Editing December 29 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Mongolia]] gains independence from the [[Qing dynasty]], enthroning [[Bogd Khan|8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu]] as [[Khagan of Mongolia]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Batbai︠a︡r |first1=T︠S︡. |last2=Kumar Soni |first2=Sharad |title=Modern Mongolia: A Concise History |date=2007 |publisher=Pentagon Press |isbn=978-81-8274-267-3 |pages=15–16 |edition=3rd rev. & enl.}}</ref>
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Cecil B. DeMille]] starts filming [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood's]] first feature film, ''[[The Squaw Man (1914 film)|The Squaw Man]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Birchard |first1=Robert |title=Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood |date=2004 |publisher=The University Press of Kentucky |isbn=978-0-8131-2636-4 |page=8}}</ref>
*[[1930]] &ndash; Sir [[Muhammad Iqbal]]'s presidential address in [[Allahabad]] introduces the [[two-nation theory]] and outlines a vision for the creation of [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fyzie |first1=Faiyaz Ahmad |title=Allama Iqbal, his two-nation theory and the ideas in his poetry that were anti-national |url=https://theprint.in/opinion/allama-iqbal-his-two-nation-theory-and-the-ideas-in-his-poetry-that-were-anti-national/763177/ |access-date=8 December 2022 |work=ThePrint |date=9 November 2021}}</ref>
*[[1934]] &ndash; Japan renounces the [[Washington Naval Treaty]] of 1922 and the [[London Naval Treaty]] of 1930.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nevins |first1=Allan |title=Japan Denounces the Naval Treaty |journal=Current History |date=1935 |volume=41 |issue=5 |pages=581–585 |jstor=45337519 |issn=2641-080X}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Watt |first1=D. C. |title=The Anglo-German Naval Agreement of 1935: An Interim Judgment |journal=The Journal of Modern History |date=June 1956 |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=155–175 |doi=10.1086/237885 |s2cid=154892871}}</ref>
*[[1937]] &ndash; The [[Irish Free State]] is replaced by a new state called [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] with the adoption of a new [[Constitution of Ireland|constitution]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=O'Leary |first1=Philip |title=Gaelic Prose in the Irish Free State, 1922-1939 |date=2004 |publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press |isbn=978-0-271-03010-4 |page=19}}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; In the [[Second Great Fire of London]], the [[Luftwaffe]] fire-bombs [[London]], England, killing almost 200 civilians during [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Allbeson |first1=Tom |title=Visualizing Wartime Destruction and Postwar Reconstruction: Herbert Mason's Photograph of St. Paul's Reevaluated |journal=The Journal of Modern History |date=September 2015 |volume=87 |issue=3 |pages=532–578 |doi=10.1086/682677 |s2cid=146192502 |url=https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/107159/1/Allbeson%20-%20Visualizing%20Wartime%20Destruction%20and%20Postwar%20Reconstruction.pdf}}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Eastern Air Lines Flight 401]] (a [[Lockheed L-1011 TriStar]]) crashes in the [[Florida Everglades]] on approach to [[Miami International Airport]], [[Florida]], killing 101 of the 176 people on board.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ranter |first1=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar 1 N310EA Everglades, FL |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19721229-0 |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=8 December 2022}}</ref>
*[[1975]] &ndash; A [[1975 LaGuardia Airport bombing|bomb explodes]] at [[LaGuardia Airport]] in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring more than 75.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Martin |editor1-first=Gus |title=The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism |date=2011 |publisher=SAGE |isbn=978-1-4129-8017-3 |page=341 |edition=2nd |volume=1}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; Czech writer, philosopher and dissident [[Václav Havel]] is elected the first post-communist President of [[Czechoslovakia]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Niland |first1=Lauren |title=29 December 1989: Václav Havel becomes president of Czechoslovakia |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/from-the-archive-blog/2011/dec/19/from-the-archive-vaclav-havel-president-1989 |access-date=5 December 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=19 December 2011}}</ref>
*  1989 &ndash; The [[Nikkei 225]] for the [[Tokyo Stock Exchange]] hits its all-time intra-day high of 38,957.44 and closing high at 38,915.87, serving as the apex of the [[Japanese asset price bubble]].<ref>{{cite web |website=Yahoo Finance UK |url=http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=%5EN225&b=1&a=00&c=1980&e=1&d=00&f=1992&g=m |title=Nikkei 225 Historical prices, Nikkei 225 stocks |access-date=27 September 2019}}.</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Fernando Collor de Mello]], president of Brazil, tries to resign amidst corruption charges, but is then impeached.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Figueiredo |first1=Argelina Cheibub |editor1-last=Llanos |editor1-first=Mariana |editor2-last=Marsteintredet |editor2-first=Leiv |title=Presidential Breakdowns in Latin America: Causes and Outcomes of Executive Instability in Developing Democracies |date=2010 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |isbn=978-0-230-10581-2 |page=115 |edition=1st}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Turkish Airlines Flight 278]] (a [[Boeing 737 Classic|Boeing 737-400]]) crashes on approach to [[Van Ferit Melen Airport]] in [[Van, Turkey]], killing 57 of the 76 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19941229-0 |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-4Y0 TC-JES Van Airport (VAN) |last=Ranter |first=Harro |website=aviation-safety.net |access-date=21 August 2019}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Guatemala]] and leaders of [[Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity]] sign a peace accord ending a 36-year [[Guatemalan Civil War|civil war]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Darling |first1=Juanita |title=Signing of Accord Ends 35-Year Civil War in Guatemala |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-12-30-mn-13866-story.html |access-date=5 December 2022 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=30 December 1996}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; Leaders of the [[Khmer Rouge]] apologize for the [[Cambodian genocide]] that claimed over one million lives.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Koiwai |first1=Mayura |title=Regional report: Cambodia |journal=Peacekeeping & International Relations |date=January 1999 |volume=28 |issue=1 |page=14 |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/1cedf89778b3c314246bbf97d0f1f22a/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=32034 |access-date=12 December 2022 |language=en |via=ProQuest}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; The last known speaker of [[Akkala Sami language|Akkala Sami]] dies, rendering the language extinct.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.galdu.org/govat/doc/nordisk_samekonvensjon.pdf |title=Nordisk samekonvensjon |access-date=2014-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070411023150/http://www.galdu.org/govat/doc/nordisk_samekonvensjon.pdf |archive-date=11 April 2007 |language=sv}}</ref>
*[[2006]] &ndash; The UK settles its [[Anglo-American loan]], post-WWII loan debt.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thornton |first1=Philip |title=Britain pays off final instalment of US loan - after 61 years |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/britain-pays-off-final-instalment-of-us-loan-after-61-years-430118.html |access-date=9 December 2022 |work=The Independent |date=29 December 2006 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; A [[Tupolev Tu-204]] airliner [[Red Wings Airlines Flight 9268|crashes in a ditch]] between the airport fence and the [[M3 highway (Russia)|M3 highway]] after overshooting a runway at [[Vnukovo International Airport]] in Moscow, Russia, killing five people and leaving three others critically injured.<ref>{{cite news |title=Russian passenger jet crashes at Moscow's Vnukovo airport |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/dec/29/russian-passenger-jet-crashes-moscow-vnukovo |access-date=9 December 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=29 December 2012 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; A [[December 2013 Volgograd bombings|suicide bomb attack]] at the [[Volgograd railway station|Volgograd-1 railway station]] in the southern Russian city of [[Volgograd]] kills at least 18 people and wounds 40 others.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Karpov |first1=Sergei |title=Suicide bomber kills at least 16 at Russian train station |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-blast-idUSBRE9BS02S20131229 |access-date=9 December 2022 |work=Reuters |date=29 December 2013 |language=en}}</ref>
*  2013 &ndash; Seven-time [[Formula One]] [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|champion]] [[Michael Schumacher]] suffers a massive head injury while skiing in the French Alps.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Schumacher injured in skiing accident |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/25542340 |access-date=17 May 2021}}</ref>
*  2020 &ndash; [[2020 Petrinja earthquake|A magnitude 6.4 earthquake]] hits near the town of [[Petrinja]] in [[Sisak-Moslavina County]], [[Croatia]], killing seven people.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55474230.amp |title=Croatia earthquake: Seven dead as rescuers search rubble for survivors |work=BBC News |date=29 December 2020 |language=en-GB |access-date=21 March 2022}}</ref>
* [[2024]] &ndash; [[Jeju Air Flight 2216]] crashes into a wall in [[Muan International Airport|Muan]], [[South Korea]], killing 179 of the 181 occupants. It is the worst aircraft accident on South Korean soil in history.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/28/asia/south-korea-plane-crash-intl-hnk/index.html |title=More than 170 killed after South Korean jet crash-lands at airport |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=2024-12-29 |access-date=2024-12-29 |author1=Yoonjung Seo |author2=Gawon Bae |author3=James Leggeu-min |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241229141458/https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/28/asia/south-korea-plane-crash-intl-hnk/index.html |archive-date=2024-12-29}}</ref> 
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