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  • 29th January, 1845
    Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven" is published in the New York Evening Mirror.
  • 29th January, 1856
    The Victoria Cross is established to recognize bravery of British and Commonwealth forces.
  • 29th January, 1861
    Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
  • 29th January, 1886
    Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
  • 29th January, 1891
    Liliuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
  • 29th January, 1936
    The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame, including Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, are named.
  • 29th January, 1959
    Walt Disney's animated film "Sleeping Beauty" is released.
  • 29th January, 1963
    The first members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame are announced.
  • 29th January, 1964
    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, directed by Stanley Kubrick, premieres.
  • 29th January, 1979
    Brenda Ann Spencer carries out a shooting spree at a San Diego elementary school.
  • 29th January, 1981
    British television series "Yes Minister" written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn premieres on BBC Two.
  • 29th January, 1985
    The charity single "We Are the World" by USA for Africa is recorded at A&M Studios in Los Angeles.
  • 29th January, 1988
    The Midwest United States is hit by a record-breaking cold wave.
  • 29th January, 1995
    Super Bowl XXIX: The San Francisco 49ers defeat the San Diego Chargers at Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami, Florida.
  • 29th January, 2002
    In his State of the Union Address, President George W. Bush describes "regimes that sponsor terror" as an Axis of Evil.
  • 29th January, 2005
    The first direct commercial flights from mainland China to Taiwan since 1949 arrive in Taipei.
  • 29th January, 2009
    Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is removed from office following his arrest on federal corruption charges.
  • 29th January, 2013
    BlackBerry 10 is officially released by the BlackBerry company.
  • 29th January, 2015
    Malaysia officially declares the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 an accident.
  • 29th January, 2019
    The United Arab Emirates' "Hope" spacecraft enters orbit around Mars, making it the first Arab interplanetary mission.

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