Actor Clarence Swensen ("The Wizard of Oz") is 90.

Actress Mary Tyler Moore is 70.

Actor Jon Voight is 69.

Jockey Laffit Pincay Jr. is 61.

Actor Ted Danson is 60.

Actor Jon Polito is 57.

Singer-actress Yvonne Elliman is 56.

Actress Patricia Clarkson is 48.

Actress Jennifer Ehle is 38.

Rock singer-musician Glen Phillips is 37.

Actor Kevin Weisman is 37.

Actor Jude Law is 35.

Actor Mekhi Phifer is 33.

Actor Diego Luna is 28.

Country singer Jessica Andrews is 24.

On Dec. 29, 1845, Texas was admitted as the 28th state.

In 1890, the Wounded Knee massacre took place in South Dakota as an estimated 300 Sioux Indians were killed by U.S. troops sent to disarm them.

In 1940, during World War II, Germany dropped incendiary bombs on London, setting off what came to be known as "The Second Great Fire of London."

In 1975, a bomb exploded in the main terminal of New York's LaGuardia Airport, killing 11 people.

In 2006, word reached the United States of the execution of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein (because of the time difference, it was the morning of Dec. 30 in Iraq when the hanging took place).