January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . There are 336 days remaining until the end of the year (337 in leap years ).
Events
757 – An Lushan , leader of a revolt against the Tang dynasty and emperor of Yan , is murdered by his own son, An Qingxu .
904 – Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher .
1258 – First Mongol invasion of Đại Việt : Đại Việt defeats the Mongols at the battle of Đông Bộ Đầu , forcing the Mongols to withdraw from the country.
1676 – Feodor III becomes Tsar of Russia.
1814 – War of the Sixth Coalition : France defeats Russia and Prussia in the Battle of Brienne .
1819 – Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore .
1834 – US President Andrew Jackson orders first use of federal soldiers to suppress a labor dispute.
1845 – "The Raven " is published in The Evening Mirror in New York, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe
1850 – Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress .
1856 – Queen Victoria issues a Warrant under the Royal sign-manual that establishes the Victoria Cross to recognise acts of valour by British military personnel during the Crimean War .
1861 – Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state .
1863 – The Bear River Massacre : A detachment of California Volunteers led by Colonel Patrick Edward Connor engage the Shoshone at Bear River , Washington Territory , killing hundreds of men women and children.
1886 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline -driven automobile.
1891 – Liliuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii .
1900 – The American League is organized in Philadelphia with eight founding teams.
1907 – Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator .
1916 – World War I : Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins .
1918 – Ukrainian–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 .
1918 – Ukrainian–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.
1936 – The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
1940 – Three trains on the Sakurajima Line , in Osaka , Japan, collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station . One hundred eighty-one people are killed.
1941 – Alexandros Koryzis becomes Prime Minister of Greece upon the sudden death of his predecessor, dictator Ioannis Metaxas .
1943 – The first day of the Battle of Rennell Island , U.S. cruiser Chicago is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers.
1944 – World War II : Approximately 38 people are killed and about a dozen injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy (present-day Kaniūkai , Lithuania) is attacked by Soviet partisan units.
1944 – In Bologna , Italy, the Anatomical theatre of the Archiginnasio is destroyed in an air-raid.
1948 – The Pakistan Socialist Party is founded in Karachi .
1963 – The first inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame are announced.
1967 – The "ultimate high" of the hippie era, the Mantra-Rock Dance , takes place in San Francisco and features Janis Joplin , Grateful Dead , and Allen Ginsberg .
1989 – Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea , making it the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so.
1991 – Gulf War : The Battle of Khafji , the first major ground engagement of the war, as well as its deadliest, begins.
1996 – President Jacques Chirac announces a "definitive end" to French nuclear weapons testing .
1996 – La Fenice , Venice 's opera house, is destroyed by fire.
1998 – In 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.
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 , President George W. Bush describes "regimes that sponsor terror " as an Axis of evil , in which he includes Iraq , Iran and North Korea .
2005 – The 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.
2006 – India's Irfan Pathan became the first bowler to take a Test cricket hat-trick in the opening over of a match.
2009 – The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt rules that people who do not adhere to one of the three government-recognised religions , while not allowed to list any belief outside of those three, are still eligible to receive government identity documents .
2009 – Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich is removed from office following his conviction of several corruption charges, including the alleged solicitation of personal benefit in exchange for an appointment to the United States Senate as a replacement for then-U.S. president-elect Barack Obama .
2013 – SCAT Airlines Flight 760 crashes near the Kazakh city of Almaty , killing 21 people.
2013 – A gunman kills a school bus driver and holds a 6-year-old boy hostage in an underground bunker in Midland City, Alabama .
2015 – Malaysia has officially declared the disappearance of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 an accident and its passengers and crew presumed dead.
Births
1584 – Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (d. 1647)
1632 – Johann Georg Graevius , German scholar and critic (d. 1703)
1688 – Emanuel Swedenborg , Swedish-English astronomer, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1772)
1703 – Carlmann Kolb , German priest and composer (d. 1765)
1711 – Giuseppe Bonno , Austrian composer (d. 1788)
1715 – Georg Christoph Wagenseil , Austrian organist and composer (d. 1777)
1717 – Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst , English field marshal and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada (d. 1797)
1718 – Paul Rabaut , French pastor (d. 1794)
1737 – Thomas Paine , English-American author, activist, and theorist (d. 1809)
1749 – Christian VII of Denmark (d. 1808)
1754 – Moses Cleaveland , American general, lawyer, and politician, founded Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1806)
1756 – Henry Lee III , American general and politician, 9th Governor of Virginia (d. 1818)
1761 – Albert Gallatin , Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, and politician, 4th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1849)
1782 – Daniel Auber , French composer (d. 1871)
1801 – Johannes Bernardus van Bree , Dutch violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1857)
1801 – Horatia Nelson , English daughter of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (d. 1881)
1810 – Ernst Kummer , Polish-German mathematician and academic (d. 1893)
1843 – William McKinley , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (d. 1901)
1846 – Karol Olszewski , Polish chemist, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1915)
1852 – Frederic Hymen Cowen , British composer (d. 1935)
1858 – Henry Ward Ranger , American artist (d. 1916)
1860 – Anton Chekhov , Russian physician and author (d. 1904)
1862 – Frederick Delius , English composer (d. 1934)
1866 – Julio Peris Brell , Spanish painter (d. 1944)
1866 – Romain Rolland , French historian, author, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1944)
1867 – Vicente Blasco Ibáñez , Spanish journalist and author (d. 1928)
1874 – John D. Rockefeller, Jr. , American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1960)
1876 – Havergal Brian , English composer (d. 1972)
1877 – Georges Catroux , French general and diplomat (d. 1969)
1880 – W. C. Fields , American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1946)
1884 – Juhan Aavik , Estonian-Swedish composer and conductor (d. 1982)
1884 – Douglass Cadwallader , American golfer (d. 1971)
1888 – Sydney Chapman , English mathematician and geophysicist (d. 1970)
1891 – Elizaveta Gerdt , Russian ballerina and educator (d. 1975)
1891 – R. Norris Williams , Swiss-American tennis player and banker (d. 1968)
1895 – Muna Lee , American poet and author (d. 1965)
1901 – Allen B. DuMont , American engineer and broadcaster; founded the DuMont Television Network (d. 1965)
1901 – E. P. Taylor , Canadian businessman and horse breeder (d. 1989)
1905 – Barnett Newman , American painter and etcher (d. 1970)
1906 – Joe Primeau , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1989)
1910 – Colin Middleton , Irish painter and poet (d. 1983)
1911 – Peter von Siemens , German businessman (d. 1986)
1913 – Victor Mature , American actor and singer (d. 1999)
1913 – Daniel Taradash , American director and screenwriter (d. 2003)
1913 – Peter von Zahn , German journalist and author (d. 2001)
1915 – John Serry, Sr. , American accordion player and composer (d. 2003)
1918 – John Forsythe , American actor (d. 2010)
1920 – José Luis de Vilallonga , Spanish actor and author (d. 2007)
1922 – Gerda Steinhoff , German concentration camp guard (d. 1946)
1923 – Paddy Chayefsky , American author and screenwriter (d. 1981)
1923 – Ivo Robić , Croatian singer-songwriter (d. 2000)
1924 – Luigi Nono , Italian composer (d. 1990)
1925 – Tofiq Bahramov , Azerbaijani footballer and referee (d. 1993)
1925 – Raúl Corrales Forno , Cuban photographer (d. 2006)
1925 – Robert W. McCollum , American virologist and epidemiologist (d. 2010)
1926 – Franco Cerri , Italian guitarist
1926 – Abdus Salam , Pakistani-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
1927 – Edward Abbey , American environmentalist and author (d. 1989)
1928 – Lee Shau-kee , Hong Kong businessman, founded Henderson Land Development
1929 – Elio Petri , Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1982)
1929 – Ed Shaughnessy , American drummer (The Tonight Show Band ) (d. 2013)
1929 – Joseph Kruskal , American mathematician and computer scientist (d. 2010)
1929 – Puggy Pearson , American poker player (d. 2006)
1930 – Christopher Collier , American historian and author
1931 – Leslie Bricusse , English playwright and composer
1931 – Ferenc Mádl , Hungarian academic and politician, 2nd President of Hungary (d. 2011)
1932 – Tommy Taylor , English footballer (d. 1958)
1933 – Sacha Distel , French singer and guitarist (d. 2004)
1933 – Hugo Herrestrup , Danish actor (d. 2009)
1934 – Noel Harrison , English singer, actor, and skier (d. 2013)
1934 – Branko Miljković , Serbian poet (d. 1961)
1936 – James Jamerson , American bass player (The Funk Brothers ) (d. 1983)
1936 – Veturi Sundararama Murthy , Indian poet and songwriter (d. 2010)
1937 – Hassan Habibi , Iranian lawyer and politician; 1st Vice President of Iran (d. 2013)
1938 – Shuji Tsurumi , Japanese gymnast
1939 – Germaine Greer , Australian journalist and author
1940 – Katharine Ross , American actress and author
1940 – Kunimitsu Takahashi , Japanese motorcycle racer and race car driver
1941 – Robin Morgan , American actress, journalist, and author
1942 – Claudine Longet , French-American singer, actress, and dancer
1943 – Désiré Letort , French cyclist (d. 2012)
1943 – Molly Meldrum , Australian journalist, critic, and producer
1943 – Pat Quinn , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014)
1944 – Andrew Loog Oldham , English record producer and manager
1944 – Patrick Lipton Robinson , Jamaican judge
1944 – Pauline van der Wildt , Dutch swimmer
1945 – Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta , Malian academic and politician, Prime Minister of Mali
1945 – Jim Nicholson , Irish farmer and politician
1945 – Tom Selleck , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1946 – Bettye LaVette , American singer-songwriter
1947 – Linda B. Buck , American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1947 – Marián Varga , Slovak organist and composer
1948 – Raymond Keene , English chess player and author
1948 – Pat Kenny , Irish radio and television host
1948 – Cristina Saralegui , Cuban-American talk show host
1948 – Marc Singer , Canadian-American actor
1949 – Evgeny Lovchev , Russian footballer and manager
1949 – Tommy Ramone , Hungarian-American drummer and producer (d. 2014)
1950 – Ann Jillian , American actress and singer
1950 – Jody Scheckter , South African race car driver and sportscaster
1950 – Miklós Vámos , Hungarian talk show host and author
1951 – Fereydoon Forooghi , Iranian singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
1951 – Andy Roberts , Caribbean cricketer
1952 – Tim Healy , English actor and singer
1953 – Peter Baumann , German keyboard player and songwriter (Tangerine Dream )
1953 – Caesar Cervin , American soccer player and coach
1953 – Dennis Delaney , American actor and playwright
1953 – Paul Fusco , American puppeteer and voice actor
1953 – Grażyna Szmacińska , Polish chess players
1953 – Teresa Teng , Taiwanese singer (d. 1995)
1953 – Charlie Wilson , American singer-songwriter and producer
1953 – Hwang Woo-suk , South Korean veterinarian and academic
1954 – Christian Bjelland IV , Norwegian businessman and art collector
1954 – Yukinobu Hoshino , Japanese illustrator
1954 – Terry Kinney , American actor and director
1954 – Doug Risebrough , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1954 – Oprah Winfrey , American talk show host, actress, media entrepreneur and producer; founded Harpo Productions
1955 – Eddie Jordan , American basketball player and coach
1955 – Femi Pedro , Nigerian banker and politician
1956 – Jan Jakub Kolski , Polish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
1957 – Julie Mellor , English politician
1957 – Grażyna Miller , Italian journalist and poet
1957 – Ron Franscell , American journalist and author
1958 – Glen Cochrane , Canadian ice hockey player and scout
1958 – Judy Norton Taylor , American actress and director
1958 – Linda Smith , English comedian and actress (d. 2006)
1959 – Mike Foligno , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1959 – Michael Sloane , American actor, director, and screenwriter
1959 – Nick Xenophon , Australian lawyer and politician
1960 – Matthew Ashford , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1960 – Gia Carangi , American model (d. 1986)
1960 – Sean Kerly , English field hockey player and sportscaster
1960 – Cho-Liang Lin , Taiwanese American violinist
1960 – Greg Louganis , American diver and author
1960 – Steve Sax , American baseball player and sportscaster
1960 – J. G. Thirlwell , Australian-English singer-songwriter and producer
1961 – Mike Aldrete , American baseball player and coach
1961 – Petra Thümer , German swimmer and photographer
1962 – Taija Rae , American porn actress
1962 – Nicholas Turturro , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1963 – Hardcore Holly , American wrestler and trainer
1963 – Monica Horan , American actress
1963 – Octave Octavian Teodorescu , Romanian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1964 – Roddy Frame , Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1964 – Andre Reed , American football player and sportscaster
1964 – Anna Ryder Richardson , Welsh interior designer and television host
1965 – Dominik Hašek , Czech ice hockey player
1965 – Peter Lundgren , Swedish tennis player and coach
1966 – Romário , Brazilian footballer, manager, and politician
1967 – Stacey King , American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
1967 – Cyril Suk , Czech-American tennis player
1968 – Edward Burns , American actor, director, and producer
1968 – Susi Erdmann , German luger and bobsledder
1968 – Sora Jung , South Korean actress
1969 – Hyde , Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
1970 – Heather Graham , American actress, singer, and producer
1970 – Jörg Hoffmann , German swimmer
1970 – Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore , Indian target shooter and politician
1970 – Paul Ryan , American economist and politician
1970 – Mohammed Yusuf , Nigerian militant leader, founded Boko Haram (d. 2009)
1972 – Engin Günaydın , Turkish actor and screenwriter
1973 – Jason Schmidt , American baseball player
1975 – Sara Gilbert , American actress, producer, and talk show host
1976 – Karsten Kroon , Dutch cyclist
1977 – Justin Hartley , American actor
1978 – Rob Bironas , American football player (d. 2014)
1978 – Martin Schmitt , German ski jumper
1979 – Marvin Agustin , Filipino actor and singer
1979 – Sui Feifei , Chinese basketball player
1979 – Andrew Keegan , American actor and producer
1979 – Andreas Thorstensson , Swedish businessman
1980 – Yael Bar Zohar , Israeli model and actress
1980 – Ingimundur Ingimundarson , Icelandic handball player
1980 – Ivan Klasnić , Croatian footballer
1980 – Jason James Richter , American actor and producer
1981 – Rui En , Singaporean singer and actress
1981 – Jonny Lang , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1981 – Darío Lopilato , Argentinian actor
1981 – Vladimir Gojković , Montenegrin water polo player
1981 – Álex Ubago , Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1982 – Wallis Bird , Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1982 – Adam Lambert , American singer-songwriter and actor
1982 – Heidi Mueller , American actress
1982 – Riff Raff , American rapper
1983 – Biagio Pagano , Italian footballer
1983 – Nedžad Sinanović , Bosnian basketball player
1984 – Natalie du Toit , South African swimmer
1984 – Nuno Morais , Portuguese footballer
1984 – Safee Sali , Malaysian footballer
1985 – Marc Gasol , Spanish basketball player
1985 – Isabel Lucas , Australian model and actress
1985 – Martynas Mažeika , Lithuanian basketball player
1985 – Athina Onassis Roussel , French horse rider
1986 – Drew Tyler Bell , American actor and dancer
1986 – Simon Vukčević , Montenegrin footballer
1987 – José Abreu , Cuban baseball player
1987 – Matthew Wilson , English race car driver
1988 – Tatyana Chernova , Russian heptathlete
1988 – Stephanie Gilmore , Australian surfer
1988 – Shaleum Logan , English footballer
1988 – Aydın Yılmaz , Turkish footballer
1988 – Margarita Žernosekova , Estonian footballer
1989 – Kevin Shattenkirk , American ice hockey player
1993 – Michelle Larcher de Brito , Portuguese tennis player
1993 – Kyary Pamyu Pamyu , Japanese singer and model
1994 – Lucas Hufnagel , German footballer
1994 – Ayane Sakura , Japanese voice actress
1996 – Nora Foss al-Jabri , Iraqi-Norwegian singer
1996 – Juho Lammikko , Finnish ice hockey player
1998 – Mion Mukaichi , Japanese idol, singer, and actress (AKB48 )
Deaths
702 – Princess Ōku , Japanese princess (b. 661)
1119 – Pope Gelasius II (b. 1060)
1342 – Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1279)
1597 – Elias Ammerbach , German organist and composer (b. 1530)
1608 – Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1557)
1647 – Francis Meres , English author (b. 1565)
1678 – Jerónimo Lobo , Portuguese missionary and author (b. 1593)
1706 – Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset , English poet and courtier (b. 1638)
1737 – George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney , Scottish-English field marshal and politician; Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1666)
1743 – André-Hercule de Fleury , French cardinal (b. 1653)
1763 – Louis Racine , French poet (b. 1692)
1820 – George III of the United Kingdom (b. 1738)
1829 – Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras , French politician (b. 1755)
1829 – István Pauli , Hungarian-Slovenian priest and poet (b. 1760)
1870 – Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797)
1871 – Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé , Canadian author (b. 1786)
1888 – Edward Lear , English author, poet, and illustrator (b. 1812)
1899 – Alfred Sisley , French-English painter (b. 1839)
1906 – Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1818)
1928 – Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig , Scottish field marshal (b. 1861)
1933 – Sara Teasdale , American poet (b. 1884)
1934 – Fritz Haber , Polish-German chemist and engineer; Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
1941 – Ioannis Metaxas , Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1871)
1944 – William Allen White , American journalist and author (b. 1868)
1946 – Harry Hopkins , American politician, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1890)
1948 – Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (b. 1900)
1950 – Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah , Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1885)
1951 – Frank Tarrant , Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1880)
1956 – H. L. Mencken , American journalist and critic (b. 1880)
1959 – Winifred Brunton , South African painter and illustrator (b. 1880)
1961 – John F. O'Ryan , American general, lawyer, and politician (b. 1874)
1962 – Fritz Kreisler , Austrian-American violinist and composer (b. 1875)
1963 – Robert Frost , American poet and playwright (b. 1874)
1964 – Alan Ladd , American actor and producer (b. 1913)
1966 – Pierre Mercure , Canadian bassoon player and composer (b. 1927)
1969 – Allen Welsh Dulles , American banker, lawyer, and diplomat; 5th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1893)
1970 – B. H. Liddell Hart , French-English soldier, historian, and journalist (b. 1895)
1975 – Orestis Makris , Greek actor and tenor (b. 1898)
1977 – Buster Nupen , South African cricketer and lawyer (b. 1902)
1977 – Freddie Prinze , American comedian and actor (b. 1954)
1980 – Jimmy Durante , American actor, singer, and pianist (b. 1893)
1986 – Leif Erickson , American actor and singer (b. 1911)
1987 – Emvin Cremona , Maltese artist (b. 1919)
1989 – Halina Konopacka , Polish discus thrower and poet (b. 1900)
1991 – Yasushi Inoue , Japanese author and poet (b. 1907)
1992 – Willie Dixon , American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1915)
1993 – Adetokunbo Ademola , Nigerian lawyer and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of Nigeria (b. 1906)
1994 – Ulrike Maier , Austrian skier (b. 1967)
1999 – Lili St. Cyr , American model and dancer (b. 1918)
2002 – Harold Russell , Canadian-American soldier and actor (b. 1914)
2003 – Frank Moss , American lawyer and politician (b. 1911)
2004 – Janet Frame , New Zealand author and poet (b. 1924)
2004 – M. M. Kaye , Indian-English author and playwright (b. 1908)
2005 – Ephraim Kishon , Israeli author, screenwriter, and director (b. 1924)
2006 – Nam June Paik , Korean-American artist (b. 1932)
2007 – Dia Abdul Zahra Kadim , Iraqi cult leader (b. 1970)
2008 – Raymond Jacobs , American marine, member of the Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (b. 1925)
2008 – Bengt Lindström , Swedish painter and sculptor (b. 1925)
2008 – Margaret Truman , American singer and author (b. 1924)
2009 – Hélio Gracie , Brazilian martial artist (b. 1913)
2009 – John Martyn , English-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948)
2011 – Milton Babbitt , American composer, educator, and theorist (b. 1916)
2012 – Ranjit Singh Dyal , Indian general and politician; 10th Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry (b. 1928)
2012 – Oscar Luigi Scalfaro , Italian lawyer and politician, 9th President of Italy (b. 1918)
2012 – Camilla Williams , American soprano and educator (b. 1919)
2013 – Said al-Muragha , Palestinian colonel (b. 1927)
2013 – Frank Hahn , German-English economist and academic (b. 1925)
2013 – Anselm Hollo , Finnish-American poet and academic (b. 1934)
2013 – Butch Morris , American cornet player, composer, and conductor (b. 1947)
2014 – François Cavanna , French journalist and author (b. 1923)
2014 – Lars Andreas Larssen , Norwegian actor (b. 1935)
2015 – Taeko Kono , Japanese author and critic (b. 1926)
2015 – Colleen McCullough , Australian neuroscientist, author (The Thorn Birds ) and academic (b. 1937)
2015 – Rod McKuen , American singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1933)
2015 – Kel Nagle , Australian golfer (b. 1920)
2015 – Alexander Vraciu , American commander and pilot (b. 1918)
Holidays and observances
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