January 29

Events

 * - comes out of retirement to take over the  from the deposed.
 * - 's play  is probably first performed.
 * - becomes  of.
 * - defeats  and  in the.
 * - US President orders first use of federal soldiers to suppress a  dispute.
 * - "" by is published in the .
 * - introduces the  to the.
 * - Queen institutes the.
 * - admitted as the 34th.
 * - patents the first successful -driven.
 * - is proclaimed Queen of, its last monarch.
 * - The is organized in  with 8 founding teams.
 * - : is first bombed by  s.
 * - into the  are announced.
 * - The first day of the, U.S. cruiser Chicago is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers.
 * - the last battleship commissioned by the  is launched.
 * 1944  - : The  takes place in central.
 * 1944  - World War II: About 38 men, women, and children die in the  in.
 * - , an animated feature produced by  based upon a, is released.
 * - into the  are announced.
 * 1964  -  or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is released in the United States.
 * - The first of 608 performances of  opens at the.
 * - outlaws s due to their harmful effect on the, becoming the first  to enact such a.
 * -, making them the first nation to do so
 * - : The defeat the  49-26 and become the first  team to win five  titles.
 * - President announces a "definitive end" to.
 * 1996  -, 's opera house, is destroyed by fire.
 * - In, a bomb explodes at an clinic, killing one and severely wounding another. Serial bomber  is suspected as the culprit.
 * - Thousands of student protesters in storm parliament and demand that   resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.
 * - In his,   describes "regimes that sponsor " as an , in which he includes ,  and.
 * - and  downgraded from Class B in
 * - The first direct commercial flights from the mainland (from ) to  since 1949 arrived in . Shortly afterwards, a  carrier landed in.
 * - Sheikh is sworn in as the Emir of.
 * - Sheikh is sworn in as the Emir of.

Births

 * - (d. )
 * -, German classical scholar and critic (d. )
 * -, Swedish scientist and philosopher (d. )
 * -, Austrian composer (d. )
 * -, Austrian composer (d. )
 * -, British military leader (d. )
 * -, French Huguenot pastor (d. )
 * -, American patriot (d. )
 * - King (d. )
 * -, founder of the city of (d. )
 * -, French composer (d. )
 * -, German mathematician (d. )
 * -, 25th (d. )
 * -, Polish scientist (d. )
 * -, Russian writer (d. )
 * -, English composer (d. )
 * -, French writer, (d. )
 * -, Spanish writer (d. )
 * -, American entrepreneur (d. )
 * -, British composer (d. )
 * -, French general (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Russian ballerina (d. )
 * 1891  -, American tennis player, also a survivor of the  Disaster d. )
 * -, American poet (d. )
 * -, American scientist and inventor (d. )
 * -, American painter (d. )
 * -, Irish artist (d. )
 * -, German industrialist (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * 1913  -, American screenwriter (d. )
 * 1913  -, German journalist and writer (d. )
 * -, American musician, composer, arranger (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * -, Spanish aristocrat, author, and actor (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Nazi concetraation camp supervisor (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * 1923  -, Croatian singer and songwriter (d. )
 * -, Italian composer (d. )
 * 1924  -, Quebec painter and  artist (d. )
 * -, Italian musician
 * 1926  -, Pakistani physicist,  (d. )
 * -, American author and environmentalist (d. )
 * -, Hong Kong property developer
 * -, American professional wrestling announcer (d. )
 * -, English guitar virtuoso (d. )
 * 1930  -, English radio, television and film performer and scriptwriter (d. )
 * -, English footballer (d. )
 * 1932  -, English footballer
 * -, French singer and guitarist (d. )
 * 1933  -, American singer  (d. )
 * -, American bass guitarist for (d. )
 * -, Australian writer
 * -, American actress
 * 1940  -, Japanese motorcycle racer and racing driver
 * -, French singer, dancer and convicted murderer
 * -, Irish politician
 * 1945  -, American actor
 * -, American scientist,
 * 1947  -, English singer  (d. )
 * 1947  -, Slovak musician
 * -, American talk-show host
 * 1948  -, Canadian-born actor
 * -, American actress
 * 1950  -, South African race car driver
 * -, West Indian cricketer
 * -, Hungarian-born musician and record producer
 * -, South Korean biomedical scientist
 * 1953  -, Taiwanese singer (d. )
 * 1953  -, Australian actress
 * -, American singer ( and )
 * 1954  -, American actor
 * 1954  -, American producer, actress, talk show host, and publisher
 * 1954  -, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and executive
 * -, Australian actress
 * -, Italian poet, translator, and journalist
 * -, American actor
 * 1960  -, American model (d. )
 * 1960  -, English field hockey player
 * 1960  -, American diver
 * 1960  -, American baseball player
 * 1960  -, Australian-born musician
 * -, American actor
 * -, American professional wrestler
 * -, American football player
 * 1964  -, American baseball player
 * 1964  -, lead singer of Scottish New Wave band
 * -, Czech ice hockey player
 * 1965  -, Swedish tennis coach
 * -, Brazilian footballer
 * -, Czech tennis player
 * -, American actor
 * 1968  -, Korean actress
 * -, American actor
 * 1969  -, Japanese singer
 * -, American actress
 * 1970  -, Indian shooter
 * 1970  -, German swimmer
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, American actress
 * -, American model-turned-actor
 * -, American actor
 * -, German ski jumper
 * 1978  -, American football player
 * -, American actress and model
 * 1979  -, Chinese basketball player
 * -, Israeli actress and model
 * -, American musician
 * -, Spanish musician
 * -, American actress
 * -, Bosnian basketball player
 * -, French heiress
 * -, Spanish basketball player
 * -, American actor
 * 1986  -, English football player
 * -, American race car driver (d. )
 * 1987  -, English world rally driver
 * -, Son of the British Duke of Westminster and heir-apparent to his father's estate
 * -, Portuguese tennis player.
 * -, English actress
 * -, English actress

Deaths

 * - (b. )
 * -, German organist (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, English writer (b. )
 * - Tsar (b. )
 * -, Portuguese Jesuit missionary (b. )
 * -, Russian tsar (b. )
 * -, English poet and courtier (b. )
 * - Tsar (b. )
 * -, British soldier (b. )
 * -, chief minister under (b. )
 * -, French poet (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * -, French politician (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, French Canadian writer and (b. )
 * -, British impressionist painter (b. )
 * -, King of Serbia (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * -, Russian counter revolutionary (b. )
 * -, British soldier (b. )
 * -, American poet (b. )
 * -, German chemist, (b. )
 * -, Greek general and dictator (b. )
 * -, 8th (b. )
 * -, Italian aristocrat (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Australian cricketer (b. )
 * -, American journalist (b. )
 * -, Austrian violinist (b. )
 * -, American poet (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, French Canadian composer (b. )
 * -, American director (b. )
 * -, British historian (b. )
 * -, South African cricketer (b. )
 * 1977  -, American actor and comedian (b. )
 * -, American actor and comedian (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Polish athlete (b. )
 * -, Japanese historian (b. )
 * -, American composer and musician (b. )
 * -, Austrian alpine skier (b. )
 * -, mayor of San Francisco (b. )
 * -, American dancer (b. )
 * -, American football player (b. )
 * 2002  -, Canadian-born actor (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, British writer (b. )
 * 2004  -, New Zealand writer (b. )
 * -, Welsh guitarist (b. )
 * 2005  -, Israeli satirst (b.
 * -, American thoroughbred racehorse (b. )
 * 2007  -, leader of the    (b. )
 * 2007  -, leader of the    (b. )