HISTORY QUIZ OF THE DAY (Dec-29)

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Dec 29, 1998 :: KHMER ROUGE :: On this day, its leaders apologised for the 1970s in Cambodia that claimed over .

Dec 29, 1997 :: CHICKENS :: On this day, Hong Kong began to kill all the nation's chickens (1.25 million) to stop the spread of a potentially deadly strain.

Dec 29, 1996 :: GUATEMALA :: Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Union signed a on this day ending a 36-year civil war.

Dec 29, 1974 :: TWINKLE KHANNA :: Born this day, she is an indian ; daughter of , a Bollywood legend turned politician.

Dec 29, 1949 :: SYED KIRMANI :: Born this day, he is a former Indian cricket player ( ).

Dec 29, 1944 :: AROON PURIE :: Born this day, he is an Indian journalist and publisher who founded the magazine " ".

Dec 29, 1942 :: RAJESH KHANNA :: Born this day, he is an Indian . By the way, this day also happens to be the birthday of his daughter, .

Dec 29, 1937 :: IRELAND :: The Irish Free State was replaced on this day by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new .

Dec 29, 1859 :: VENUSTIANO Carranza :: Born this day, he was the 54th President of .

Dec 29, 1844 :: Womesh Chandra BONNERJEE :: Born this day, he was the of the Indian National Congress.

Dec 29, 1809 :: William Ewart GLADSTONE :: Born this day, he was a Prime Minister of the .

Dec 29, 1808 :: Andrew JOHNSON :: Born this day, he was the 17th President of the .

Dec 29, 1800 :: Charles GOODYEAR :: Born this day, he was an American .

Dec 29, 1709 :: ELIZABETH :: Born this day, she was the of Russia.