December 29th (2012) was a Saturday. It's the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 2 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 29th December, 2012
» A Tupolev Tu-204 airliner Red Wings Airlines Flight 9268 named crashes in a ditch between the airport fence and the M3 highway (Russia) known as M3 highway after overshooting a runway at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing five people
December 29th Famous Deaths for 2012
» Mike Auldridge, American singer and guitarist (The Seldom Scene and Chesapeake (band) or Chesapeake) (b. 1938)
» Tony Greig, South African-Australian cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1946)
» Edward Meneeley, American painter and sculptor (b. 1927)
» Ben Overton, American jurist (b. 1926)
» William Rees-Mogg, English journalist (b. 1928)
» Salvador Reyes Monteón, Mexican footballer and manager (b. 1936)
» Paulo Rocha, Portuguese director and screenwriter (b. 1935)
» Bruce Stark, American cartoonist (b. 1933)
» Ignacy Tokarczuk, Polish archbishop (b. 1918)
» Roland Griffiths-Marsh, Malaysian-Australian soldier and author (b. 1923)
December 29th Holidays in History
» Christian Calendar of saints or Feast Day:
» David, King and prophet (Catholic, Lutheran)
» Thomas Becket
» Trophimus of Arles
» December 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Constitution Day (Ireland)
» List of national independence days e.g Independence Day (Mongolia)