January 29
1802 - John Beckley became the first Librarian of Congress; he was paid $2 a day.
1845 - 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.
1891 - Following the death of her brother Kalakaua, Lili'uokalani was sworn in as the first and only queen of the Hawaiian Kingdom. (Her reign would end two years later when the Hawaiian monarchy was abolished following a U.S. military-supported coup.)
1963 - Poet Robert Frost died in Boston.
1979 - President Jimmy Carter formally welcomed Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping to the White House, following the establishment of diplomatic relations.
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 State of the Union address, President George W. Bush labels 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 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.
Birthdays
26 - Madison Bailey (actress)
40 - Giovanna Fletcher (actress)
43 - Adam Lambert (singer)
48 - Justin Hartley (actor)
50 - Sara Gilbert (actress)
55 - Heather Graham (actress)
57 - Edward Burns (actor)
60 - Dominik Hasek (hockey player)
61 - Andre Reed (football player)
63 - Nicholas Turturro (actor)
65 - Greg Louganis (diver)
71 - Oprah Winfrey (TV host)
72 - Charlie Wilson (singer)
80 - Tom Selleck (actor)
85 - Katharine Ross (actress)
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Today in Sports History - January 29
1936 - Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson were the first players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
1963 - The first members to the NFL's Hall of Fame were named in Canton, OH. 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.
1989 - Major League Baseball discontinues the official statistic of "Game Winning RBI" 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 after defeating the San Diego Chargers 49-26 to win Super Bowl XXIX.
2000 - Karl Malone of the Utah Jazz becomes the third player in NBA history to score 30,000 career points, joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Wilt Chamberlain.
2004 - Major League Baseball owners approved the $430 million sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers from News Corp. to Frank McCourt.
2018 - The Cleveland Indians announced that they would remove the "Chief Wahoo" logo from their uniforms in the upcoming season, after decades of protests and complaints that the grinning, red-faced caricature was racist. (The team would change its name from Indians to Guardians starting in the 2022 season.)
1802 - John Beckley became the first Librarian of Congress; he was paid $2 a day.
1845 - 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.
1891 - Following the death of her brother Kalakaua, Lili'uokalani was sworn in as the first and only queen of the Hawaiian Kingdom. (Her reign would end two years later when the Hawaiian monarchy was abolished following a U.S. military-supported coup.)
1963 - Poet Robert Frost died in Boston.
1979 - President Jimmy Carter formally welcomed Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping to the White House, following the establishment of diplomatic relations.
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 State of the Union address, President George W. Bush labels 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 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.
Birthdays
26 - Madison Bailey (actress)
40 - Giovanna Fletcher (actress)
43 - Adam Lambert (singer)
48 - Justin Hartley (actor)
50 - Sara Gilbert (actress)
55 - Heather Graham (actress)
57 - Edward Burns (actor)
60 - Dominik Hasek (hockey player)
61 - Andre Reed (football player)
63 - Nicholas Turturro (actor)
65 - Greg Louganis (diver)
71 - Oprah Winfrey (TV host)
72 - Charlie Wilson (singer)
80 - Tom Selleck (actor)
85 - Katharine Ross (actress)
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Today in Sports History - January 29
1936 - Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson were the first players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
1963 - The first members to the NFL's Hall of Fame were named in Canton, OH. 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.
1989 - Major League Baseball discontinues the official statistic of "Game Winning RBI" 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 after defeating the San Diego Chargers 49-26 to win Super Bowl XXIX.
2000 - Karl Malone of the Utah Jazz becomes the third player in NBA history to score 30,000 career points, joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Wilt Chamberlain.
2004 - Major League Baseball owners approved the $430 million sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers from News Corp. to Frank McCourt.
2018 - The Cleveland Indians announced that they would remove the "Chief Wahoo" logo from their uniforms in the upcoming season, after decades of protests and complaints that the grinning, red-faced caricature was racist. (The team would change its name from Indians to Guardians starting in the 2022 season.)
