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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_29" title="December 29">December 29</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1778" title="1778">1778</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>: Lieutenant Colonel <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Campbell_(British_Army_officer,_born_1739)" title="Archibald Campbell (British Army officer, born 1739)">Archibald Campbell</a> led a contingent of British soldiers to <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_Savannah" title="Capture of Savannah">capture the city</a></b> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savannah,_Georgia" title="Savannah, Georgia">Savannah, Georgia</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1812" title="1812">1812</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a>: In a three-hour <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_single-ship_actions" title="List of single-ship actions">single-ship action</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Java_(1811)" title="HMS Java (1811)">HMS <i>Java</i></a></b> <i>(drawing shown)</i> was captured by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constitution" title="USS Constitution">USS <i>Constitution</i></a> off the coast of Brazil.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1876" title="1876">1876</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashtabula_River_railroad_disaster" title="Ashtabula River railroad disaster">A railway bridge collapsed</a></b> over the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashtabula_River" title="Ashtabula River">Ashtabula River</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a>, killing 92 people and injuring 64 others on a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Shore_and_Michigan_Southern_Railway" title="Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway">Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway</a> train.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928" title="1928">1928</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Expedition" title="Northern Expedition">Northern Expedition</a></b>, a military campaign by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Revolutionary_Army" title="National Revolutionary Army">National Revolutionary Army</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuomintang" title="Kuomintang">Kuomintang</a>, ended with the complete control of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%931949)" title="Republic of China (1912–1949)">Republic of China</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone" title="William Ewart Gladstone">William Ewart Gladstone</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1809); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Ehlers" title="Jürgen Ehlers">Jürgen Ehlers</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1929); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude_Law" title="Jude Law">Jude Law</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1972)</p>