Page 7: Historical Events In January - 29

1963  Jim Thorpe, Red Grange and George Halas elected to football hall of fame   

1963  Poet Robert Frost dies in Boston at age 88.   

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

1963  Robert Lee Frost, US poet (New Hampshire, 4 Pulitzers), dies at 88   

1964  9th Winter Olympic games open in Innsbruck, Austria   

1964  Beatles record in German "Komm, Gib Mir Diene Hand" and "Sie Leibt Dich".   

1964  Stanley Kubrick's"Dr Strangelove," premieres.   

1964  Unmanned Apollo 1 Saturn launcher test attains Earth orbit   

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

1965  John Larkin, actor (Saints and Sinners, 12 O'Clock High), dies at 52   

1966  Lawry and Simpson complete 244 opening stand vs England, Adelaide.   

1966  Snow storm in north east US results in the deaths of 165   

1966  US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming.   

1966  US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen.   

1966  "Sweet Charity" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 608 performances.   

1966  Josef Winckler, German dentist/writer (Tolle Bomberg), dies at 84   

1967  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   

1967  Wlodzimierz Pozniak, composer, dies at 62.   

1968  In this year, Nauru formally adopts constitution   

1968  Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer (Test for India), dies.   

1969  Britain refused entry into the European Economic Community.   

1969  Jimi Hendrix and Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars   

1969  Sheahan and Connolly hang on for exciting draw Australia vs West Indies   

1970  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR.   

1970  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR.   

1970  Basil H Liddell Hart, English military historian, dies at 74.   

1971  Test debut of Dennis Keith Lillee, vs England at Adelaide.   

1971  Test debut of Dennis Keith Lillee, v England at Adelaide.   

1972  5th ABA All-Star Game: East 142 beats West 115 at Louisville.   

1973  Johannes Paul Thilman, composer, dies at 67.   

1974  27th NHL All-Star Game: West beat East 6-4 at Chicago   

1975  inaugural Annual Comedy Awards of the Year hosted by Alan King   

1975  W I win Fifth Test against India to take exciting series 3-2   

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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  Hubert K Poot, Dutch poet was born on January - 29.   

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

1703  On this day in history birth of carlmann Kolb, composer   

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