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December 29th, 2001	Event	Mesa Redonda shopping center fire, Lima, Peru, at least 291 killed.
December 29th, 1998	Event	Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed over 1 million.
December 29th, 1997	Event	Hong Kong begins to kill all the nation s chickens (1.25 million) to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain.
December 29th, 1996	Event	Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Union sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war.
December 29th, 1992	Event	Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, tries to resign amidst corruption charges, but is then impeached.
December 29th, 1989	Event	Riots break-out after Hong Kong decides to forcibly repatriate Vietnamese refugees.
December 29th, 1989	Event	On the final day of trading for the year and decade, the Japanese Nikkei 225 Average closes at an all-time high of 38,915.87.
December 29th, 1989	Event	Vaclav Havel is elected president of Czechoslovakia. He became the first non-Communist to attain the post in more than four decades.
December 29th, 1975	Event	A bomb exploded at La Guardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring 74.
December 29th, 1972	Event	An Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (a Lockheed "Tristar") crashes on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101.

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