January 29
1802 - John Beckley became the first Librarian of Congress. He was paid a salary of $2 a day.
1820 - Britain's King George III died at Windsor Castle at age 81; he was succeeded by his son, who became King George IV.
1846 - Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" was published.
1850 - Henry Clay introduced the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Senate.
1861 - Kansas became the 34th state.
1886 - Karl Benz received a patent for the first successful gasoline-powered car.
1919 - The ratification of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, establishing the prohibition of alcohol, was certified by Secretary of State Frank L. Polk.
1929 - The Seeing Eye, a New Jersey-based school which trains guide dogs to assist the blind, was incorporated by Dorothy Harrison Eustis and Morris Frank.
1963 - Poet Robert Frost died in Boston at age 88.
1979 - President Jimmy Carter formally welcomed Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping to the White House, following the establishment of diplomatic relations.
1984 - President Ronald Reagan announced in a nationally broadcast message that he and Vice President George H.W. Bush would seek reelection in the fall.
1998 - A bomb rocked an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Alabama, killing security guard Robert Sanderson and critically injuring nurse Emily Lyons. (The bomber, Eric Rudolph, was captured in May 2003 and is serving a life sentence.)
2002 - In his first State of the Union address, President George W. Bush labeled Iran, Iraq and North Korea as an "Axis of Evil."
2013 - The Justice Department ended its criminal probe of the Deepwater Horizon disaster and Gulf of Mexico oil spill, with a U.S. judge agreeing to let London-based oil giant BP PLC plead guilty to manslaughter charges for the deaths of 11 rig workers and pay a record $4 billion in penalties.
2017 - Six people were killed in a shooting at a Quebec City mosque during evening prayers. (Alexandre Bissonnette, who was arrested nearby, pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder charges and was sentenced to life in prison.)
Birthdays
25 - Madison Bailey (actress)
31 - Lewis Pullman (actor)
41 - Eric Paslay (singer)
42 - Adam Lambert (singer)
44 - Jason James Richter (actor)
45 - Andrew Keegan (actor)
47 - Sam Jaeger (actor)
47 - Justin Hartley (actor)
49 - Kelly Packard (actress)
49 - Sara Gilbert (actress)
54 - Heather Graham (actress)
55 - Sam Trammell (actor)
56 - Edward Burns (actor)
62 - Nicholas Turturro (actor)
64 - Greg Louganis (diver)
66 - Judy Norton (actress)
67 - Diane Delano (actress)
70 - Oprah Winfrey (Talk show host)
71 - Charlie Wilson (singer)
74 - Ann Jillian (actress)
76 - Marc Singer (actor)
79 - Tom Selleck (actor)
84 - Katharine Ross (actress)
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Today in Sports History - January 29
1900 - The American League was organized with teams in Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee and Minneapolis.
1936 - Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson were the inducted as the first class into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
1963 - The first members to the NFL's Hall of Fame were named in Canton, Ohio. The list included Sammy Baugh, Johnny Blood, Dutch Clark, Red Grange, Mel Hein, Pete Henry, Cal Hubbard, Don Hutson, Bronko Nagurski, Ernie Nevers, Jim Thorpe, Bert Bell, Joe Carr, George Halas, Curly Lambeau, Tim Mara, and George Preston Marshall.
1967 - Branch Rickey and Lloyd Waner are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1985 - Jari Kurri (Edmonton Oilers) set an NHL record when he scored his 100th point in the 39th game of the season.
1989 - Major League Baseball drops "Game Winning RBI" as an official statistic after nine years of use; Keith Hernandez of the New York Mets is the all-time leader with 129.
1995 - The San Francisco 49ers became the first team in NFL history to win five Super Bowl titles, defeating the San Diego Chargers 49-26 in Super Bowl XXIX.
2000 - Karl Malone joins Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Wilt Chamberlain as only the third player in NBA history to score 30,000 career points.
2004 - Major League Baseball owners approved the $430 million sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers from News Corp. to Frank McCourt.
2007 - Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro was euthanized because of medical complications eight months after his gruesome breakdown at the Preakness Stakes.
2018 - The Cleveland Indians announced that they would remove the Chief Wahoo logo from their uniforms in the coming baseball season, after decades of protests and complaints that the grinning, red-faced caricature was racist. (The Indians changed their name to the Guardians starting in the 2022 season.)
1802 - John Beckley became the first Librarian of Congress. He was paid a salary of $2 a day.
1820 - Britain's King George III died at Windsor Castle at age 81; he was succeeded by his son, who became King George IV.
1846 - Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" was published.
1850 - Henry Clay introduced the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Senate.
1861 - Kansas became the 34th state.
1886 - Karl Benz received a patent for the first successful gasoline-powered car.
1919 - The ratification of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, establishing the prohibition of alcohol, was certified by Secretary of State Frank L. Polk.
1929 - The Seeing Eye, a New Jersey-based school which trains guide dogs to assist the blind, was incorporated by Dorothy Harrison Eustis and Morris Frank.
1963 - Poet Robert Frost died in Boston at age 88.
1979 - President Jimmy Carter formally welcomed Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping to the White House, following the establishment of diplomatic relations.
1984 - President Ronald Reagan announced in a nationally broadcast message that he and Vice President George H.W. Bush would seek reelection in the fall.
1998 - A bomb rocked an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Alabama, killing security guard Robert Sanderson and critically injuring nurse Emily Lyons. (The bomber, Eric Rudolph, was captured in May 2003 and is serving a life sentence.)
2002 - In his first State of the Union address, President George W. Bush labeled Iran, Iraq and North Korea as an "Axis of Evil."
2013 - The Justice Department ended its criminal probe of the Deepwater Horizon disaster and Gulf of Mexico oil spill, with a U.S. judge agreeing to let London-based oil giant BP PLC plead guilty to manslaughter charges for the deaths of 11 rig workers and pay a record $4 billion in penalties.
2017 - Six people were killed in a shooting at a Quebec City mosque during evening prayers. (Alexandre Bissonnette, who was arrested nearby, pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder charges and was sentenced to life in prison.)
Birthdays
25 - Madison Bailey (actress)
31 - Lewis Pullman (actor)
41 - Eric Paslay (singer)
42 - Adam Lambert (singer)
44 - Jason James Richter (actor)
45 - Andrew Keegan (actor)
47 - Sam Jaeger (actor)
47 - Justin Hartley (actor)
49 - Kelly Packard (actress)
49 - Sara Gilbert (actress)
54 - Heather Graham (actress)
55 - Sam Trammell (actor)
56 - Edward Burns (actor)
62 - Nicholas Turturro (actor)
64 - Greg Louganis (diver)
66 - Judy Norton (actress)
67 - Diane Delano (actress)
70 - Oprah Winfrey (Talk show host)
71 - Charlie Wilson (singer)
74 - Ann Jillian (actress)
76 - Marc Singer (actor)
79 - Tom Selleck (actor)
84 - Katharine Ross (actress)
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Today in Sports History - January 29
1900 - The American League was organized with teams in Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee and Minneapolis.
1936 - Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson were the inducted as the first class into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
1963 - The first members to the NFL's Hall of Fame were named in Canton, Ohio. The list included Sammy Baugh, Johnny Blood, Dutch Clark, Red Grange, Mel Hein, Pete Henry, Cal Hubbard, Don Hutson, Bronko Nagurski, Ernie Nevers, Jim Thorpe, Bert Bell, Joe Carr, George Halas, Curly Lambeau, Tim Mara, and George Preston Marshall.
1967 - Branch Rickey and Lloyd Waner are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1985 - Jari Kurri (Edmonton Oilers) set an NHL record when he scored his 100th point in the 39th game of the season.
1989 - Major League Baseball drops "Game Winning RBI" as an official statistic after nine years of use; Keith Hernandez of the New York Mets is the all-time leader with 129.
1995 - The San Francisco 49ers became the first team in NFL history to win five Super Bowl titles, defeating the San Diego Chargers 49-26 in Super Bowl XXIX.
2000 - Karl Malone joins Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Wilt Chamberlain as only the third player in NBA history to score 30,000 career points.
2004 - Major League Baseball owners approved the $430 million sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers from News Corp. to Frank McCourt.
2007 - Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro was euthanized because of medical complications eight months after his gruesome breakdown at the Preakness Stakes.
2018 - The Cleveland Indians announced that they would remove the Chief Wahoo logo from their uniforms in the coming baseball season, after decades of protests and complaints that the grinning, red-faced caricature was racist. (The Indians changed their name to the Guardians starting in the 2022 season.)
