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January 29 Gregorian calendar . There are 336 days remaining until the end of the year (337 in leap years ).
Events [ ] 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher .1595 - William Shakespeare 's play Romeo and Juliet 1676 - Feodor III becomes Tsar of Russia .1814 - France defeats Russia and Prussia in the Battle of Brienne .1834 - US President Andrew Jackson orders first use of federal soldiers to suppress a labor dispute.1845 - "The Raven " by Edgar Allan Poe is published in the New York Evening Mirror 1850 - Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress .1856 - Queen Victoria institutes the Victoria Cross .1861 - Kansas admitted as the 34th U.S. state .1863 - Bear River Massacre .1886 - Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline -driven automobile .1891 - Liliuokalani is proclaimed Queen of Hawaii , its last monarch.1900 - The American League is organized in Philadelphia with 8 founding teams.1916 - World War I : Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins .1936 - The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.1943 - The first day of the Battle of Rennell Island , U.S. cruiser Chicago is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers.1944 - USS Missouri the last battleship commissioned by the US Navy is launched.1944 - World War II : The Battle of Cisterna takes place in central Italy .
1944 - World War II: About 38 men, women, and children die in the Koniuchy massacre in Poland .
1959 - Sleeping Beauty Walt Disney based upon a fairy tale , is released.1963 - First inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame are announced.1964 - Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1966 - The first of 608 performances of Sweet Charity Palace Theatre .1978 - Sweden outlaws aerosol sprays due to their harmful effect on the ozone layer , becoming the first nation to enact such a ban .1989 - Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea , making them the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so1995 - Super Bowl XXIX : The San Francisco 49ers defeat the San Diego Chargers 49-26 and become the first NFL team to win five Super Bowl titles.1996 - President Jacques Chirac announces a "definitive end" to French nuclear testing .1996 - La Fenice , Venice 's opera house, is destroyed by fire.
1998 - In Birmingham , a bomb explodes at an abortion clinic, killing one and severely wounding another. Serial bomber Eric Robert Rudolph is suspected as the culprit.2001 - Thousands of student protesters in Indonesia storm parliament and demand that President Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.2002 - In his State of the Union Address , United States President George W. Bush describes "regimes that sponsor terror " as an Axis of Evil Iraq , Iran and North Korea .2004 - Cannabis and cannabis resin downgraded from Class B in United Kingdom 2005 - The first direct commercial flights from the mainland China (from Guangzhou ) to Taiwan since 1949 arrived in Taipei . Shortly afterwards, a China Airlines carrier landed in Beijing .2006 - Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is sworn in as the Emir of Kuwait .Births [ ] 1584 - Frederick Henry (d. 1647 )1632 - Johann Georg Graevius , German classical scholar and critic (d. 1703 )1688 - Emanuel Swedenborg , Swedish scientist and philosopher (d. 1772 )1711 - Giuseppe Bonno , Austrian composer (d. 1788 )1715 - Georg Christoph Wagenseil , Austrian composer (d. 1777 )1717 - Jeffrey Amherst , British military leader (d. 1797 )1718 - Paul Rabaut , French Huguenot pastor (d. 1794 )1737 - Thomas Paine , American patriot (d. 1809 )1749 - King Christian VII of Denmark (d. 1808 )1754 - Moses Cleaveland , founder of the city of Cleveland (d. 1806 )1782 - Daniel Auber , French composer (d. 1871 )1810 - Ernst Kummer , German mathematician (d. 1893 )1843 - William McKinley , 25th President of the United States (d. 1901 )1846 - Karol Olszewski , Polish scientist (d. 1915 )1860 - Anton Chekhov , Russian writer (d. 1904 )1862 - Frederick Delius , English composer (d. 1934 )1866 - Romain Rolland , French writer, Nobel Laureate (d. 1944 )1867 - Vicente Blasco Ibáñez , Spanish writer (d. 1928 )1874 - John D. Rockefeller Jr. , American entrepreneur (d. 1960 )1876 - Havergal Brian , British composer (d. 1972 )1877 - Georges Catroux , French general (d. 1969 )1880 - W.C. Fields , American actor (d. 1946 )1891 - Elizaveta Gerdt , Russian ballerina (d. 1975 )1891 - R. Norris Williams , American tennis player, also a survivor of the RMS Titanic Disaster d. 1968 )
1895 - Muna Lee , American poet (d. 1965 )1901 - Allen B. DuMont , American scientist and inventor (d. 1965 )1905 - Barnett Newman , American painter (d. 1970 )1910 - Colin Middleton , Irish artist (d. 1983 )1911 - Peter von Siemens , German industrialist (d. 1986 )1913 - Victor Mature , American actor (d. 1999 )1913 - Daniel Taradash , American screenwriter (d. 2003 )
1913 - Peter von Zahn , German journalist and writer (d. 2001 )
1915 - John Serry , American musician, composer, arranger (d. 2003 )1918 - John Forsythe , American actor1920 - José Luis de Villalonga , Spanish aristocrat, author, and actor (d. 2007 )1921 - Anthony George , American actor (d. 2005 )1922 - Gerda Steinhoff , Nazi concetraation camp supervisor (d. 1946 )1923 - Paddy Chayefsky , American writer (d. 1981 )1923 - Ivo Robic , Croatian singer and songwriter (d. 2000 )
1924 - Luigi Nono , Italian composer (d. 1990 )1924 - Marcelle Ferron , Quebec painter and stained glass artist (d. 2001 )
1926 - Franco Cerri , Italian musician1926 - Abdus Salam , Pakistani physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1996 )
1927 - Edward Abbey , American author and environmentalist (d. 1989 )1928 - Lee Shau Kee , Hong Kong property developer1929 - Gordon Solie , American professional wrestling announcer (d. 2000 )1930 - Derek Bailey , English guitar virtuoso (d. 2005 )1930 - John Junkin , English radio, television and film performer and scriptwriter (d. 2006 )
1932 - Tommy Taylor , English footballer (d. 1958 )1932 - George Allen , English footballer
1933 - Sacha Distel , French singer and guitarist (d. 2004 )1933 - Ron Townson , American singer (The 5th Dimension ) (d. 2001 )
1936 - James Jamerson , American bass guitarist for Motown Records (d. 1983 )1939 - Germaine Greer , Australian writer1940 - Katharine Ross , American actress1940 - Kunimitsu Takahashi , Japanese motorcycle racer and racing driver
1942 - Claudine Longet , French singer, dancer and convicted murderer1944 - Yoweri Museveni , President of Uganda 1945 - Jim Nicholson , Irish politician1945 - Tom Selleck , American actor
1947 - Linda B. Buck , American scientist, Nobel laureate 1947 - David Byron , English singer (Uriah Heep ) (d. 1985 )
1947 - Marián Varga , Slovak musician
1948 - Cristina Saralegui , American talk-show host1948 - Marc Singer , Canadian-born actor
1950 - Ann Jillian , American actress1950 - Jody Scheckter , South African race car driver
1951 - Andy Roberts , West Indian cricketer1952 - Tommy Ramone , Hungarian-born musician and record producer (The Ramones )1953 - Hwang Woo-Suk , South Korean biomedical scientist1953 - Teresa Teng , Taiwanese singer (d. 1995 )
1953 - Lynne McGranger , Australian actress
1954 - Richard "Handsome Dick" Manitoba , American singer (The Dictators and MC5 )1954 - Terry Kinney , American actor
1954 - Oprah Winfrey , American producer, actress, talk show host, and publisher
1954 - Doug Risebrough , Canadian ice hockey player, coach and executive
1955 - Lynne McGranger , Australian actress1957 - Grazyna Miller , Italian poet, translator, and journalist1960 - Matthew Ashford , American actor1960 - Gia Carangi , American model (d. 1986 )
1960 - Sean Kerly , English field hockey player
1960 - Greg Louganis , American diver
1960 - Steve Sax , American baseball player
1960 - J. G. Thirlwell , Australian-born musician
1962 - Nicholas Turturro , American actor1963 - Bob Holly , American professional wrestler1964 - Andre Reed , American football player1964 - John Habyan , American baseball player
1964 - Roddy Frame , lead singer of Scottish New Wave band Aztec Camera
1965 - Dominik Hašek , Czech ice hockey player1965 - Peter Lundgren , Swedish tennis coach
1966 - Romário , Brazilian footballer1967 - Cyril Suk , Czech tennis player1968 - Edward Burns , American actor1968 - Sora Jung , Korean actress
1969 - Thomas Jane , American actor1969 - Hyde , Japanese singer
1970 - Heather Graham , American actress1970 - Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore , Indian shooter
1970 - Jörg Hoffmann , German swimmer
1973 - Jason Schmidt , American baseball player1975 - Sara Gilbert , American actress1976 - Charles Divins , American model-turned-actor1977 - Justin Hartley , American actor1978 - Martin Schmitt , German ski jumper1978 - Rob Bironas , American football player
1979 - April Scott , American actress and model1979 - Sui Feifei , Chinese basketball player
1980 - Yael Bar-Zohar , Israeli actress and model1981 - Jonny Lang , American musician1981 - Álex Ubago , Spanish musician1982 - Heidi Mueller , American actress1983 - Nedžad Sinanović , Bosnian basketball player1985 - Athina Onassis , French heiress1985 - Marc Gasol , Spanish basketball player1986 - Drew Tyler Bell , American actor1986 - Mark Howard , English football player
1987 - Spencer Clark , American race car driver (d. 2006 )1987 - Matthew Wilson , English world rally driver
1991 - Hugh Grosvenor , Son of the British Duke of Westminster and heir-apparent to his father's estate1993 - Michelle Larcher De Brito , Portuguese tennis player.1996 - Megan Jossa , English actressDeaths [ ] 1119 - Pope Gelasius II 1342 - Louis I (b. 1279 )1597 - Elias Ammerbach , German organist (b. 1530 )1608 - Frederick I (b. 1557 )1647 - Francis Meres , English writer (b. 1565 )1676 - Tsar Alexis I of Russia (b. 1629 )1678 - Jeronimo Lobo , Portuguese Jesuit missionary (b. 1593 )1696 - Ivan V , Russian tsar (b. 1666 )1706 - Charles Sackville , English poet and courtier (b. 1638 )1730 - Tsar Peter II of Russia (b. 1715 )1737 - George Hamilton , British soldier (b. 1666 )1743 - André-Hercule de Fleury , chief minister under Louis XV of France (b. 1653 )1763 - Louis Racine , French poet (b. 1692 )1820 - King George III of the United Kingdom (b. 1738 )1829 - Paul François Jean Nicolas Barras , French politician (b. 1755 )1870 - Leopold II (b. 1797 )1871 - Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé , French Canadian writer and Seigneur (b. 1786 )1899 - Alfred Sisley , British impressionist painter (b. 1839 )1901 - Milan I , King of Serbia (b. 1855 )1906 - King Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1818 )1918 - Aleksei Maksimovich Kaledin , Russian counter revolutionary (b. 1861 )1928 - Douglas Haig , British soldier (b. 1861 )1933 - Sara Teasdale , American poet (b. 1884 )1934 - Fritz Haber , German chemist, Nobel Laureate (b. 1868 )1941 - Ioannis Metaxas , Greek general and dictator (b. 1871 )1946 - Harry Hopkins , 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1890 )1948 - Tomislav II of Croatia , Italian aristocrat (b. 1900 )1950 - Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah , Emir of Kuwait (b. 1885 )1951 - Frank Tarrant , Australian cricketer (b. 1880 )1956 - H. L. Mencken , American journalist (b. 1880 )1962 - Fritz Kreisler , Austrian violinist (b. 1875 )1963 - Robert Frost , American poet (b. 1874 )1964 - Alan Ladd , American actor (b. 1913 )1966 - Pierre Mercure , French Canadian composer (b. 1927 )1969 - Allen Dulles , American CIA director (b. 1893 )1970 - Basil Liddell Hart , British historian (b. 1895 )1977 - Buster Nupen , South African cricketer (b. 1902 )1977 - Freddie Prinze , American actor and comedian (b. 1954 )
1980 - Jimmy Durante , American actor and comedian (b. 1893 )1986 - Leif Erickson , American actor (b. 1911 )1989 - Halina Konopacka , Polish athlete (b. 1900 )1991 - Yasushi Inoue , Japanese historian (b. 1907 )1993 - Willie Dixon , American composer and musician (b. 1915 )1994 - Ulrike Maier , Austrian alpine skier (b. 1967 )1998 - Joseph Alioto , mayor of San Francisco (b. 1916 )1999 - Lili St. Cyr , American dancer (b. 1918 )2002 - Dick "Night Train" Lane , American football player (b. 1928 )2002 - Harold Russell , Canadian-born actor (b. 1914 )
2003 - Frank Moss , United States Senator from Utah (b. 1911 )2004 - M. M. Kaye , British writer (b. 1908 )2004 - Janet Frame , New Zealand writer (b. 1924 )
2005 - Eric Griffiths , Welsh guitarist (The Quarrymen ) (b. 1940 )2005 - Ephraim Kishon , Israeli satirst (b. 1924
2007 - Barbaro , American thoroughbred racehorse (b. 2003 )2007 - Dia Abdul Zahra Kadim , leader of the Iraqi cult Soldiers of Heaven (b. 1970 ) Holidays and observances [ ] External links [ ]
127 Familypedia people were born on January 29
159 Familypedia people died on January 29
118 Familypedia people were first married on January 29