Historical Events In January - 29

1959  Walt Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" released on January - 29.  

1960  Louis Jean Heydt, actor (Joe-Waterfront), dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1961  US female Figure Skating championship won by Laurence Owen on this day in history.  

1961  US male Figure Skating championship won by Bradley Lord on January - 29.  

1962  Fritz Kreisler, Austria/US violinist/composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.  

1963  Jim Thorpe, Red Grange &George Halas elected to football hall of fame on January - 29.  

1963  On this day in history poet Robert Frost dies in Boston at age 88.  

1963  On January - 29 the first inductees to the Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, are revealed. They include Earl Lambeau, Earl (Dutch) Clark, and Sammy Baugh.  

1963  Jim Thorpe, Red Grange & George Halas elected to football hall of fame on this day in history.  

1963  On this day in history robert Lee Frost, US poet (New Hampshire, 4 Pulitzers), dies at 88  

1964  On January - 29 9th Winter Olympic games open in Innsbruck, Austria  

1964  On January - 29 beatles record in German "Komm, Gib Mir Diene Hand" &"Sie Leibt Dich"  

1964  On this day in history stanley Kubrick's"Dr Strangelove," premieres  

1964  Unmanned Apollo 1 Saturn launcher test attains Earth orbit on January - 29.  

1964  Alan Ladd, actor (Shane), dies at 50 in Palm Springs Calif on January - 29.  

1965  On this day in history john Larkin, actor (Saints & Sinners, 12 O'Clock High), dies at 52  

1966  Lawry &Simpson complete 244 opening stand vs England, Adelaide on January - 29.  

1966  On January - 29 snow storm in north east US kills 165  

1966  On January - 29 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming  

1966  US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen on January - 29.  

1966  "Sweet Charity" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 608 performances on January - 29.  

1966  Josef Winckler, German dentist/writer (Tolle Bomberg), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1967  On this day in history in Ottawa Terrorists bomb Yugoslav Embassy in Ottawa and Consulate in Toronto  

1967  "Let's Sing Yiddish" closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 107 perfs on this day in history.  

1967  Wlodzimierz Pozniak, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1968  On January - 29 nauru adopts constitution  

1968  Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer (Test for India), dies on this day in history.  

1969  Britain refused entry into the European Economic Community on this day in history.  

1969  Jimi Hendrix &Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars on this day in history.  

1969  On January - 29 sheahan &Connolly hang on for exciting draw Australia vs West Indies  

1969  Jimi Hendrix & Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars on this day in history.  

1970  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR on this day in history.  

1970  On January - 29 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR  

1970  On January - 29 basil H Liddell Hart, English military historian, dies at 74  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Next Page »

1584  On January - 29 birth of frederik Hendrik, count of Nassau/Prince of Orange  

1632  On January - 29 birth of johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic (d. 1703)  

1688  On this day in history birth of emmanuel Swedenborg, Sweden, religious leader (Angelic Wisdom)  

1689  On January - 29 birth of hubert K Poot, Dutch poet  

1700  On this day in history birth of daniel Bernoulli, Basel Switz, mathematician (10 time French award)  

1703  Carlmann Kolb, composer was born on this day in history.  

1711  Giuseppi Bonno, composer was born on January - 29.  

1715  Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian (court)composer/pianist was born on this day in history.  

0969  Peter, tsar of Bulgaria (927-69), dies on this day in history.  

1240  On January - 29 death of pelagio Galvani, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (b. va. 1165)  

1342  On January - 29 death of louis I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1279)  

1559  On January - 29 thomas Pope, English politician, benefactor, dies at about 52  

1597  Death of Elias Ammerbach, German organist (b. 1530) on this day in history.  

1608  Death of Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1557) on January - 29.  

1647  Death of Francis Meres, English writer (b. 1565) on this day in history.  

1663  On January - 29 robert Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln (1660-63), dies