What happened on January 29? There are more than 291 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About January 29
January 29 is the 29th day of the year 2024. There are 337 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday. This day falls under the 5th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Driver, Arkansas 72329 sunrise occured at 07:00 AM and sunset occured at 05:25 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Aquarius. The modern birthstone for this month is Garnet while the mystical birthstone is Emerald.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 12 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (February 10, 2024).
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Historical Events For January 29
- 904Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher.
- 1676Feodor III becomes Tsar of Russia.
- 1814France defeats Russia and Prussia in the Battle of Brienne.
- 1819Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore.
- 1834US President Andrew Jackson orders first use of federal soldiers to suppress a labor dispute.
- 1845“The Raven” is published in the New York Evening Mirror, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe
- 1850Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress.
- 1856Queen Victoria institutes the Victoria Cross.
- 1861Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
- 1863Bear River Massacre.
- 1886Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
- 1891Liliuokalani is proclaimed Queen of Hawaii, its last monarch.
- 1900The American League is organized in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with 8 founding teams.
- 1903New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
- 1916World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins.
- 1918Ukrainian-Soviet War: An armed uprising organized by the Bolsheviks in anticipation of the encroaching Red Army begins at the Kiev Arsenal, which will be put down six days later.
- 1918Ukrainian-Soviet War: The Bolshevik Red Army, on its way to besiege Kiev, is met by a small group of military students at the Battle of Kruty.
- 1936The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
- 1940Three trains on the Sakurajima Line, in Osaka, Japan, collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station. 181 people are killed.
- 1943The first day of the Battle of Rennell Island, U.S. cruiser Chicago is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers.
- 1944In Bologna, Italy, the Anatomical Theatre of the Archiginnasio is destroyed in an air-raid.
- 1944World War II: Approximately 38 men, women, and children die in the Koniuchy massacre in Poland.
- 1944World War II: The Battle of Cisterna takes place in central Italy.
- 1963The first inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame are announced.
- 1967The “ultimate high” of the hippie era, the Mantra-Rock Dance, takes place in San Francisco and features Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead, and Allen Ginsberg.
- 1979Brenda Spencer kills two people and wounds eight at the Grover Cleveland Elementary School shootings.
- 1985Final recording session of We Are The World, by the supergroup USA for Africa.
- 1989Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea, making it the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so
- 1991Gulf War: The Battle of Khafji, the first major ground engagement of the war, as well as its deadliest, begins.
- 1996La Fenice, Venice’s opera house, is destroyed by fire.
- 1996President Jacques Chirac announces a “definitive end” to French nuclear weapons testing.
- 1998In Birmingham, Alabama, a bomb explodes at an abortion clinic, killing one and severely wounding another. Serial bomber Eric Robert Rudolph is suspected as the culprit.
- 2001Thousands of student protesters in Indonesia storm parliament and demand that President Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.
- 2002In his State of the Union Address, President George W. Bush describes “regimes that sponsor terror” as an Axis of Evil, in which he includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea.
- 2005The first direct commercial flights from mainland China (from Guangzhou) to Taiwan since 1949 arrived in Taipei. Shortly afterwards, a China Airlines flight lands in Beijing.
Who Were Born On January 29?
- 1584Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (d. 1647)
- 1632Johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic (d. 1703)
- 1688Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish scientist and philosopher (d. 1772)
- 1711Giuseppe Bonno, Austrian composer (d. 1788)
- 1715Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian composer (d. 1777)
- 1717Jeffrey Amherst, British military leader (d. 1797)
- 1718Paul Rabaut, French Huguenot pastor (d. 1794)
- 1737Thomas Paine, English-born American patriot (d. 1809)
- 1749King Christian VII of Denmark (d. 1808)
- 1754Moses Cleaveland, founder of Cleveland (d. 1806)
- 1756Henry Lee III, American General (d. 1818)
- 1761Albert Gallatin, Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, politician, and 4th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1849)
- 1782Daniel Auber, French composer (d. 1871)
- 1801Horatia Nelson, daughter of Emma Hamilton and Horatio Nelson (d. 1881)
- 1810Ernst Kummer, German mathematician (d. 1893)
- 1843William McKinley, American politician, 39th Governor of Ohio, and 25th President of the United States (d. 1901)
- 1846Karol Olszewski, Polish scientist (d. 1915)
- 1860Anton Chekhov, Russian writer (d. 1904)
- 1862Frederick Delius, English composer (d. 1934)
- 1866Julio Peris Brell, Spanish painter (d. 1944)
- 1866Romain Rolland, French writer, Nobel Laureate (d. 1944)
- 1867Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Spanish writer (d. 1928)
- 1874John D. Rockefeller Jr., American entrepreneur (d. 1960)
- 1876Havergal Brian, British composer (d. 1972)
- 1877Georges Catroux, French general (d. 1969)
- 1880W. C. Fields, American actor (d. 1946)
- 1888Sydney Chapman, British mathematician and geophysicist (d. 1970)
- 1891Elizaveta Gerdt, Russian ballerina (d. 1975)
- 1891R. Norris Williams, American survivor of the RMS Titanic sinking (d. 1968)
- 1895Muna Lee, American poet (d. 1965)
- 1901Allen B. DuMont, American scientist and inventor (d. 1965)
- 1905Barnett Newman, American painter (d. 1970)
- 1910Colin Middleton, Irish artist (d. 1983)
- 1911Peter von Siemens, German industrialist (d. 1986)
- 1913Daniel Taradash, American screenwriter (d. 2003)
- 1913Peter von Zahn, German journalist and writer (d. 2001)
- 1913Victor Mature, American actor (d. 1999)
- 1915Bill Peet, American children’s book illustrator
- 1915John Serry, Sr., American musician and arranger (d. 2003)
- 1918John Forsythe, American actor (d. 2010)
- 1920José Luis de Vilallonga, Spanish aristocrat (d. 2007)
- 1921Anthony George, American actor (d. 2005)
- 1922Gerda Steinhoff, Nazi concentration camp supervisor (d. 1946)
- 1923Ivo Robić, Croatian singer and songwriter (d. 2000)
- 1923Paddy Chayefsky, American writer (d. 1981)
- 1924Luigi Nono, Italian composer (d. 1990)
- 1924Marcelle Ferron, French-Canadian painter and stained glass artist (d. 2001)
- 1924Peter Voulkos, American artist (d. 2002)
- 1926Abdus Salam, Pakistani physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1996)
- 1926Franco Cerri, Italian musician
- 1927Edward Abbey, American author and environmentalist (d. 1989)
- 1928Lee Shau Kee, Hong Kong property developer
- 1930Derek Bailey, English guitar virtuoso (d. 2005)
- 1930John Junkin, English radio, television and film performer (d. 2006)
- 1931Ferenc Madl, President of Hungary
- 1931Jim Baumer, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- 1932George Allen, English footballer
- 1932Tommy Taylor, English footballer (d. 1958)
- 1933Hugo Herrestrup, Danish actor
- 1933Paul Sally, American mathematician
- 1933Sacha Distel, French singer and guitarist (d. 2004)
- 1934Branko Miljković, Serbian poet (d. 1961)
- 1935Roger Payne, New York City
- 1936James Jamerson, American bass guitarist for Motown Records (d. 1983)
- 1937Bobby Scott, American musician, producer and songwriter (d. 1990)
- 1938Shuji Tsurumi, Men’s artistic gymnastics
- 1939Germaine Greer, Australian writer
- 1940Katharine Ross, American actress
- 1940Kunimitsu Takahashi, Japanese motorcycle racer and racing driver
- 1941Robin Morgan, American feminist and activist
- 1942Claudine Longet, French singer and dancer
- 1943Tony Blackburn, English disc jockey
- 1944Andrew Loog Oldham, English rock and roll producer
- 1944Patrick Lipton Robinson, Jamaican judge
- 1944Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda
- 1945Jim Nicholson, Irish politician
- 1945Tom Selleck, American actor, screenwriter and film producer
- 1946Bettye Lavette, American soul singer-songwriter
- 1947David Byron, English singer (Uriah Heep) (d. 1985)
- 1947Linda B. Buck, American scientist, Nobel laureate
- 1947Marián Varga, Slovak musician
- 1948Cristina Saralegui, American talk-show host
- 1948Marc Singer, Canadian-born actor
- 1948Pat Kenny, Irish TV presenter and radio host
- 1949Evgeny Lovchev, Russian footballer
- 1949Tommi Salmelainen, Helsinki, FIN
- 1950Ann Jillian, American actress
- 1950Jody Scheckter, South African race car driver
- 1950Miklós Vámos, Hungarian writer, television host
- 1951Andy Roberts, West Indian cricketer
- 1952Klaus-Peter Hanisch, German footballer (d. 2009)
- 1952Rupert Hanley, South African cricketer
- 1952Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-born musician and record producer (The Ramones)
- 1953Caesar Cervin, American soccer player
- 1953Charlie Wilson, American singer (The Gap Band)
- 1953Dwight Takamine, Okinawan-American Hawaii state senator
- 1953Hwang Woo-Suk, South Korean biomedical scientist
- 1953Louie Pérez, American songwriter, percussionist and guitarist
- 1953Lynne McGranger, Australian actress
- 1953Paul Fusco, American puppeteer, voice-over artist and character actor
- 1953Paulin Bordeleau, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1953Peter Baumann, German musician (Tangerine Dream)
- 1953Ronnie Moore, English footballer
- 1953Steve March-Tormé, American musician
- 1953Teresa Teng, Taiwanese singer (d. 1995)
- 1954Doug Risebrough, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and executive
- 1954Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host and actress
- 1954Richard Manitoba, American singer (The Dictators and MC5)
- 1954Terry Kinney, American actor
- 1955Eddie Jordan, American basketball player and head coach
- 1956Jan Jakub Kolski, Wrocław, Poland
- 1957Grazyna Miller, Italian poet, translator, and journalist
- 1957Rino Schreuder, Dutch publisher
- 1958Glen Cochrane, Cranbrook, BC, CAN
- 1958Linda Smith, British comedian (d. 2006)
- 1958Stephen Lerner, United Farm Workers of America
- 1959Michael Sloane, Los Angeles, California
- 1959Mike Foligno, Sudbury, Ontario, CAN
- 1960Gia Carangi, American model (d. 1986)
- 1960Greg Louganis, American diver
- 1960J. G. Thirlwell, Australian-born musician
- 1960Matthew Ashford, American actor
- 1960Sean Kerly, English field hockey player
- 1960Steve Sax, American baseball player
- 1961Mike Aldrete, Carmel, California
- 1961Petra Thumer, German swimmer
- 1962Nicholas Turturro, American actor
- 1963Bob Holly, American professional wrestler
- 1963Monica Horan, American actress
- 1964Andre Reed, American football player
- 1964Anna Ryder Richardson, British interior designer and television presenter
- 1965Dominik Hašek, Czech ice hockey player
- 1965Peter Lundgren, Swedish tennis coach
- 1966Romário, Brazilian footballer
- 1967Cyril Suk, Czech tennis player
- 1967Stacey King, American basketball player
- 1968Edward Burns, American actor
- 1968Sora Jung, Korean actress
- 1968Susi Erdmann, German bobsledder and luger
- 1969Hyde, Japanese singer (L'Arc-en-Ciel)
- 1970Heather Graham, American actress
- 1970Jörg Hoffmann, German swimmer
- 1970Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Indian shooter
- 1971Clare Balding, British sports presenter
- 1972Brian Wood, writer and artist of graphic novels
- 1973Jason Schmidt, American baseball player
- 1974Michael Andersen, Danish basketball player
- 1975Sara Gilbert, American actress
- 1976Charles Divins, American model and actor
- 1976Chris Castle, American singer-songwriter
- 1977Chaly Jones, Dutch footballer
- 1977Justin Hartley, American actor
- 1978Martin Schmitt, German ski jumper
- 1978Rob Bironas, American football player
- 1979Andreas Thorstensson, Swedish website developer
- 1979Andrew Keegan, American actor
- 1979April Scott, American actress and model
- 1979Joseph Todd, Arena Football League player
- 1979Marvin Agustin, Filipino actor and entrepreneur
- 1979Sui Feifei, Chinese basketball player
- 1980Ingimundur Ingimundarson, Icelandic handball player
- 1980Ivan Klasnić, Croatian football player
- 1980Jason James Richter, American actor
- 1980Yael Bar-Zohar, Israeli actress and model
- 1981Álex Ubago, Spanish musician
- 1981Darío Lopilato, Argentine actor
- 1981Jonny Lang, American musician
- 1981Rui En, Singaporean actress & singer
- 1982Adam Lambert, American actor and singer
- 1982Heidi Mueller, American actress
- 1982Irina Shabayeva American fashion designer
- 1983Nedžad Sinanović, Bosnian basketball player
- 1985Athina Onassis, French heiress
- 1985Isabel Lucas, Australian actress
- 1985Marc Gasol, Spanish basketball player
- 1985Mikey Hachey, American musician (Suburban Legends)
- 1985Todd Herzog, American reality-show contestant
- 1986Drew Tyler Bell, American actor
- 1986Jair Jurrjens, Dutch baseball player
- 1986Mark Howard, English football player
- 1986Simon Vukčević, Montenegrin footballer
- 1987Alex Avila, American baseball player
- 1987Matthew Wilson, English world rally driver
- 1988Stephanie Gilmore, Australian surfer
- 1988Tatyana Chernova, Russian heptathlete
- 1989Kevin Shattenkirk, American ice hockey player
- 1991Hugh Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor, son of the Duke of Westminster
- 1993Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Japanese model, blogger and recording artist
- 1993Michelle Larcher de Brito, Portuguese tennis player
Who Died On January 29?
- 1119Pope Gelasius II
- 1240Pelagio Galvani, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (b. c. 1165)
- 1342Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1279)
- 1597Elias Ammerbach, German organist (b. 1530)
- 1608Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1557)
- 1647Francis Meres, English writer (b. 1565)
- 1676Tsar Alexis I of Russia (b. 1629)
- 1678Jeronimo Lobo, Portuguese Jesuit missionary (b. 1593)
- 1696Tsar Ivan V of Russia, Russian tsar (b. 1666)
- 1706Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and courtier (b. 1638)
- 1737George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, British soldier (b. 1666)
- 1743André-Hercule de Fleury, French statesman (b. 1653)
- 1763Louis Racine, French poet (b. 1692)
- 1820King George III of the United Kingdom (b. 1738)
- 1829Paul François Jean Nicolas Barras, French politician (b. 1755)
- 1870Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797)
- 1871Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, French Canadian writer (b. 1786)
- 1888Edward Lear, English artist, illustrator, author, and poet (b. 1812)
- 1899Alfred Sisley, British impressionist painter (b. 1839)
- 1901King Milan I of Serbia (b. 1855)
- 1906King Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1818)
- 1918Aleksei Maksimovich Kaledin, Russian-counter revolutionary (b. 1861)
- 1928Douglas Haig, British soldier (b. 1861)
- 1933Sara Teasdale, American poet (b. 1884)
- 1934Fritz Haber, German chemist, Nobel Laureate (b. 1868)
- 1941Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and dictator (b. 1871)
- 1946Harry Hopkins, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1890)
- 1948Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat (b. 1900)
- 1950Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1885)
- 1951Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer (b. 1880)
- 1956H. L. Mencken, American journalist (b. 1880)
- 1959Winifred Brunton, British-born South African painter (b. 1880)
- 1961John F. O'Ryan, American major general (b. 1874)
- 1962Fritz Kreisler, Austrian violinist (b. 1875)
- 1963Robert Frost, American poet (b. 1874)
- 1964Alan Ladd, American actor (b. 1913)
- 1966Pierre Mercure, French Canadian composer (b. 1927)
- 1969Allen Dulles, American CIA director (b. 1893)
- 1970B. H. Liddell Hart, British historian (b. 1895)
- 1975Orestis Makris, Greek actor (b. 1898)
- 1977Buster Nupen, South African cricketer (b. 1902)
- 1977Freddie Prinze, American actor and comedian (b. 1954)
- 1980Jimmy Durante, American actor and comedian (b. 1893)
- 1986Leif Erickson, American actor (b. 1911)
- 1989Halina Konopacka, Polish athlete (b. 1900)
- 1991Yasushi Inoue, Japanese historian (b. 1907)
- 1992Willie Dixon, American composer and musician (b. 1915)
- 1993Adetokunbo Ademola, Nigerian Chief Justice (b. 1906)
- 1993Ron Kostelnik, American football player (b. 1940)
- 1994Ulrike Maier, Austrian alpine skier (b. 1967)
- 1998Joseph Alioto, American politician (b. 1916)
- 1999Lili St. Cyr, American dancer (b. 1918)
- 2002Dick “Night Train” Lane, American football player (b. 1928)
- 2002Harold Russell, Canadian-born American actor (b. 1914)
- 2003Frank Moss, American politician (b. 1911)
- 2004Janet Frame, New Zealand writer (b. 1924)
- 2004M. M. Kaye, British writer (b. 1908)
- 2005Ephraim Kishon, Israeli satirist (b. 1924)
- 2005Eric Griffiths, Welsh guitarist (The Quarrymen) (b. 1940)
- 2007Barbaro, American thoroughbred racehorse (b. 2003)
- 2007Dia Abdul Zahra Kadim, Iraqi extremist leader (b. 1970)
- 2008Bengt Lindström, Swedish artist (b. 1925)
- 2008Margaret Truman, American writer, daughter of Harry S. Truman (b. 1924)
- 2008Philippe Khorsand, French actor (b. 1948)
- 2008Raymond Jacobs, American soldier (b. 1925)
- 2009Bill Frindall, English cricket scorer and statistician (b. 1939)
- 2009Hélio Gracie, Brazilian martial artist (b. 1913)
- 2009John Martyn, Scottish singer and songwriter (b. 1948)
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