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Events on the 29th of January in history

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29 Jan 0757 An Lushan, leader of a revolt against the Tang dynasty and emperor of Yan, is murdered by his own son, An Qingxu.
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29 Jan 0904 Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher.
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29 Jan 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.
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29 Jan 1523 Sermon of Constanz Zwingli defends 67 Schlussreden
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29 Jan 1574 Sea battle of Reimerswaal - Admiral Boisot beats Spanish fleet
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29 Jan 1587 Deventer & Zutphen surrender to Spain
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29 Jan 1613 Galileo observes Neptune but fails to recognize what he sees
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29 Jan 1676 Feodor III becomes Tsar of Russia.
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29 Jan 1676 Fjodor Aleksejevitsj becomes czar of Russia
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29 Jan 1728 John Gays' "Beggar's Opera" premieres in London
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29 Jan 1732 Paris churchyard Saint-M
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29 Jan 1781 Mozart's opera "Idomeneo" premieres, Munich
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29 Jan 1788 Australia Day
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29 Jan 1802 John Beckley of Virginia appointed 1st Librarian of Congress
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29 Jan 1814 War of the Sixth Coalition: France defeats Russia and Prussia in the Battle of Brienne.
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29 Jan 1819 Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore.
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29 Jan 1834 US President Andrew Jackson orders first use of federal soldiers to suppress a labor dispute.
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29 Jan 1834 President Jackson orders 1st use of US troops to suppress a labor dispute
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29 Jan 1839 Charles Darwin marries Emma Wedgwood
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29 Jan 1845 "The Raven" is published in The Evening Mirror in New York, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe
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29 Jan 1845 Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" 1st published (New York City NY)
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29 Jan 1848 Sicily accepts new Constitution (choose parliament/freedom of press)
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29 Jan 1850 Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress.
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29 Jan 1850 Henry Clay introduces a comprise bill on slavery to US Senate
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29 Jan 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.
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29 Jan 1856 Victoria Cross established to acknowledge bravery
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29 Jan 1860 American College established in Rome by Pope Pius IX
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29 Jan 1861 Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
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29 Jan 1861 Kansas becomes 34th state
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29 Jan 1863 Battle at Bear River, Washington: US army vs. Indians
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29 Jan 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.
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29 Jan 1864 Battle of Moorefield WV (Rosser's Raid)
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29 Jan 1872 Francis L Cardoza elected State Treasurer of South Carolina
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29 Jan 1879 Custer Battlefield National Monument, Montana established
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29 Jan 1886 Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
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29 Jan 1886 1st successful gasoline-driven car patented, Karl Benz, Karlsruhe
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29 Jan 1891 Liliuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
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29 Jan 1895 King Koko's Kopermannen assault on Akassa Niger, 100's killed
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29 Jan 1896 Emile Grubbe is 1st doctor to use radiation treatment for breast cancer
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29 Jan 1900 The American League is organized in Philadelphia with eight founding teams.
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29 Jan 1900 American League organized in Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee & Minneapolis
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29 Jan 1900 Boers under Joubert beat English at Spionkop Natal, 2,000 killed
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29 Jan 1903 Dutch railroad workers strike
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29 Jan 1904 1st athletic letters given (University of Chicago football team)
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29 Jan 1906 Coen de King skates world record time 32,370 km
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29 Jan 1907 Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
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29 Jan 1908 Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, at Cornell University, incorporates
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29 Jan 1912 Martial law declared in textile strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts
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29 Jan 1913 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, at Howard University, incorporates
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29 Jan 1916 World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins.
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29 Jan 1916 1st bombings of Paris by German Zeppelins takes place
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29 Jan 1917 English submarine K13 leaves Gaire Loch
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29 Jan 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.
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29 Jan 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.
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29 Jan 1919 Secretary of state proclaims the 18th amendment (prohibition)
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29 Jan 1920 Walt Disney starts 1st job as an artist; $40 week with Kansas City Slide Co
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29 Jan 1921 Hurricane hits Washington & Oregon
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29 Jan 1922 Union of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras & El Salvador dissolved
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29 Jan 1923 1st flight of the autogiro (Juan de la Cierva, Madrid Spain)
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29 Jan 1924 Ice cream cone rolling machine patented by Carl Taylor, Cleveland
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29 Jan 1925 British Liberals choose David Lloyd George as party leader
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29 Jan 1927 4th German government of Marx forms
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29 Jan 1929 Seeing Eye Guide Dog Organization forms
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29 Jan 1932 Test debut of Bill O'Reilly, vs South Africa at Adelaide
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29 Jan 1933 German President von Hindenburg appoints Hitler chancellor
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29 Jan 1936 The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
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29 Jan 1936 1st players elected to Baseball Hall of Fame-Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson & Walter Johnson
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29 Jan 1940 Three trains on the Sakurajima Line, in Osaka, Japan, collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station. One hundred eighty-one people are killed.
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29 Jan 1941 Alexandros Koryzis becomes Prime Minister of Greece upon the sudden death of his predecessor, dictator Ioannis Metaxas.
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29 Jan 1942 Peru and Ecuador sign Protocol of Rio (boundary determiniation)
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29 Jan 1942 1st broadcast of Roy Plomley's "Desert Island Discs" on BBC
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29 Jan 1942 German & Italian troops occupy Benghazi
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29 Jan 1943 The first day of the Battle of Rennell Island, U.S. cruiser Chicago is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers.
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29 Jan 1943 New Zealand's Kiwi cruiser collides with Japanese sub I-1 at Guadalcanal
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29 Jan 1943 Sidney Kingsley's "Patriots" premieres in New York City NY
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29 Jan 1944 In Bologna, Italy, the Anatomical theatre of the Archiginnasio is destroyed in an air-raid.
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29 Jan 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.
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29 Jan 1944 285 German bombers attack London
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29 Jan 1947 Arthur Miller's "All My Sons" premieres in New York City NY
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29 Jan 1948 The Pakistan Socialist Party is founded in Karachi.
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29 Jan 1948 "Look Ma, I'm Dancin'" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City NY for 188 performances
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29 Jan 1948 Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the Yankees, Cubs, & Phillies $500 each for signing high school players
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29 Jan 1949 Britain, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, and Switzerland recognize Israel
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29 Jan 1951 Liz Taylor's 1st divorce (Conrad Hilton Jr)
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29 Jan 1951 "Where's Charley?" opens at Broadway Theater New York City NY for 56 performances
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29 Jan 1951 Baseball signs 6 year All-Star pact for TV-radio rights for $6 million
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29 Jan 1953 1st movie in Cinemascope (The Robe) premieres
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29 Jan 1954 Arnold Schoenberg's "De Profundis" premieres in Cologne
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29 Jan 1955 John William Cox buys Yankee Stadium, sells grounds to Knights of Columbus, later leaves structure to Rice University (1962)
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29 Jan 1956 F D
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29 Jan 1957 Graham Greene's "Potting Shed" premieres in New York City NY
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29 Jan 1958 Murderer, Charles Starkweather, captured by police in Wyoming
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29 Jan 1958 Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward wed
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29 Jan 1959 Walt Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" released
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29 Jan 1961 US female Figure Skating championship won by Laurence Owen
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29 Jan 1961 US male Figure Skating championship won by Bradley Lord
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29 Jan 1963 Jim Thorpe, Red Grange & George Halas elected to football hall of fame
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29 Jan 1964 Beatles record in German "Komm, Gib Mir Diene Hand" and"Sie Leibt Dich"
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29 Jan 1964 9th Winter Olympic games open in Innsbruck, Austria
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29 Jan 1964 Beatles record in German "Komm, Gib Mir Diene Hand" & "Sie Leibt Dich"
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29 Jan 1964 Most lopsided high-school basketball score-211-29 (Louisiana)
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29 Jan 1964 NBC purchases AFL 5 year (1965-69) TV rights for $36 million
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29 Jan 1964 Unmanned Apollo 1 Saturn launcher test attains Earth orbit
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29 Jan 1964 Stanley Kubrick's"Dr Strangelove" premieres
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29 Jan 1966 "Sweet Charity" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 608 performances
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29 Jan 1966 Lawry and Simpson complete 244 opening stand vs. England, Adelaide
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29 Jan 1966 "Sweet Charity" opens at Palace Theater New York City NY for 608 performances
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29 Jan 1966 Snow storm in north east US kills 165
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29 Jan 1966 US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming
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29 Jan 1966 US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen
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29 Jan 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.
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29 Jan 1967 "Let's Sing Yiddish" closes at Brooks Atkinson New York City NY after 107 performances
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29 Jan 1967 Branch Rickey & Lloyd Waner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
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29 Jan 1967 Kees Verkerk becomes European skating champ
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29 Jan 1967 WDAZ TV channel 8 in Devils Lake ND (ABC) begins broadcasting
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29 Jan 1968 Nauru adopts constitution
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29 Jan 1969 Jimi Hendrix & Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars
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29 Jan 1969 Sheahan & Connolly hang on for exciting draw Australia vs West Indies
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29 Jan 1970 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR
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29 Jan 1971 Test debut of Dennis Keith Lillee, vs England at Adelaide
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29 Jan 1972 5th ABA All-Star Game East 142 beats West 115 at Louisville
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29 Jan 1974 27th NHL All-Star Game West beat East 6-4 at Chicago
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29 Jan 1975 "Men on the Moon" opens at Little Theater NYC for 5 performances
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29 Jan 1975 "Men on the Moon" opens at Little Theater New York City NY for 5 performances
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29 Jan 1975 1st Annual Comedy Awards of the Year hosted by Alan King
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29 Jan 1975 W I win Fifth Test against India to take exciting series 3-2
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29 Jan 1976 Zeiss planetarium in Hague destroyed by fire
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29 Jan 1978 Joanne Carner wins Colgate Triple Crown Match-Play Golf Championship
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29 Jan 1979 9th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 13-7
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29 Jan 1979 Brenda Spencer kills 2, inspires Boomtown Rats "I Don't Like Mondays"
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29 Jan 1979 Emerson, Lake & Palmer disband after 10 years together
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29 Jan 1979 President Carter commuted Patricia Hearst's 7 year sentence to 2 years
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29 Jan 1979 9th NFL Pro Bowl NFC beats AFC 13-7
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29 Jan 1979 Chinese vice-premier Deng Xiaoping visits Washington DC
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29 Jan 1980 6 Iranian held US hostages escape with help of the Canadians
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29 Jan 1980 Cleveland Cavaliers beat Los Angeles Lakers 154-153 in quadruple OT
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29 Jan 1981 AL approves sale of White Sox to Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn for $20 million, and 80% of Mariners to George Argyros for $104 million
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29 Jan 1982 Old Dominion ends Los Angeles Tech's women's basketball record 54-game win streak
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29 Jan 1982 Wayne Garland, baseball 1st millionaire free agent, waived by Indians
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29 Jan 1983 "Down Under" by Men At Work hit #1 on UK pop chart
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29 Jan 1983 40th Golden Globes Gandhi, ET & Tootsie win
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29 Jan 1984 Actress Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman) marries Robert Altman
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29 Jan 1984 President Reagan formally announces he will seek a 2nd term
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29 Jan 1984 Space Shuttle 41-B (STS-11) Challenger launched
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29 Jan 1984 34th NBA All-Star Game East beats West 154-145 (OT) at Denver
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29 Jan 1984 Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic of Deer Creek
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29 Jan 1985 Pop stars in LA record "We Are The World"
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29 Jan 1985 Jari Kurri of Edmonton Oilers scores 100th point of season in game 39
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29 Jan 1986 193.8 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange
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29 Jan 1986 Yoweri Museveni sworn in as President of Uganda
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29 Jan 1987 Lisa files for separation from husband New York Met Darryl Strawberry
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29 Jan 1987 William J Casey, ends term as 13th director of CIA
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29 Jan 1988 United Airlines Boeing 747SP, circles world in 36h54m15s
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29 Jan 1988 Canadian Ben Johnson breaks own 50-yard dash world record at 5.15
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29 Jan 1988 Largest NBA crowd-Boston Celtics at Detroit (61,938)
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29 Jan 1988 Talks break down between Sandinistas and Contras
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29 Jan 1988 Detroit's Kirk Gibson signs a 3-year contract with Dodgers
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29 Jan 1988 United Airlines Boeing 747SP, circles world in 36 hours 54 minutes 15 seconds
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29 Jan 1989 Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea, making it the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so.
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29 Jan 1989 Cleveland's Chris Dudley misses 5 free throws during 1 foul attempt
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29 Jan 1989 Dow jumps 38.06 recoups 508-point loss since October 1987; index at 2,256.43
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29 Jan 1989 Episcopal church appoints 1st female bishop
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29 Jan 1989 L I preacher Gene Profeta pleads guilty to tax-evasion
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29 Jan 1989 USSR's Phobos II enters Martian orbit
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29 Jan 1989 77th Australian Open Men Tennis Ivan Lendl beats Miloslav Mecir (62 62 62)
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29 Jan 1989 Dottie Mochrie wins Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic
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29 Jan 1989 Game-winning RBI, official statistic dropped after 9 years of use New York Mets Keith Hernandez is the all-time leader with 129
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29 Jan 1989 Orlando Arena opens
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29 Jan 1990 Exxon Valdez captain Joseph Hazelwood goes on trial due to oil spill
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29 Jan 1991 "Piano Lesson" closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC after 320 performances
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29 Jan 1991 Nelson Mandela and Mangosuthu Buthelezi meet after 28 years
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29 Jan 1991 Gulf War: The Battle of Khafji, the first major ground engagement of the war, as well as its deadliest, begins.
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29 Jan 1991 Battle for Khafji in Saudi Arabia (begins)
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29 Jan 1991 "Piano Lesson" closes at Walter Kerr Theater New York City NY after 320 performances
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29 Jan 1991 Nelson Mandela & Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi meet in Durban after 28 years
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29 Jan 1993 Test debut of Vinod Kambli, prolific Indian batsman
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29 Jan 1995 Andre Agassi defeats Pete Sampras to win Australian Open
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29 Jan 1995 Super Bowl MVP: Steve Young, San Francisco, QB
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29 Jan 1995 Super Bowl XXIX: SF 49ers beat SD Chargers, 49-26 in Miami
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29 Jan 1995 Greg Blewett scores century on Test debut vs England, Adelaide
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29 Jan 1995 Super Bowl XXIX San Francisco 49ers beat San Diego Chargers, 49-26 in Miami; Super Bowl MVP Steve Young, San Francisco, Quarterback
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29 Jan 1996 La Fenice, Venice's opera house, is destroyed by fire.
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29 Jan 1996 President Jacques Chirac announces a "definitive end" to French nuclear weapons testing.
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29 Jan 1996 23rd American Music Award Garth Brooks wins
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29 Jan 1996 6,138th performance of "Cats" is held in London, surpassing record of Broadway's longest-running musical, "A Chorus Line"
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29 Jan 1996 Last day of Test cricket for David Boon
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29 Jan 1998 "Capeman, " opens at Marquis Theater, New York City
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29 Jan 1998 Singers Bobby Brown found guilty of DWI in Ft Lauderdale Florida
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29 Jan 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.
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29 Jan 1998 "Capeman" opens at Marquis Theater New York City NY
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29 Jan 1998 Soyuz TM-27 launches to MIR
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29 Jan 1998 Thick Fog causes highway carnage in Belgium & Netherlands, 6 die
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29 Jan 1998 Woman's Clinic in Birmingham AL bombed, 1 killed
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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.
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29 Jan 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.
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29 Jan 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.
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29 Jan 2006 India's Irfan Pathan became the first bowler to take a Test cricket hat-trick in the opening over of a match.
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29 Jan 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.
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29 Jan 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.
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29 Jan 2013 A gunman kills a school bus driver and holds a 6-year-old boy hostage in an underground bunker in Midland City, Alabama.
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29 Jan 2013 SCAT Airlines Flight 760 crashes near the Kazakh city of Almaty, killing 21 people.
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29 Jan 2015 Malaysia has officially declared the disappearance of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 an accident and its passengers and crew presumed dead.
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