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  On January - 29 jim Thorpe, Red Grange &George Halas elected to football hall of fame  

1963  Poet Robert Frost dies in Boston at age 88 on January - 29.  

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 this day in history.  

1963  On January - 29 jim Thorpe, Red Grange & George Halas elected to football hall of fame  

1963  On January - 29 robert Lee Frost, US poet (New Hampshire, 4 Pulitzers), dies at 88  

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

1964  On this day in history beatles record in German "Komm, Gib Mir Diene Hand" &"Sie Leibt Dich"  

1964  On January - 29 stanley Kubrick's"Dr Strangelove," premieres  

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

1964  On this day in history alan Ladd, actor (Shane), dies at 50 in Palm Springs Calif  

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  Snow storm in north east US kills 165 on January - 29.  

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

1966  US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen on this day in history.  

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  On January - 29 "Let's Sing Yiddish" closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 107 perfs  

1967  Wlodzimierz Pozniak, composer, dies at 62 on January - 29.  

1968  On January - 29 nauru adopts constitution  

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

1969  On this day in history britain refused entry into the European Economic Community  

1969  Jimi Hendrix &Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars on January - 29.  

1969  Sheahan &Connolly hang on for exciting draw Australia vs West Indies on January - 29.  

1969  Jimi Hendrix & Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars on January - 29.  

1970  On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR  

1970  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR on January - 29.  

1970  On this day in history basil H Liddell Hart, English military historian, dies at 74  

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1584  Frederik Hendrik, count of Nassau/Prince of Orange was born on January - 29.  

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

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 January - 29.  

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 this day in history.  

0969  Peter, tsar of Bulgaria (927-69), dies on January - 29.  

1240  Death of Pelagio Galvani, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (b. va. 1165) on this day in history.  

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

1559  Thomas Pope, English politician, benefactor, dies at about 52 on this day in history.  

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

1608  On January - 29 death of frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1557)  

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

1663  On this day in history robert Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln (1660-63), dies