Historical Events In January - 29

1895  On this day in history king Koko's Kopermannen assault on Akassa Niger, 100's killed  

1896  Emile Grubbe is first doctor to use radiation treatment for breast cancer on January - 29.  

1896  Emile Grubbe is 1st dr to use radiation treatment for breast cancer on this day in history.  

1896  Teddy Hoad, cricketer (pioneering West Indian Test batsman) on January - 29.  

1897  Ishbel, Lady Aberdeen, wife of the Governor General, helps found the Victorian Order of Nurses at the request of the National Council of Women on this day in history.  

1898  On January - 29 fernand Quinet, Belgian cellist/composer/conductor (La Guerre)  

1899  Alfred Sisley, painter, dies on January - 29.  

1900  Boers under Joubert beat English at Spionkop Natal, 2,000 killed on January - 29.  

1900  Queen Victoria gives assent July 9 to the Commonwealth of Australia Bill, on January - 29.  

1900  On this day in history the American Baseball League, composed of eight teams, is organized in Philadelphia.  

1900  Marco Tajcevic, composer on January - 29.  

1901  Allen B DuMont, inventor (perfected coml practical cathode ray tube) on January - 29.  

1903  On this day in history dutch railroad workers strike  

1903  On January - 29 cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist  

1904  On January - 29 1st athletic letters given (Univ of Chicago football team)  

1905  Barnett Newmann, US painter (postpainterly abstraction) on this day in history.  

1906  Coen de King skates world record time: 32,370 km on this day in history.  

1906  On January - 29 franciscus Hin, Holland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1920)  

1906  On January - 29 christaan IX, King of Denmark (1893-1906), dies  

1908  On January - 29 the birth of Adam Clayton Powell, American politician  

1908  Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, at Cornell University, incorporates on this day in history.  

1908  On this day in history adam Clayton Powell, (Rep-D-NY, 1945-70)  

1909  Alan Marshal, Sydney Aust, actor (White Cliffs of Dover, Lydia) on this day in history.  

1910  Paul Hodder-Williams, publisher on January - 29.  

1910  On this day in history edouard Rod, French/Swiss writer (Mishel' Tes'e), dies at 52  

1911  On January - 29 george Burns, British major-general  

1912  Martial law declared in textile strike in Lawrence MA on January - 29.  

1912  Martial law declared in textile strike in Lawrence, MA on this day in history.  

1912  On January - 29 "Professor" Irwin Corey, Brooklyn NY, comedian (Car Wash, Doc)  

1912  Hermann Bang, writer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1913  On this day in history alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, at Howard University, incorporates  

1913  On this day in history the birth of Victor Mature, American actor  

1914  U.S. Marines land in Haiti to protect U.S. consulate on January - 29.  

1915  On this day in history frederic Ramsey Jr, folklorist/author  

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1584  On this day in history 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  Emmanuel Swedenborg, Sweden, religious leader (Angelic Wisdom) was born on January - 29.  

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

1700  Daniel Bernoulli, Basel Switz, mathematician (10 time French award) was born on January - 29.  

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

1711  Giuseppi Bonno, composer was born on this day in history.  

1715  On this day in history birth of georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian (court)composer/pianist  

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

1240  On this day in history death of pelagio Galvani, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (b. va. 1165)  

1342  Death of Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1279) on January - 29.  

1559  Thomas Pope, English politician, benefactor, dies at about 52 on January - 29.  

1597  On this day in history death of elias Ammerbach, German organist (b. 1530)  

1608  Death of Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1557) on this day in history.  

1647  On this day in history death of francis Meres, English writer (b. 1565)  

1663  Robert Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln (1660-63), dies on this day in history.