Under Thursday, December 29 the history book records, among other things:
1837: Pro-government Canadian militia boarded the rebel steamer “Caroline” on the Niagara River.
1867: The New York Gold and Stock Telegraph Co. installs a punched tape device for a customer for the first time.
1927: Die tragische Oper “Sly or The legend of the awakened sleeper” des deutsch-italienischen Komponisten Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari hat in Mailand Premiere.
1937: The Irish Free State proclaims its full sovereignty under the name of Eire.
1952: Sonotone Corp. in Elmsford/New York brings the first transistor hearing aid to the market.
1952: At Charing Cross Hospital in London, a woman has the largest gallstone reported in the medical literature, weighing 6,294 grams, removed.
2007: The leader of the Islamist terrorist network al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, threatened attacks on Israel in a message. “We intend to liberate Palestine, all of Palestine from the river (Jordan) to the sea.” They will not hand over an inch of land to the Jews as other Muslim leaders have done.
birthdays: Dieter Thomas Heck, German television presenter (1937-2018); Cordula Trantow, German actress (1942); Ted Danson, American actor (1947); Joe Lovano, American jazz musician (1952); Jude Law, British actor (1972); Norbert Siedler, Austria Racing driver (1982).
days of death: Paul Whiteman, US ringleader (1890-1967); Hans Rosbaud, ext. conductor (1895-1962); Fletcher Henderson, American jazz musician (1898-1952); Fritz Klenner, ext. trade union pioneer (1906-1997); Günter Wöhe, dt. Economist (1924-2007).
name days: Thomas, Tamara, David, Otwald, Lothar, Jonathan, Reginbert, Markellus, Winthir.
