Historical Events In January - 29

1959  On this day in history walt Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" released   

1960  On this day in history louis Jean Heydt, actor (Joe-Waterfront), dies at 54   

1961  On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Laurence Owen   

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

1962  On January - 29 fritz Kreisler, Austria/US violinist/composer, dies at 86   

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

1963  Robert Lee Frost, US poet (New Hampshire, 4 Pulitzers), dies at 88 on January - 29.   

1964  9th Winter Olympic games open in Innsbruck, Austria on January - 29.   

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

1964  Stanley Kubrick's"Dr Strangelove," premieres on this day in history.   

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

1964  Alan Ladd, actor (Shane), dies at 50 in Palm Springs Calif on January - 29.   

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

1966  On January - 29 josef Winckler, German dentist/writer (Tolle Bomberg), dies at 84   

1967  In Ottawa Terrorists bomb Yugoslav Embassy in Ottawa and Consulate in Toronto on January - 29.   

1967  "Let's Sing Yiddish" closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 107 perfs on January - 29.   

1967  Wlodzimierz Pozniak, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1968  Nauru adopts constitution on this day in history.   

1968  Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer (Test for India), dies on January - 29.   

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

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

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  On January - 29 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR   

1970  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.   

1970  Basil H Liddell Hart, English military historian, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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1584  On January - 29 birth of frederik Hendrik, count of Nassau/Prince of Orange   

1632  On this day in history birth of johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic (d. 1703)   

1688  Emmanuel Swedenborg, Sweden, religious leader (Angelic Wisdom) was born on this day in history.   

1689  Hubert K Poot, Dutch poet was born on this day in history.   

1700  On January - 29 birth of daniel Bernoulli, Basel Switz, mathematician (10 time French award)   

1703  Carlmann Kolb, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On January - 29 peter, tsar of Bulgaria (927-69), dies   

1240  On January - 29 death of pelagio Galvani, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (b. va. 1165)   

1342  Death of Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1279) on this day in history.   

1559  On January - 29 thomas Pope, English politician, benefactor, dies at about 52   

1597  On January - 29 death of elias Ammerbach, German organist (b. 1530)   

1608  Death of Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1557) on this day in history.   

1647  On this day in history death of francis Meres, English writer (b. 1565)   

1663  Robert Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln (1660-63), dies on January - 29.