This day in history

DECEMBER 29

1835 - Treaty of New Echota is signed between the US government and representatives of a minority Cherokee political faction to cede all lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States.

1911 - Sun Yat Sen became the first president of the Chinese Republic.

1940 - German aircraft dropped thousands of incendiary bombs on London's city centre.

1978 - Spain's new democratic constitution, providing for a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary government, takes effect.