Who Was Born Today – December 29 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on December 29 | |||
1721 | Madam Jeanne Poisson de Pompadour, influential mistress of Louis XV, who was later blamed for France’s defeat in the Seven Years’ War. | ||
1800 | Charles Goodyear, inventor of vulcanized rubber for tires. | ||
1808 | Andrew Johnson, American vice president who succeeded Lincoln after the April 15, 1865, assassination. | ||
1809 | William E. Gladstone, British prime minister. | ||
1907 | Robert C. Weaver, the first African American to serve on a president’s cabinet. He was Lyndon Baines Johnson‘s secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the first man ever to hold that post. |
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