MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2014

Today is Monday, December 29, the 363rd day of 2014. There are two days left in the year.

1851 ― First Young Men's Christian Association chapter opened (Boston)

1862 ― Bowling ball invented

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

1920 ― Yugoslav government bans communist party

1931 ― Identification of heavy water publicly announced, H.C. Urey

1937 ― Lou Thesz beats E. Marshall in St. Louis, to become wrestling champion

1949 ― Hungary nationalized its industries

1972 ― Life magazine ceases publication

1983 ― U.S. announces withdrawal from UNESCO

1989 ― Vaclav Havel becomes president of Czechoslovakia

1997 ― Hong Kong begins slaughtering all its chickens to prevent bird flu