Page 6: Historical Events In January - 29

1936  The first inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, are announced. They include Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth on this day in history.   

1936  1st players elected to Baseball Hall of Fame-Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson & Walter Johnson on January - 29.   

1941  Ioannis Metaxas, Greek gen/dictator (1936-41), commits suicide at 69 on this day in history.   

1942  German &Italian troops occupy Benghazi on January - 29.   

1942  On January - 29 peru &Ecuador sign Protocol of Rio (boundary determination)   

1942  On January - 29 1st broadcast of Roy Plomley's "Desert Island Discs" on BBC   

1942  On January - 29 ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal, composer, dies at 92   

1943  On January - 29 battle of Wau in New Guinea starts   

1943  New Zealand's Kiwi cruiser collides with Japanese sub I-1 at Guadalcanal on January - 29.   

1943  On January - 29 new Zealand's Kiwi cruiser collides with Japanese sub I-1 at Guadalcanal   

1944  285 German bombers attack London on this day in history.   

1944  On January - 29 hMS Spartan sunk a 5.25in-armed "Bellona" class AA cruiser. Lost off Anzio, Italy   

1944  On January - 29 william Allen White, US journalist (Emporia Gazette), dies at 75   

1946  On January - 29 the racing schooner Bluenose sinks after striking a reef off Haiti   

1946  On January - 29 harry L Hopkins, US min of Business (Loan & Lease law), dies at 55   

1947  On January - 29 arthur Miller's "All My Sons," premieres in NYC   

1947  Fred Barratt, cricket (5 wkts at 47 in 5 Tests for Eng 1929-30), dies on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history "Look Ma, I'm Dancin'" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 188 perfs   

1949  Britain, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand &Switzerland recognize Israel on January - 29.   

1949  Brit, Belgium, Lux, Neth, NZ & Switz recognize Israel on this day in history.   

1951  Liz Taylor's first divorce (Conrad Hilton Jr) on this day in history.   

1951  On this day in history "Where's Charley?" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 56 performances   

1951  James Bridie, [Osborne Henry Mavor], dramatist, dies on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history the first movie in Cinemascope (The Robe) premieres   

1953  1st movie in Cinemascope (The Robe) premieres on this day in history.   

1954  Arnold Schoenberg's "De Profundis," premieres in Cologne on January - 29.   

1955  On January - 29 john Williams Cox buys Yankee Stadium, sells grounds to Knights of Columbus, later leaves structure to Rice University (1962)   

1955  Hans Hedtoft, premier of Denmark (1947.. 55), dies at 51 on January - 29.   

1956  F Durrenmatt's "Der Besuch der Alten Dame," premieres in Zurich on this day in history.   

1956  On January - 29 h[enry] L[ouis] Mencken, US essayist/critic (Smart Set), dies at 75   

1957  Graham Greene's "Potting Shed," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1958  Movie actor Paul Newman and actress Joanne Woodward are married on January - 29.   

1958  On January - 29 murderer, Charles Starkweather, captured by police in Wyoming   

1958  Paul Newman &Joanne Woodward wed on January - 29.   

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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  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 January - 29.   

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

1715  Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian (court)composer/pianist was born on January - 29.   

0969  On this day in history peter, tsar of Bulgaria (927-69), dies   

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

1342  On this day in history death of louis I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1279)   

1559  On this day in history thomas Pope, English politician, benefactor, dies at about 52   

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

1608  On this day in history death of frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1557)   

1647  Death of Francis Meres, English writer (b. 1565) on January - 29.   

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