Historical Events In January - 29

1959  On this day in history walt Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" released   

1960  Louis Jean Heydt, actor (Joe-Waterfront), dies at 54 on January - 29.   

1961  On January - 29 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Laurence Owen   

1961  US male Figure Skating championship won by Bradley Lord on January - 29.   

1962  Fritz Kreisler, Austria/US violinist/composer, dies at 86 on January - 29.   

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

1963  On this day in history poet Robert Frost dies in Boston at age 88.   

1963  On this day in history the first inductees to the Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, are revealed. They include Earl Lambeau, Earl (Dutch) Clark, and Sammy Baugh.   

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

1963  On this day in history robert Lee Frost, US poet (New Hampshire, 4 Pulitzers), dies at 88   

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 this day in history.   

1964  Stanley Kubrick's"Dr Strangelove," premieres on January - 29.   

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 this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history 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  On this day in history snow storm in north east US kills 165   

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

1966  US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen on January - 29.   

1966  On this day in history "Sweet Charity" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 608 performances   

1966  On this day in history josef Winckler, German dentist/writer (Tolle Bomberg), dies at 84   

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

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

1967  On January - 29 wlodzimierz Pozniak, composer, dies at 62   

1968  On January - 29 nauru adopts constitution   

1968  On January - 29 laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer (Test for India), dies   

1969  Britain refused entry into the European Economic Community on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history jimi Hendrix &Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars   

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

1969  On this day in history jimi Hendrix & Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars   

1970  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR on this day in history.   

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  Frederik Hendrik, count of Nassau/Prince of Orange was born on this day in history.   

1632  Johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic (d. 1703) was born on January - 29.   

1688  Emmanuel Swedenborg, Sweden, religious leader (Angelic Wisdom) was born on this day in history.   

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

1700  On this day in history birth of daniel Bernoulli, Basel Switz, mathematician (10 time French award)   

1703  On January - 29 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 January - 29.   

0969  Peter, tsar of Bulgaria (927-69), dies on this day in history.   

1240  On January - 29 death of pelagio Galvani, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (b. va. 1165)   

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

1559  On this day in history thomas Pope, English politician, benefactor, dies at about 52   

1597  Death of Elias Ammerbach, German organist (b. 1530) on January - 29.   

1608  Death of Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1557) on this day in history.   

1647  Death of Francis Meres, English writer (b. 1565) on this day in history.   

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