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  On January - 29 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Bradley Lord   

1962  On January - 29 fritz Kreisler, Austria/US violinist/composer, dies at 86   

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

1963  Poet Robert Frost dies in Boston at age 88 on this day in history.   

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

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

1963  Robert Lee Frost, US poet (New Hampshire, 4 Pulitzers), dies at 88 on January - 29.   

1964  9th Winter Olympic games open in Innsbruck, Austria on this day in history.   

1964  Beatles record in German "Komm, Gib Mir Diene Hand" &"Sie Leibt Dich" on January - 29.   

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 January - 29 john Larkin, actor (Saints & Sinners, 12 O'Clock High), dies at 52   

1966  On this day in history lawry &Simpson complete 244 opening stand vs England, Adelaide   

1966  Snow storm in north east US kills 165 on this day in history.   

1966  US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming on January - 29.   

1966  On January - 29 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen   

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 January - 29.   

1967  In Ottawa Terrorists bomb Yugoslav Embassy in Ottawa and Consulate in Toronto on this day in history.   

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

1967  On this day in history wlodzimierz Pozniak, composer, dies at 62   

1968  Nauru adopts constitution on January - 29.   

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

1969  On January - 29 britain refused entry into the European Economic Community   

1969  On January - 29 jimi Hendrix &Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars   

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

1969  On January - 29 jimi Hendrix & Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars   

1970  On January - 29 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR   

1970  On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1970  Basil H Liddell Hart, English military historian, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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1584  On this day in history birth of frederik Hendrik, count of Nassau/Prince of Orange   

1632  Johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic (d. 1703) was born on this day in history.   

1688  Emmanuel Swedenborg, Sweden, religious leader (Angelic Wisdom) was born on January - 29.   

1689  On this day in history birth of hubert K Poot, Dutch poet   

1700  Daniel Bernoulli, Basel Switz, mathematician (10 time French award) was born on this day in history.   

1703  On January - 29 birth of carlmann Kolb, composer   

1711  On this day in history birth of giuseppi Bonno, composer   

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  Death of Pelagio Galvani, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (b. va. 1165) on January - 29.   

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

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

1597  On January - 29 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 January - 29 death of francis Meres, English writer (b. 1565)   

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