WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2010

Today is Wednesday, December 29, the 363rd day of 2010. There are two days left in the year.

1852 ― Emma Snodgrass arrested in Boston for wearing pants

1857 ― Franz Liszt's ``Die Hunnenschlacht" premieres in Weimar

1862 ― Bowling ball invented

1891 ― Edison patents ``transmission of signals electrically" (radio)

1920 ― Yugoslav government bans communist party

1948 ― U.S. State Department announces work on placing objects into Earth orbit

1949 ― Hungary nationalized its industries

1955 ― Barbra Streisand's first recording, ``You'll Never Know," at age 13

1972 ― Life magazine ceases publication

1989 ― Wayne Gretzky and Martina Navratilova are named athletes of the decade by the Associated Press