Historical Events In January - 29

1971  On January - 29 test debut of Dennis Keith Lillee, vs England at Adelaide   

1971  On this day in history test debut of Dennis Keith Lillee, v England at Adelaide   

1972  On January - 29 5th ABA All-Star Game: East 142 beats West 115 at Louisville   

1973  Johannes Paul Thilman, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history 27th NHL All-Star Game: West beat East 6-4 at Chicago   

1975  First Annual Comedy Awards of the Year hosted by Alan King on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history w I win Fifth Test against India to take exciting series 3-2   

1976  On this day in history zeiss planetarium in Hague destroyed by fire   

1976  On January - 29 michael Gwynn, actor (Dunkirk, Barabbas, Cleopatra), dies at 59   

1977  On this day in history e P "Buster" Nupen, cricketer (50 wickets for S Af, lost eye), dies   

1978  On January - 29 sweden is the first country to introduce a law banning the use of aerosol sprays harmful to the ozone layer   

1978  Tim McCoy, actor (Arizona Bound), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1979  Brenda Spencer kills 2, inspires Boomtown Rats "I Don't Like Mondays" on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping is welcomed to the White House by U.S. President Jimmy Carter Carter, as the two countries re-establish formal relations.   

1979  On January - 29 chinese vice-premier Deng Xiaoping visits Washington DC   

1979  President Carter commuted Patricia Hearst's 7 year sentence to 2 years on January - 29.   

1980  On this day in history 6 Iranian held US hostages escape with help of the Canadians   

1980  Antonio Molina composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history jimmy Durante New York City NY, singer/comedian (Ink-a-dink-a-doo, Palooka, The Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 86   

1980  Antonio Molina, composer, dies at 85 on January - 29.   

1981  Cozy Cole rocker (Topsy Part II), dies on January - 29.   

1981  On January - 29 cozy Cole, rocker (Topsy Part II), dies   

1983  On this day in history "Down Under" by Men At Work hit #1 on UK pop chart   

1983  40th Golden Globes Gandhi, ET &Tootsie win on January - 29.   

1984  On this day in history actress Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman) marries Robert Altman   

1984  On this day in history frances Goodrich (Diary of Anne Frank), dies from lung cancer at 93   

1984  President Reagan formally announces he will seek a 2nd term on January - 29.   

1984  On January - 29 space Shuttle 41-B (STS-11) Challenger launched   

1984  Frances Goodrich, (Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 93 of lung cancer on January - 29.   

1985  Jari Kurri of Edmonton Oilers scores 100th point of season in game 39 on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history new Brunswick Premier Richard Hatfield found not guilty of possession of marijuana, claims it was planted?   

1986  193.8 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange on January - 29.   

1986  On January - 29 leif Erickson actor (John-High Chaparral), dies at 74   

1986  Scientists in Nova Scotia report the largest fossil find in North America 100,000 pieces of bone belonging to dinosaurs, reptiles and fish on this day in history.   

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1584  On this day in history birth of frederik Hendrik, count of Nassau/Prince of Orange   

1632  On this day in history birth of johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic (d. 1703)   

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

1689  On January - 29 birth of hubert K Poot, Dutch poet   

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

1703  Carlmann Kolb, composer was born on January - 29.   

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 January - 29 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  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 this day in history death of frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1557)   

1647  Death of Francis Meres, English writer (b. 1565) on January - 29.   

1663  On January - 29 robert Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln (1660-63), dies