Page 7: Historical Events In January - 29

1959  On January - 29 walt Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" released   

1960  On January - 29 louis Jean Heydt, actor (Joe-Waterfront), dies at 54   

1961  US female Figure Skating championship won by Laurence Owen on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history uS male Figure Skating championship won by Bradley Lord   

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

1963  On this day in history jim Thorpe, Red Grange &George Halas elected to football hall of fame   

1963  Poet Robert Frost dies in Boston at age 88 on this day in history.   

1963  On January - 29 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1964  On January - 29 stanley Kubrick's"Dr Strangelove," premieres   

1964  Unmanned Apollo 1 Saturn launcher test attains Earth orbit on this day in history.   

1964  On January - 29 alan Ladd, actor (Shane), dies at 50 in Palm Springs Calif   

1965  John Larkin, actor (Saints & Sinners, 12 O'Clock High), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

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

1966  Snow storm in north east US kills 165 on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming   

1966  On this day in history uS male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1969  Britain refused entry into the European Economic Community on January - 29.   

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

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

1969  Jimi Hendrix & Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars on this day in history.   

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

1970  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR on January - 29.   

1970  On this day in history basil H Liddell Hart, English military historian, dies at 74   

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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 January - 29.   

1689  Hubert K Poot, Dutch poet was born on January - 29.   

1700  Daniel Bernoulli, Basel Switz, mathematician (10 time French award) was born on January - 29.   

1703  On this day in history birth of carlmann Kolb, composer   

1711  On this day in history birth of giuseppi Bonno, composer   

1715  Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian (court)composer/pianist was born on January - 29.   

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

1240  Death of Pelagio Galvani, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (b. va. 1165) on January - 29.   

1342  On January - 29 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  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  On this day in history robert Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln (1660-63), dies