January 29
1802 - John Beckley became the first Librarian of Congress. He was paid $2 a day.
1820 - Britain's King George III died at Windsor Castle at age 81; he was succeeded by his son, who became King George IV.
1843 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was born in Niles, Ohio.
1845 - Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" was published.
1850 - Henry Clay introduced the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Senate, a bill on slavery that included the admission of California to the Union as a free state.
1861 - Kansas became the 34th state.
1886 - Karl Benz received a patent for the first successful gasoline-powered car.
1919 - The ratification of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which launched Prohibition, was certified by Acting Secretary of State Frank L. Polk.
1963 - Poet Robert Frost died in Boston at age 88.
1975 - A bomb exploded inside the U.S. State Department in Washington, causing considerable damage, but injuring no one; the radical group Weather Underground claimed responsibility.
1979 - President Jimmy Carter welcomed Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping to the White House following the establishment of diplomatic relations.
1984 - President Ronald Reagan announced in a nationally broadcast message that he and Vice President George H.W. Bush would seek re-election in the fall.
1998 - A bomb exploded at an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Ala., killing an off-duty policeman and severely wounding a nurse. (The bomber, Eric Rudolph, was captured in May 2003 and is serving a life sentence.)
2002 - In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush labeled Iran, Iraq and North Korea as an "axis of evil".
2006 - ABC “World News Tonight” co-anchor Bob Woodruff and a cameraman were seriously injured in a roadside bombing in Iraq.
2009 - The Illinois Senate voted to remove Gov. Rod Blagojevich from office.
2016 - The Obama administration confirmed for the first time that Hillary Clinton’s home server contained closely guarded government secrets.
2020 - A charter flight evacuating 195 Americans, including diplomats and their families, left the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the new viral outbreak; they would undergo three days of testing and monitoring at a California military base. World health officials expressed concern that the virus was starting to spread between people outside China.
2020 - President Donald Trump’s lawyers asserted at his Senate trial that a trade of U.S. military aid for political favors – even if proven – could not be grounds for his impeachment.
Birthdays
22 - Madison Bailey (actress)
36 - Giovanna Fletcher (actress)
38 - Eric Paslay (country singer)
39 - Adam Lambert (singer)
41 - Jason James Richter (actor)
42 - Andrew Keegan (actor)
44 - Sam Jaeger (actor)
44 - Justin Hartley (actor)
46 - Kelly Packard (actress)
46 - Sara Gilbert (actress)
46 - Sharif Atkins (actor)
51 - Heather Graham (actress)
52 - Sam Trammell (actor)
53 - Edward Burns (actor)
59 - Nicholas Turturro (actor)
61 - Greg Louganis (diver)
63 - Judy Norton (actress)
64 - Diane Delano (actress)
65 - Irlene Mandrell (country singer)
67 - Terry Kinney (actor)
67 - Oprah Winfrey (talk show host)
68 - Charlie Wilson (singer)
71 - Ann Jillian (actress)
73 - Marc Singer (actor)
75 - Bettye LaVette (singer)
76 - Tom Selleck (actor)
81 - Katharine Ross (actress)
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Today in Sports History - January 29
1936 - Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson were elected as the first members of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
1963 - The first members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame were announced. The group included Sammy Baugh, Johnny Blood, Dutch Clark, Red Grange, Mel Hein Pete Henry, Cal Hubbard, Don Hutson, Bronko Nagurski, Ernie Nevers, Jim Thorpe, Bert Bell, Joe Carr, George Halas, Curly Lambeau, Tim Mara and George Preston Marshall.
1967 - Branch Rickey and Lloyd Waner are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1982 - Old Dominion defeats Louisiana Tech to snap their record 54-game winning streak in women's college basketball.
1985 - Jari Kurri of the Edmonton Oilers set an NHL record with his 100th point in just his 39th game of the season.
1989 - Major league owners vote to drop the official statistic of "game winning RBI" after nine years of use; Keith Hernandez of the New York Mets is the all-time leader with 129.
1995 - The San Francisco 49ers became the first team in NFL history to win five Super Bowl titles when they defeated the San Diego Chargers 49-26 to win Super Bowl XXIX in Miami. San Francisco quarterback Steve Young, who threw a record six touchdown passes in the game, was named MVP.
2000 - Karl Malone of the Utah Jazz becomes the third player in NBA history to score 30,000 career points, joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387) and Wilt Chamberlain (31,419).
2004 - Major League Baseball owners approved the $430 million sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers from News Corp. to Frank McCourt.
2016 - Two American endurance athletes, Daniel Cartica of Chicago and Becca Pizzi of Belmont, Massachusetts, won the World Marathon Challenge by completing seven marathons in seven days on seven continents.
2018 - Soccer star David Beckham announces the launch of a Major League Soccer expansion franchise in Miami.
2018 - The Cleveland Indians announce they will remove the Chief Wahoo logo from the uniforms in 2019.
1802 - John Beckley became the first Librarian of Congress. He was paid $2 a day.
1820 - Britain's King George III died at Windsor Castle at age 81; he was succeeded by his son, who became King George IV.
1843 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was born in Niles, Ohio.
1845 - Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" was published.
1850 - Henry Clay introduced the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Senate, a bill on slavery that included the admission of California to the Union as a free state.
1861 - Kansas became the 34th state.
1886 - Karl Benz received a patent for the first successful gasoline-powered car.
1919 - The ratification of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which launched Prohibition, was certified by Acting Secretary of State Frank L. Polk.
1963 - Poet Robert Frost died in Boston at age 88.
1975 - A bomb exploded inside the U.S. State Department in Washington, causing considerable damage, but injuring no one; the radical group Weather Underground claimed responsibility.
1979 - President Jimmy Carter welcomed Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping to the White House following the establishment of diplomatic relations.
1984 - President Ronald Reagan announced in a nationally broadcast message that he and Vice President George H.W. Bush would seek re-election in the fall.
1998 - A bomb exploded at an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Ala., killing an off-duty policeman and severely wounding a nurse. (The bomber, Eric Rudolph, was captured in May 2003 and is serving a life sentence.)
2002 - In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush labeled Iran, Iraq and North Korea as an "axis of evil".
2006 - ABC “World News Tonight” co-anchor Bob Woodruff and a cameraman were seriously injured in a roadside bombing in Iraq.
2009 - The Illinois Senate voted to remove Gov. Rod Blagojevich from office.
2016 - The Obama administration confirmed for the first time that Hillary Clinton’s home server contained closely guarded government secrets.
2020 - A charter flight evacuating 195 Americans, including diplomats and their families, left the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the new viral outbreak; they would undergo three days of testing and monitoring at a California military base. World health officials expressed concern that the virus was starting to spread between people outside China.
2020 - President Donald Trump’s lawyers asserted at his Senate trial that a trade of U.S. military aid for political favors – even if proven – could not be grounds for his impeachment.
Birthdays
22 - Madison Bailey (actress)
36 - Giovanna Fletcher (actress)
38 - Eric Paslay (country singer)
39 - Adam Lambert (singer)
41 - Jason James Richter (actor)
42 - Andrew Keegan (actor)
44 - Sam Jaeger (actor)
44 - Justin Hartley (actor)
46 - Kelly Packard (actress)
46 - Sara Gilbert (actress)
46 - Sharif Atkins (actor)
51 - Heather Graham (actress)
52 - Sam Trammell (actor)
53 - Edward Burns (actor)
59 - Nicholas Turturro (actor)
61 - Greg Louganis (diver)
63 - Judy Norton (actress)
64 - Diane Delano (actress)
65 - Irlene Mandrell (country singer)
67 - Terry Kinney (actor)
67 - Oprah Winfrey (talk show host)
68 - Charlie Wilson (singer)
71 - Ann Jillian (actress)
73 - Marc Singer (actor)
75 - Bettye LaVette (singer)
76 - Tom Selleck (actor)
81 - Katharine Ross (actress)
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Today in Sports History - January 29
1936 - Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson were elected as the first members of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
1963 - The first members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame were announced. The group included Sammy Baugh, Johnny Blood, Dutch Clark, Red Grange, Mel Hein Pete Henry, Cal Hubbard, Don Hutson, Bronko Nagurski, Ernie Nevers, Jim Thorpe, Bert Bell, Joe Carr, George Halas, Curly Lambeau, Tim Mara and George Preston Marshall.
1967 - Branch Rickey and Lloyd Waner are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1982 - Old Dominion defeats Louisiana Tech to snap their record 54-game winning streak in women's college basketball.
1985 - Jari Kurri of the Edmonton Oilers set an NHL record with his 100th point in just his 39th game of the season.
1989 - Major league owners vote to drop the official statistic of "game winning RBI" after nine years of use; Keith Hernandez of the New York Mets is the all-time leader with 129.
1995 - The San Francisco 49ers became the first team in NFL history to win five Super Bowl titles when they defeated the San Diego Chargers 49-26 to win Super Bowl XXIX in Miami. San Francisco quarterback Steve Young, who threw a record six touchdown passes in the game, was named MVP.
2000 - Karl Malone of the Utah Jazz becomes the third player in NBA history to score 30,000 career points, joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387) and Wilt Chamberlain (31,419).
2004 - Major League Baseball owners approved the $430 million sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers from News Corp. to Frank McCourt.
2016 - Two American endurance athletes, Daniel Cartica of Chicago and Becca Pizzi of Belmont, Massachusetts, won the World Marathon Challenge by completing seven marathons in seven days on seven continents.
2018 - Soccer star David Beckham announces the launch of a Major League Soccer expansion franchise in Miami.
2018 - The Cleveland Indians announce they will remove the Chief Wahoo logo from the uniforms in 2019.