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| January 29th |
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| About January 29th is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 336 days remaining until the end of the calendar year (337 in leap years). Births 1737 - Thomas Paine, U.S. Founding Father, revolutionary 1756 - Henry Lee III, American Revolutionary War officer 1874 - John D. Rockefeller, Jr., philanthropist 1880 - W. C. Fields, comedian, actor, juggler 1843 - William McKinley, 25th U.S. President 1929 - Puggy Pearson, professional poker player 1945 - Tom Selleck, actor, screenwriter (Magnum, P.I.) 1954 - Oprah Winfrey, tv show host (The Oprah Winfrey Show) 1960 - Greg Louganis, diver, Olympic gold medalist 1970 - Paul Ryan, U.S. Congressman (Wisconsin) 1970 - Heather Graham, actress, model (Austin Powers) 1975 - Sara Gilbert, actress (Roseanne) 1982 - Adam Lambert, singer, actor (American Idol) Deaths 1963 - Robert Frost, poet, playwright ("The Road Not Taken"} 1980 - Jimmy Durante, singer, comedian, actor (Inka Dinka Doo) 2002 - Dick "Night Train" Lane, Hall of Fame cornerback 2007 - Barbaro, thoroughbred, Kentucky Derby winner 2008 - Raymond Jacobs, raised U.S. flag during Battle of Iwo Jima 2008 - Margaret Truman, singer, writer, only child of Harry S. Truman Events 1845 - Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven" is published for the first time in the New York Evening Mirror. 1861 - Kansas ratifies the U.S. Constitution, becoming the 34th U.S. state. 1900 - Eight baseball teams provide the formation of the American League. 1936 - The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced (Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson and Honus Wagner). 1944 - The USS Missouri, the last battleship commissioned by the U.S. Navy, is launched in New York City. 1963 - The first members to the Pro Football Hall of Fame are named in Canton, Ohio. 1995 - The San Francisco 49ers become the first team to win 5 Super Bowls with a 49-26 victory over the San Diego Chargers in Super Bowl XXIX. 2002 - President George W. Bush uses the term "Axis of Evil" to describe Iran, Iraq and N. Korea during his State of the Union speech. 2007 - The Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro was euthanized as a result of injuries he suffered in the Preakness Stakes. |
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