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 January - 29.   

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 January - 29.   

1962  Fritz Kreisler, Austria/US violinist/composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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

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

1963  On January - 29 robert Lee Frost, US poet (New Hampshire, 4 Pulitzers), dies at 88   

1964  On this day in history 9th Winter Olympic games open in Innsbruck, Austria   

1964  Beatles record in German "Komm, Gib Mir Diene Hand" &"Sie Leibt Dich" on January - 29.   

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  John Larkin, actor (Saints & Sinners, 12 O'Clock High), dies at 52 on January - 29.   

1966  Lawry &Simpson complete 244 opening stand vs England, Adelaide on January - 29.   

1966  Snow storm in north east US kills 165 on January - 29.   

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  "Sweet Charity" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 608 performances on January - 29.   

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

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

1968  On January - 29 nauru adopts constitution   

1968  On this day in history laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer (Test for India), dies   

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

1969  Jimi Hendrix &Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars on January - 29.   

1969  On this day in history sheahan &Connolly hang on for exciting draw Australia vs West Indies   

1969  On January - 29 jimi Hendrix & Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars   

1970  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR on January - 29.   

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 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 this day in history.   

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

1703  On January - 29 birth of carlmann Kolb, composer   

1711  Giuseppi Bonno, composer was born on this day in history.   

1715  Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian (court)composer/pianist was born on this day in history.   

0969  Peter, tsar of Bulgaria (927-69), dies on January - 29.   

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