GreySilk ([info]greysilk) wrote,

Because aithne did it

Wikipedia: 3 of each

Decemeber 29th

Events:

1891 - Thomas Edison patents the radio.
1921 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada.(Cause i'm from canada eh)
1997 - Hong Kong begins to kill all the nation's chickens (1.25 million) to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain.


Births:

1721 - Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV of France (d. 1764)
1914 - Billy Tipton, American musician (d. 1989)
1967 - Andy Wachowski, American director

Deaths:

1170 - Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury (assassinated)
1916 - Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (b. 1869)
2003 - Bob Monkhouse, English comedian and game show host (b. 1928)

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