Page 7: 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  US male Figure Skating championship won by Bradley Lord on this day in history.   

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  Poet Robert Frost dies in Boston at age 88 on this day in history.   

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  Robert Lee Frost, US poet (New Hampshire, 4 Pulitzers), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1964  On January - 29 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  Stanley Kubrick's"Dr Strangelove," premieres on this day in history.   

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

1964  On January - 29 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  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  On this day in history uS male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen   

1966  On January - 29 "Sweet Charity" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 608 performances   

1966  Josef Winckler, German dentist/writer (Tolle Bomberg), dies at 84 on January - 29.   

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

1967  On January - 29 "Let's Sing Yiddish" closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 107 perfs   

1967  Wlodzimierz Pozniak, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1968  Nauru adopts constitution on January - 29.   

1968  Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer (Test for India), dies on January - 29.   

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

1969  On January - 29 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 January - 29 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 January - 29 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1970  Basil H Liddell Hart, English military historian, dies at 74 on January - 29.   

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

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  On January - 29 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 this day in history.   

1715  On January - 29 birth of georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian (court)composer/pianist   

0969  On this day in history peter, tsar of Bulgaria (927-69), dies   

1240  On this day in history 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  On January - 29 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 January - 29.   

1647  On January - 29 death of francis Meres, English writer (b. 1565)   

1663  Robert Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln (1660-63), dies on January - 29.