January 29
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January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 336 days remaining until the end of the year (337 in leap years).
[change] Events
- 1861 - Kansas becomes the 34th state to join the United States.
- 1964 - The movie Dr. Strangelove is first shown.
- 2002 - US President George W. Bush first used the term "Axis of Evil" in his State of the Union speech to describe the governments of Iraq, Iran, and North Korea.
[change] Births
- 1843 - William McKinley, 25th President of the United States (d. 1901)
- 1860 - Anton Chekhov, Russian writer (d. 1904)
- 1867 - Vicente Blasco Ibañez, Spanish writer (d. 1928)
- 1880 - WC Fields, American actor (d. 1946)
- 1887 - Wellington Koo, Chinese diplomat (d. 1985)
- 1926 - Franco Cerri, Italian jazz guitarist
- 1926 - Abdus Salam, Pakistani Nobel Prize in Physics winner (d. 1996
- 1945 - Tom Selleck, American actor
- 1950 - Jody Scheckter, South African racecar driver
- 1954 - Oprah Winfrey, American television host and businesswoman
- 1970 - Heather Graham, American actress
