stakes 1982-84, Swale)
1946 Paul Trible (Senator-R-VA)
1946 Marianne Faithfull Hampstead England, vocalist (Money)
1947 Ted Danson San Diego CA, actor (Sam Malone-Cheers, 3 Men & a Baby)
1947 Cozy Powell England, rock drummer (Jeff Beck Group, Whitesnake, ELP)
1949 Angel Tompkins actress (Bees, Prime Cut, Murphy's Law)
1949 Syed Kirmani cricketer (Indian keeper after Engineer)
1950 Jon Polito Philadelphia PA, actor (Fire With Fire, Homicide)
1951 Laurel Masse Holland MI, jazz singer (Manhattan Transfer-Operator)
1951 Yvonne Elliman US actress/singer (I Don't Know How to Love Him)
1952 Nikolai Andrianov USSR, gymnast (Olympics-gold-1972, 76, 80)
1952 Gelsey Kirkland Bethlehem PA, ballerina/druggie (Nutcracker)
1953 Kate Schmidt US javelin thrower (Olympics-bronze-1972)
1954 Glenn Myernick Trenton NJ, US soccer coach (Olympics-gold-96)
1954 Roger Voudouris Sacramento CA, rock vocalist
1955 Jan Pijnenburg Dutch rock drummer (Doe Maar-Bomb)
1955 Neil Giraldo rocker (Pat Benatar Band)
1956 Dolf de Vries Dutch musical/director/arranger (Josephine)
1958 Curt Allen Byrum Onida SD, PGA golfer (1989 Hardee's Golf Classic)
1959 Leslie Graves Silver City NM, actress (Brenda-Capitol)
1959 Paula Poundstone comedienne (Emmy Awards)
1960 Dave Gilbert cricketer (Aussie pace bowler in 9 Tests 1985-86)
1960 David Boon cricketer (short backward square from Tasmania)
1961 Robert Louis Tewdwr Moss journalist/travel writer
1962 Devon White Kingston Jamaica, outfielder (Florida Marlins)
1964 Kimberly Russell actress (Sarah-Head of the Class)
1964 Craig Grebeck Cerritos CA, infielder (Florida Marlins)
1965 David Delfino hockey goaltender (Team Italy 1998)
1966 Bruce Bulina Vancouver British Columbia, Canadian Tour golfer (1990 Alberta Open)
1966 Drew Hartt Calgary Alta, Canadian Tour golfer (1995 Desert Tour)
1967 Henry Jones NFL safety (Buffalo Bills)
1967 Jason Gould son of Elliot Gould/Barbra Streisand, (Prince of Tides)
1967 Kevin Toth Cleveland OH, shot putter
1967 Tony Tolbert NFL defensive end (Dallas Cowboys)
1968 Carlo H L Ponti Jr son of Carlo Ponti & Sophia Loren
1968 Darren Perry NFL free safety (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1968 James Mouton Denver CO, outfielder (Houston Astros)
1970 Yaroslav Ihorovych Pustovyi Kostroma Ukraine, cosmonaut
1971 Jay Fiedler NFL quarterback (Philadelphia Eagles)
1971 Margot Thien San Diego CA, synchronized swimmer (Olympics-gold-96)
1971 Mark Montreuil NFL cornerback (San Diego Chargers)
1971 Toby Mills WLAF corner (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1972 Jessica Lee McMinn Miss North Carolina USA (1996)
1972 Malcolm Seabron NFL wide receiver (Houston Oilers)
1972 Melissa Hall Miss USA-Minnesota (1997)
1972 Randy Neal NFL linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals)
1973 Tomas Perez Barquisimeto Venezuela, infielder (Toronto Blue Jays)
1974 Brad Hodge cricketer (promising Victorian middle-order batsman)
1974 James Darling linebacker (Philadelphia Eagles)
1974 Tom Knight cornerback (Arizona Cardinals)
1975 Kalin Olson Hot Springs AR, playmate (Aug 1997)
1979 Laura Larson Miss Maine Teen USA (1996)
2943 Kathryn Leigh Scott [Kringstad] Den Helder Netherlands, actress (Voice of the Heart, Big Shamus)
Deaths which occurred on December 29:
1141 Yue Fei Chinese general, executed
1170 Thomas Beckett archbishop, assassinated by 4 knights of King Henry II
1558 Hermann Finck composer, dies at 31
1619 Antoine Arnauld French lawyer (Philippica), dies
1630 Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele Roman Catholic pastor/lyricist, dies at 51
1689 Olfert Dapper Amsterdam historian/geographer, buried
1703 Mustapha II sultan (Turkey), dies at 39
1731 J Brook Taylor English mathematician, dies at 46
1785 Johann Heinrich Rolle composer, dies at 69
1815 Saartjie Baartman the Hottentot Venus, dies in Paris
1821 Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael South Netherlands general, dies at 61
1822 Albert Christoph Dies composer, dies at 67
1825 Giuseppe Maria Gioacchino Cambini composer, dies
1825 Jacques-Louis David French painter (Death of Marat), dies at 77
1835 Charles-Joseph Tolbecque composer, dies at 29
1836 Johann Baptist Schenk composer, dies at 83
1847 William Crotch composer, dies at 72
1871 Ferdinand Marcucci composer, dies at 71
1877 Willem Sassen Dutch Attorney General on Curaçao (Affair-S), dies
1890 Big Foot Sioux Indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee
1891 Leopold Kronecker German mathematician, dies at 68
1894 Chris Rossetti writer, dies at 64
1898 Georg Goltermann composer, dies at 74
1915 Charles Beach Hawley composer, dies at 57
1925 Félix E Vallotton Swiss painter/writer (Chaste Susanne), dies at 60
1926 Rainer M Rilke Austrias songwriter/writer (Wise Queen), dies at 51
1933 Joh Georghe Duca premier of Romania, murdered
1942 Frank D Adams Canadian geologist, dies at 83
1943 William H Singer US painter/collector (Singer Museum), dies at 75
1947 Joseph Cuvelier Belgian historian/general, dies at 78
1952 Beryl Rubinstein composer, dies at 54
1956 Martin Albertz German theologist (Jesus Christ's Church), dies at 73
1957 Tom Richmond cricketer (Notts leg-spinner took 2-86 in England Test), die
1958 Doris Humphrey US dancer/choreographer (Dances of Women), dies at 63
1959 Robin Humphrey Milford composer, dies at 56
1964 Bernard von Brentano German writer (Big Cats), dies at 63
1964 Miroslav Krejci composer, dies at 73
1965 Kusaku Yamada composer, dies at 79
1967 Paul Whiteman US orchestra leader (Fabulous Dorseys), dies at 77
1970 John de Mol Dutch accordionist, dies at 58
1971 Stuart Holmes dies of stomach ailment at 87
1972 Fritz Behrend composer, dies at 83
1976 Ivo van Damme Belgian 800/1500 meter sprinter (Olympics-silver-76), dies at 22
1980 Roy Engle actor (Police Chief-My Favorite Martian), dies at 67
1980 Tim Hardin US singer (Bird on a Wire), dies of a drug overdose at 39
1981 Guido Provoost Belgian historian, dies at 41
1982 Sol C Siegel US film producer (High Society), dies at 79
1984 Leo Robin lyricist, dies of heart failure at 84
1986 [Maurice] Harold Macmillan former British PM (1957-63), dies in Sussex, England, at 92
1986 Andrei Tarkovski Russian director (Stalker), dies at 54
1986 John Antill composer, dies at 82
1991 Julia McCarthy dies of cancer at 64
1992 L H Ruitenberg vicar/editor in chief (Reform Netherlands), dies at 87
1992 Vivienne Segal US actress (Broadway, Pal Joey), dies at 95
1994 Eugene Tanner Jr singer, dies at 58
1994 Frank Thring Australian actor (El Cid, Ben-Hur), dies at 68
1995 Hope Clara Chenhalls food inspector, dies at 85
1995 Louise Chaplin actress, dies at 87
1995 Madeleine Barot resistance heroine, dies at 86
1995 Nello Celio President of Switzerland (1972), dies at 81
1996 Alma Birk journalist/politician, dies at 77
1996 Daniel Raphaeautl Mayer journalist/resistance leader, dies at 86
1996 Mireille Hartuch singer/songwriter, dies at 90
1996 Oswald Szemerenyi philologist, dies at 83
1996 Peggy (Margaret McCrorie) Herbison politician, dies at 89
1996 Robert Morris lawyer, dies at 81
1996 Willaim Brown British TV executive, dies at 67
1996 William Thomas Pennar Davies poet author/theologian, dies at 85
1997 (Hanlon) Pat Clarke cyclist, dies at 82
1997 Robert Steel academic, dies at 82
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
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1964 BENNETT HAROLD G. PERRYVILLE AR 06/65 DIC ON PRG LIST
1964 CRAFTS CHARLES NORTH JAY ME 02/07/67 RELEASED ALIVE IN 98
1965 HILL ARTHUR S. JR. RANCHO SANTA FE CA
1965 RAWSTHORNE EDGAR A. MIRAMAR CA
1967 CLAPPER GEAN P. ALTOONA PA RADIO CONTACT LOST
1967 CLAXTON CHARLES P. CHICAGO IL RADIO CONTACT LOST
1967 CRUZ CARLOS R. ARROYO PR REMAINS IDENTIFIED 18 OCT 95
1967 DARCY EDWARD J. PORTLAND ME RADIO CONTACT LOST
1967 ECKLEY WAYNE A. ENTERPRISE OR RADIO CONTACT LOST
1967 FISHER DONALD E. HALFWAY OR RADIO CONTACT LOST
1967 FOSTER PAUL L. KNOXVILLE TN REMAINS IDENTIFIED 18 OCT 95
1967 MC CRARY JACK MADISON TN RADIO CONTACT LOST
1967 OSBORNE EDWIN N. JR. RAILFORD FL
1967 PARKER FRANK C. III BRIDGEPORT PA RADIO CONTACT LOST
1967 POTTER WILLIAM J. JR. AMBRIDGE PA REFNO 0955 REMAINS IDENTIFIED 18 OCT 95
1967 VAN BUREN GERALD G. TOLEDO OH RADIO CONTACT LOST
1967 WENAAS GORDON J. MAYVILLE ND RADIO CONTACT LOST
1967 WILLIAMS JAMES R. CHARLOTTE NC RADIO CONTACT LOST
1968 SCHERDIN ROBERT F. SOMERVILLE NJ SEVERLY WOUNDED WHEN LEFT