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Thursday, 29 January 2026
1984 Astronauts aboard "Discovery" pluck a 2nd satellite from orbit. 
1984 NASA launches NATO-3D.
1984 George Matthews, Bkln NY, actor (Chick-Glynis), dies at 73
1985 Armero tragedy in Colombia killing 23000 people
1986 SEC imposes a record $100 million penalty against Ivan Boesky
1987 Pieter Menten, Dutch war criminal, dies at 88
1989 CP Rail commences cabooseless train operations.
1990 Michael Heseltine contests Thatcher's leadership of the party.
1990 K L Poll, journalist/author, dies
1991 Michael Jackson's "Black or White" video premiers on FOX TV
1991 Tony Richardson, British director (Tom Jones), dies of AIDs at 63.
1992 Clem Beauchamp, US stuntman/director (Tarzan, Superman), dies
1993 Sanzo Nosaka, co-founder of Japanese Communist Party (1922), dies.
1994 Ferdinand J Kranenburg, director of queen (North Holland), dies at 83.
1995 Jack Finney, author (Body Snatchers), dies of pneumonia at 84
1996 Havelock Henry Trevor Hudson, lloyd's underwriter, dies at 77
2007 A magnitude 7.7 earthquake occurs in northern Chile.
2007 High Speed 1 from London to the Channel Tunnel is opened to passengers
2012 A series of protests against austerity measures occur across Europe including Spain, Portugal, and Greece.
2012 Israel launches Operation Pillar of Defense against the Palestinian-governed Gaza Strip, killing Hamas military chief Ahmed Jabari. In the following week 140 Palestinians and five Israelis are killed in an ensuing cycle of violence. A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is announced by Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after the week-long escalation in hostilities in Southern Israel and the Gaza Strip.
2017 Armed forces drive through streets of Harare, Zimbabwe a day after military says its prepared to step in after removal of vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa
2018 Attempt to move 720000 Rohingya back to Myanmar from Bangladesh refugee camps amid international criticism. They refuse to go
2018 Edward Hopper's painting "Chop Suey" sells $92 million, a record for the artist at auction in New York.
2018 Jewellery that belonged to French Queen Marie Antoinette is auctioned off in Geneva, after not being seen for 200 years.
2018 Archaeologists announce discovery of ancient Greek city of Tenea near Corinth, supposedly founded by captives from Trojan War.
2018 Large impact crater, 31 km wide, from iron meteorite identified under Hiawatha Glacier in Greenland.
2018 UK Prime Minister Theresa May ’s cabinet approves draft plan for country's exit from the European Union (Brexit).
2018 Astronomers announce discovery of Super-Earth planet (3.2x bigger than Earth) orbiting red dwarf Barnard's star, 6 light years away.
2018 In this year, New York Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom claims NL Cy Young Award; his 10 claims fewest ever by a Cy Young winner in a non-strike-shortened season; MLB-leading 1.70 ERA; 29 consecutive start streak longest in MLB history.
2019 Italy declares a state of emergency in Venice following record flooding.
2021 Unprecedented rain caused by an atmospheric river bring a series of floods to the Pacific Northwest
2021 The 2021 Argentine legislative election is held
2021 The 2021 Bulgarian general election is held
2024 Elton John and Jake Shears' musical "Tammy Faye", based on the life of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker, opens at the Palace Theatre, NYC; runs for 29 performances.
