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Historical Events

29 Jan 1258
Mongols defeated by Dai Viet at the battle of Dong Bo Dau
29 Jan 1523
Sermon of Constanz Zwingli defends 67 Schlussreden
29 Jan 1574
Sea battle of Reimerswaal - Admiral Boisot beats Spanish fleet
29 Jan 1676
Feodor III succeeds his father and becomes Tsar of Russia
29 Jan 1728
John Gays Beggars Opera premieres in London [NSFeb 9]
29 Jan 1732
Paris churchyard of Saint-Medard closed after Jansenistic ritual
29 Jan 1802
John Beckley of Virginia appointed first Librarian of Congress
29 Jan 1814
War of the Sixth Coalition Russia and Prussia are defeated by France in the Battle of Brienne
29 Jan 1834
President Jackson orders first use of US troops to suppress a labor dispute
29 Jan 1848
Sicily accepts new Constitution (choose parliamentfreedom of press)
29 Jan 1856
Victoria Cross established to acknowledge valour in the face of the enemy (United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries)
29 Jan 1860
American College established in Rome by Pope Pius IX
29 Jan 1861
US state of Kansas admitted to the Union as the 34th state
29 Jan 1863
Bear River Massacre American soldiers slaughter hundreds of Native Americans at the confluence of the Bear River and Beaver Creek in present day Idaho
29 Jan 1872
Francis L Cardoza elected State Treasurer of South Carolina
29 Jan 1891
Liliuokalani is proclaimed Queen of Hawaii its last monarch
29 Jan 1892
The Coca-Cola Company is incorporated in Atlanta Georgia
29 Jan 1895
King Kokos Kopermannen assault on Akassa Niger 100s killed
29 Jan 1896
Emile Grubbe is the first doctor to use radiation treatment for breast cancer
29 Jan 1900
Boers under Joubert beat British at Spionkop Natal 2000 killed
29 Jan 1900
American League organized in Buffalo Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indianapolis Kansas City Milwaukee and Minneapolis
29 Jan 1904
1st athletic letters given (University of Chicago football team)
29 Jan 1906
Coen de King skates world record time 32370 km
29 Jan 1907
Charles Curtis becomes U.S. Senator from Kansas first Native American to become a Senator
29 Jan 1908
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity at Cornell University incorporates
29 Jan 1912
Martial law declared in textile strike in Lawrence Massachusetts
29 Jan 1913
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority at Howard University incorporates
29 Jan 1916
1st bombing of Paris by German Zeppelins takes place
29 Jan 1917
British submarine K13 sank in Gaire Loch Scotland 32 of her crew died
29 Jan 1922
Union of Costa Rica Guatemala Honduras and El Salvador dissolved
29 Jan 1923
1st flight of autogiro (Juan de la Cierva Madrid Spain)
29 Jan 1924
Ice cream cone rolling machine patented by Carl Taylor Cleveland
29 Jan 1924
Swiss team of Denis Vaucher (C) Alfred Aufdenblatten Antoine Julen & Alfons Julen win the military patrol gold medal at the Chamonix Winter Olympics first version of the biathlon
29 Jan 1929
Seeing Eye Guide Dog organization forms in USA
29 Jan 1932
Test debut of Bill OReilly vs South Africa at Adelaide
29 Jan 1940
Australian Championships Womens Tennis Nancye Wynne Bolton wins her 2nd Australian singles titles beats Thelma Coyne 5-7 6-4 6-0
29 Jan 1940
Australian Championships mens Tennis Australian Adrian Quist beats countryman Jack Crawford 6-3 6-1 6-2 for his 2nd Australian title
29 Jan 1941
Alexandros Koryzis becomes Prime Minister of Greece
29 Jan 1942
1st broadcast of Roy Plomleys Desert Island Discs on BBC radio
29 Jan 1942
German & Italian troops occupy Benghazi Libya
29 Jan 1942
Peru and Ecuador sign Protocol of Rio (boundary determination)
29 Jan 1943
New Zealand cruiser Kiwi collides with Japanese submarine I-1 at Guadalcanal
29 Jan 1943
U.S. cruiser Chicago is heavily damaged by Japanese bombers on the first day of the Battle of Rennell Island
29 Jan 1944
USS Missouri the last battleship commissioned by the US Navy is launched
29 Jan 1944
World War II The Battle of Cisterna takes place in central Italy.
29 Jan 1944
World War II About 38 men women and children die in the Koniuchy massacre in Poland
29 Jan 1946
Australian Championships Womens Tennis Nancye Wynne Bolton beats Joyce Fitch 6-4 6-4 for her 3rd Australian singles crown
29 Jan 1946
Australian Championships Mens Tennis John Bromwich wins his 2nd Australian title beats fellow Australian Dinny Pails 5-7 6-3 7-5 3-6 6-2
29 Jan 1947
Australian Championships Womens Tennis Nancye Wynne Bolton wins 3rd consecutive Australian singles crown beats Nell Hall Hopman 6-3 6-2
29 Jan 1947
Australian Championships Mens Tennis Dinny Pails beats fellow Australian John Bromwich 4-6 6-4 3-6 7-5 8-6 for his only Grand Slam title
29 Jan 1948
Look Ma Im Dancin opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 188 performances
29 Jan 1948
Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the Yankees Cubs and Phillies 500 each for signing high school players
29 Jan 1949
Great Britain Belgium Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand and Switzerland recognize Israel
29 Jan 1951
Wheres Charley opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 56 performances
29 Jan 1951
Baseball signs 6 year All-Star pact for TV-radio rights for 6 million
29 Jan 1955
John Williams Cox buys Yankee Stadium sells grounds to Knights of Columbus later leaves structure to Rice University (1962)
29 Jan 1956
F Durrenmatts Der Besuch der Alten Dame premieres in Zurich
29 Jan 1958
Murderer Charles Starkweather captured by police in Wyoming
29 Jan 1959
The Great Smog hits London many die of chest and lung-related illnesses
29 Jan 1961
US female Figure Skating championship won by Laurence Owen
29 Jan 1961
US male Figure Skating championship won by Bradley Lord
29 Jan 1964
IX Winter Olympic Games open in Innsbruck Austria
29 Jan 1964
Beatles record in German Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand & Sie Liebt Dich
29 Jan 1964
Most lopsided high-school basketball score 211-29 (Louisiana)
29 Jan 1964
NBC purchases AFL 5 year (1965-69) TV rights for 36 million
29 Jan 1964
Unmanned Apollo 1 Saturn launcher test attains Earth orbit
29 Jan 1966
Sweet Charity opens at Palace Theater NYC for 608 performances
29 Jan 1966
Lawry & Simpson complete 244 opening stand v England Adelaide
29 Jan 1966
US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen
29 Jan 1967
Lets Sing Yiddish closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 107 performances
29 Jan 1967
Branch Rickey & Lloyd Waner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
29 Jan 1967
WDAZ TV channel 8 in Devils Lake ND (ABC) begins broadcasting
29 Jan 1967
The Arusha Declaration written by Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere is issued clarifying Tanzanias path towards Ujamaa (African socialism)
29 Jan 1968
Nauru (formerly Pleasant Island) adopts constitution
29 Jan 1968
Australian Championships Mens Tennis Australian Bill Bowrey wins his first and only Grand Slam title beats Juan Gisbert Sr. of Spain 7-5 2-6 9-7 6-4
29 Jan 1969
Sheahan & Connolly hang on for exciting draw Australia v West Indies
29 Jan 1971
Test debut of Dennis Keith Lillee v England at Adelaide
29 Jan 1972
5th ABA All-Star Game East 142 beats West 115 at Louisville
29 Jan 1974
27th NHL All-Star Game Chicago Stadium Western Division beats Eastern Division 6-4 MVP Garry Unger St. Louis C
29 Jan 1974
Kuwait announces 60 percent government participation in BP-Gulf concession
29 Jan 1974
NFL Draft Ed Jones from Tennessee State first pick by Dallas Cowboys
29 Jan 1975
Men on the Moon opens at Little Theater NYC for 5 performances
29 Jan 1975
First American Annual Comedy Awards hosted by Alan King
29 Jan 1975
West Indies win fifth test against India to take exciting series 3-2
29 Jan 1976
Bombs set off in Londons West End by the IRA 1 person is injured
29 Jan 1978
Joanne Carner wins Colgate Triple Crown Match-Play Golf Championship
29 Jan 1978
Sweden outlaws aerosol sprays due to their harmful effect on the ozone layer becoming the first nation to enact such a ban.
29 Jan 1979
Brenda Spencer kills 2 inspires Boomtown Rats I Dont Like Mondays
29 Jan 1979
Emerson Lake & Palmer disband after 10 years together
29 Jan 1979
NFL Pro Bowl LA Memorial Coliseum NFC beats AFC 13-7 MVP Ahmad Rashd Minnesota Vikings WR
29 Jan 1980
6 Iranian-held US hostages escape with help of Canadians
29 Jan 1980
Cleveland Cavaliers beat LA Lakers 154-153 in quadruple OT
29 Jan 1981
AL approves sale of White Sox to Jerry Reinsdorf & Eddie Einhorn for 20 million & 80% of Mariners to George Argyros for 104 million
29 Jan 1982
Old Dominion ends Louisiana Techs womens basketball rec 54-game win streak
29 Jan 1982
Wayne Garland baseball 1st millionaire free agent waived by Indians
29 Jan 1983
Down Under by Men At Work hits 1 on UK pop chart
29 Jan 1984
34th NBA All-Star Game Denver East beats West 154-145 (OT) MVP Isiah Thomas Detroit Pistons G first All-Star Saturday Legends Classic West wins 64-63 first Slam-Dunk winner Larry Nance
29 Jan 1984
NFL Pro Bowl Aloha Stadium Honolulu HI NFC beats AFC 45-3 MVP Joe Theismann Washington Redskins QB
29 Jan 1984
Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic of Deer Creek
29 Jan 1986
193.8 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
29 Jan 1986
Yoweri Museveni sworn in as President of Uganda
29 Jan 1987
The president of the Philippines puts down a rebellion against their government in Manila
29 Jan 1988
Canadian Ben Johnson breaks own 50-yard dash world record at 5.15
29 Jan 1988
Detroits Kirk Gibson signs a 3-year contract with Dodgers
29 Jan 1988
Second largest NBA crowd in history Boston Celtics at Pontiac Silverdome Detroit (61938) Pistons win 125-108
29 Jan 1988
United Airlines Boeing 747SP circles world in 36h54m15s
29 Jan 1988
Detroit Pistons draw a then NBA regular season record crowd of 61983 fans to the Pontiac Silverdome for a 125-108 win over the Boston Celtics
29 Jan 1989
Clevelands Chris Dudley misses 5 free throws during 1 foul attempt
29 Jan 1989
Dow jumps 38.06 recoups 508-pt loss since Oct 1987 index at 2256.43
29 Jan 1989
Episcopal Church of the United States appoints Barbara Harris as its first female bishop
29 Jan 1989
L I preacher Gene Profeta pleads guilty to tax-evasion
29 Jan 1989
NFL Pro Bowl Aloha Stadium Honolulu HI NFC beats AFC 34-3 MVP Randall Cunningham Philadelphia Eagles QB
29 Jan 1989
Australian Open Mens Tennis Ivan Lendl wins his first Australian title beats fellow Czech Miloslav Mecii 6-2 6-2 6-2
29 Jan 1989
5th Sundance Film Festival True Love wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
29 Jan 1990
Exxon Valdez capt Joseph Hazelwood goes on trial due to oil spill
29 Jan 1991
Piano Lesson closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC after 320 performances
29 Jan 1991
The Battle of Khafji begins the first major ground engagement of the Gulf War
29 Jan 1993
Test debut of Vinod Kambli prolific Indian batsman
29 Jan 1994
Frankie Randall beats Mexican boxing legend Julio Csar Chvez by split decision to win WBC super lightweight title at MGM Grand Las Vegas Chavezs 1st knockdown of career in 11th and 1st loss in 91 pro fights
29 Jan 1995
Greg Blewett scores century on Test debut vs England Adelaide
29 Jan 1995
Super Bowl XXIX Joe Robbie Stadium Miami FL San Francisco 49ers beat San Diego Chargers 49-26 MVP Steve Young SF QB
29 Jan 1995
Australian Open Mens Tennis Andre Agassi wins his 1st of 4 Australian titles beats fellow American Pete Sampras 4-6 6-1 7-6 6-4
29 Jan 1995
11th Sundance Film Festival The Brothers McMullen and The Young Poisoners Handbook (tie) win Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
29 Jan 1996
6138th performance of Cats is held in London surpassing record of Broadways longest-running musical A Chorus Line
29 Jan 1996
La Fenice Venices opera house is destroyed by fire
29 Jan 1996
France will no longer test nuclear weapons its president Jacques Chirac says following international outcry over tests in the Pacific
29 Jan 1998
Singers Bobby Brown found guiilty of DWI in Fort Lauderdale Florida
29 Jan 1998
Thick Fog causes highway carnage in Belgium and Netherlands 6 die
29 Jan 1998
Womans Clinic in Birmingham Alabama bombed 1 killed
29 Jan 2000
Australian Open Womens Tennis American Lindsay Davenport claims her 3rd and final career Grand Slam title beats Martina Hingis 6-1 7-5
29 Jan 2001
Thousands of student protesters in Indonesia storm parliament and demand that President Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.
29 Jan 2002
Foolish single released by Ashanti (Billboard Song of the Year )
29 Jan 2003
Sally Clark cleared of murdering her 2 sons after more than 3 years of prison in what was a life sentence
29 Jan 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.
29 Jan 2005
Australian Open Womens Tennis In an all-American final Serena Williams wins her 2nd Australian title beats Lindsay Davenport 2-6 6-3 6-0
29 Jan 2006
Australian Open Mens Tennis Roger Federer beats Marcos Baghdatis 5-7 7-5 6-0 6-2 for his 2nd Australian title
29 Jan 2006
22nd Sundance Film Festival Quinceanera directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
29 Jan 2006
Irfan Pathan becomes first bowler to take a Test cricket hat-trick in the opening over of a match
29 Jan 2009
Rod Blagojevich the Governor of Illinois is removed from office after being convicted of corruption charges
29 Jan 2011
Australian Open Womens Tennis Kim Clijsters wins her 4th and final Grand Slam title beats Li Na of China 3-6 6-3 6-3
29 Jan 1906
Coen de King skates a world record 32370m in one hour
29 Jan 1956
Friedrich Durrenmatts Der Besuch der Alten Dame premieres in Zurich
29 Jan 1967
WDAZ TV channel 8 in Devils Lake ND (NBC) begins broadcasting
29 Jan 1975
West Indies win fifth test against India to win an exciting series 3-2
29 Jan 1982
Old Dominion ends Louisiana Techs womens basketball record 54-game winning streak
29 Jan 2012
NFL Pro Bowl Aloha Stadium Honolulu HI AFC beats NFC 59-41 MVP Brandon Marshall Miami Dolphins WR
29 Jan 1959
Smog pollution with readings higher than the 1952 Great Smog of London hits London with many suffering chest and lung-related illnesses
29 Jan 1988
Detroit Pistons draw a then record NBA regular season crowd of 61983 fans to the Pontiac Silverdome for a 125-108 win over the Boston Celtics
29 Jan 2012
59th NHL All-Star Game Scotiabank Place Ottawa Team Chara beats Team Alfredsson 12-9 Marin Gbork NY Rangers LW
29 Jan 1972
5th ABA All-Star Game East 142 beats West 115 at Louisville Kentucky
29 Jan 2009
Rod Blagojevich Governor of Illinois is removed from office after being convicted of corruption charges
29 Jan 1728
John Gays satiric work The Beggars Opera premieres at the Lincolns Inn Fields Theatre in London England [NSFeb 9]
29 Jan 1896
American Emile Grubbe is the first doctor to use radiation treatment for breast cancer
29 Jan 1906
Dutch speed skater Coen de King skates a world record 32370m in one hour
29 Jan 1917
British submarine K13 sank in Gaire Loch Scotland killing 32 of her crew
29 Jan 1973
International agreement to pay for and conserve 9th century Borobudur Temple in Indonesia worlds largest Buddhist temple (completed 1982). Beginnings of the World Heritage Convention. [1]
29 Jan 1976
Zeiss planetarium in the Hague destroyed by fire
29 Jan 1989
Episcopal Church of the United States Diocese of Massachusetts elects Barbara Harris as its first female bishop
29 Jan 1998
Singer Bobby Brown found guilty of DWI in Fort Lauderdale Florida
29 Jan 1998
Womans Clinic in Birmingham Alabama bombed 1 killed
29 Jan 2005
The first direct commercial flights from the mainland China (from Guangzhou) to Taiwan since 1949 arrives in Taipei. Shortly afterwards a China Airlines carrier lands in Beijing.
29 Jan 2012
28th Sundance Film Festival The House I Live In directed by Eugene Jarecki wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
29 Jan 1943
Sidney Kingsleys play Patriots premieres in NYC
29 Jan 1954
Arnold Schoenbergs last musical work De Profundis premieres in Cologne Germany
29 Jan 1960
Baseballs new Continental League awards its 8th and last franchise to Buffalo New York
29 Jan 2012
100th Australian Open Mens Tennis Novak okovi beats Rafael Nadal 5-7 6-4 6-2 6-7 7-5 longest Grand Slam singles final in duration in the Open Era 5 hours 53 minutes
29 Jan 1921
Great Olympic Blowdown Hurricane force winds hit US Pacific Northwest states of Washington and Oregon [1]
29 Jan 1944
World War II 285 German bombers attack London
29 Jan 1964
The Beatles record in German language versions of their hits Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand (I Want to Hold Your Hand) and Sie Liebt Dich (She Loves You) at EMIs Path Marconi Studios in Paris France
29 Jan 1979
Brenda Spencer (16) kills 2 adults and injures 8 children and a police officer in a San Diego California schoolyard shooting incident inspires Irish rockers Boomtown Rats song I Dont Like Mondays
29 Jan 1979
English progressive rock trio Emerson Lake & Palmer disband after 10 years together
29 Jan 2014
Archaeologists discover the oldest Roman Temple (6th C BC) at SantOmobono
29 Jan 2014
Bohuslav Sobotka becomes Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
29 Jan 2014
Scientists discover how to convert normal cells into stem cells in mice
29 Jan 2017
Attack on mosque in Quebec kills 6 and injures 17 shooter is French Canadian student
29 Jan 2018
Cleveland Indians announce they will remove Chief Wahoo caricature logo from uniforms in 2019
29 Jan 2018
F.B.I deputy director Andrew G. McCabe steps down from office
29 Jan 2018
Toronto police arrest landscaper Bruce McArthur for murder after remains of at least 5 people found in potted plants
29 Jan 2019
Empire star Jussie Smollett suffers suspected racist and homophobic attack in Chicago later determined to be a self-perpetrated hoax
29 Jan 2019
Approaching polar vortex prompts state of emergency to be declared in Wisconsin Michigan Illinois Alabama and Mississippi. US Postal Service suspends deliveries to ten states.
29 Jan 2019
Norwegian government proposes building a floating road tunnel as part of a new roadway between Kristiansand and Trondheim [1]
29 Jan 2019
Tehran Iran bans dog walking in public and driving with dogs
29 Jan 2019
Toronto landscaper Bruce McArthur admits in court to the murder of eight gay men
29 Jan 2020
Number of COVID-19 cases passes those of SARS with over 7700 cases in China confirmed with 170 deaths
29 Jan 2021
Proposal to Prevent the Feminisation of Male Adolescents published by Chinas Education Ministry asks schools to use sports to cultivate masculinity [1]
29 Jan 2021
Johnson & Johnsons Janssen single-dose vaccine shown to be 66% effective in trials with complete protection against hospitalization and death [1]
29 Jan 2021
Nigerian farmers win landmark case against Shell at Court of Appeal of the Hague - held accountable for oil spills and ordered to carry out a clean-up in Delta region [1]
29 Jan 2021
Novavax vaccine shows 89% efficacy in UK trials including against UK variant [1]
29 Jan 2024
Suits was the most-streamed show in 2023 with 57.7 billion minutes followed by Bluey then NCIS according to Nielsen [1]
29 Jan 2024
Chinese property giant Evergrande with more than 300 billion in debt is ordered to liquidate by a Hong Kong court [1]
29 Jan 2024
Elmo the Muppet posts Elmo is just checking in How is everybody doing on X - receives thousands of brutally honest replies [1]
29 Jan 1523
Sermon of Constance Zwingli defends 67 theses
29 Jan 1574
Battle of the Scheldt Dutch rebel Sea Beggar fleet led by Lodewijk van Boisot defeats the Spanish and sinks 15 Spanish ships
29 Jan 1856
Victoria Cross is established to acknowledge valor in the face of the enemy (United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries)
29 Jan 1942
First broadcast of Roy Plomleys Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio
29 Jan 1964
The Beatles record German language versions of their hits Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand (I Want to Hold Your Hand) and Sie Liebt Dich (She Loves You) at EMIs Path Marconi Studios in Paris France
29 Jan 1982
Wayne Garland baseballs first millionaire free agent is waived by the Indians
29 Jan 1988
Detroit Tigers star outfielder Kirk Gibson signs a 3-year contract with LA Dodgers
29 Jan 1989
Long Island preacher Gene Profeta pleads guilty to tax evasion
29 Jan 1996
The 6138th performance of Cats is held in London surpassing the record of Broadways longest-running musical A Chorus Line
29 Jan 2018
FBI deputy director Andrew G. McCabe steps down from office
29 Jan 2024
Elmo the Muppet posts Elmo is just checking in How is everybody doing on X and receives thousands of brutally honest replies [1]
29 Jan 2025
US Army helicopter practicing night vision flying crashes mid-air into commercial jet killing all 67 passengers including dozens of figure skaters and crew members over the Potomac River while approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington D.C.