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What Happened on January 29th This Day in History

Year	Name
2020	COVID-19 pandemic: The Trump administration establishes the White House Coronavirus Task Force under Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar.
2017	Alexandre Bissonnette opens fire at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City, killing six and wounding 19 others in a spree shooting.
2014	Rojava conflict: The Afrin Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.
2013	SCAT Airlines Flight 760 crashes near the Kazakh city of Almaty, killing 21 people.
2009	The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt rules that people who do not adhere to one of the three government-recognised religions, while not allowed to list any belief outside of those three, are still eligible to receive government identity documents.
2009	Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich is removed from office following his conviction of several corruption charges, including the alleged solicitation of personal benefit in exchange for an appointment to the United States Senate as a replacement for then-U.S. president-elect Barack Obama.
2005	The first direct commercial flights from mainland China (from Guangzhou) to Taiwan since 1949 arrived in Taipei. Shortly afterwards, a China Airlines flight lands in Beijing.
2002	In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush describes "regimes that sponsor terror" as an Axis of evil, in which he includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea.
2001	Thousands of student protesters in Indonesia storm parliament and demand that President Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.
1996	President Jacques Chirac announces a "definitive end" to French nuclear weapons testing.
1991	Gulf War: The Battle of Khafji, the first major ground engagement of the war, as well as its deadliest, begins between Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
1989	Cold War: Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea, making it the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so.
1983	Singapore cable car crash: Panamanian-registered oil rig, Eniwetok, strikes the cables of the Singapore Cable Car system linking the mainland and Sentosa Island, causing two cabins to fall into the water and killing seven people and leaving thirteen others trapped for hours.
1980	The Rubik's Cube makes its international debut at the Ideal Toy Corp. in Earl's Court, London.
1973	EgyptAir Flight 741 crashes into the Kyrenia Mountains in Cyprus, killing 37 people.
1963	The first inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame are announced.
1959	The first Melodifestivalen is held in Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden.
1944	World War II: Approximately 38 people are killed and about a dozen injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy (present-day Kaniūkai, Lithuania) is attacked by Soviet partisan units.
1944	In Bologna, Italy, the Anatomical theatre of the Archiginnasio is completely destroyed in an air-raid, during the Second World War.
1943	World War II: The first day of the Battle of Rennell Island, USS Chicago (CA-29) is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers.
1940	Three trains on the Nishinari Line; present Sakurajima Line, in Osaka, Japan, collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station. One hundred and eighty-one people are killed.
1936	The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
1918	Ukrainian–Soviet War: The Bolshevik Red Army, on its way to besiege Kyiv, is met by a small group of military students at the Battle of Kruty.
1918	Ukrainian–Soviet War: An armed uprising organized by the Bolsheviks in anticipation of the encroaching Red Army begins at the Kiev Arsenal, which will be put down six days later.
1911	Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911.
1907	Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
1891	Liliʻuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
1886	Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
1863	The Bear River Massacre: A detachment of California Volunteers led by Colonel Patrick Edward Connor engage the Shoshone at Bear River, Washington Territory, killing hundreds of men, women and children.
1861	Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
1856	Queen Victoria issues a Warrant under the Royal sign-manual that establishes the Victoria Cross to recognise acts of valour by British military personnel during the Crimean War.
1850	Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress.
1845	"The Raven" is published in The Evening Mirror in New York, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe.
1819	Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore.
1814	War of the Sixth Coalition: France defeats Russia and Prussia in the Battle of Brienne.
946	Caliph Al-Mustakfi is blinded and deposed by Emir Mu'izz al-Dawla, ruler of the Buyid Empire. He is succeeded by Al-Muti as caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate.
904	Sergius III is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher.

Famous People Born on January 29

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Year	Name
1962	Lee Terry, American politician and lawyer
1946	Geater Davis, American singer and songwriter (d. 1984)
1972	Brian Wood, American writer, illustrator and graphic designer
1981	Jonny Lang, American singer, songwriter and guitarist
1943	Tony Blackburn, English radio and television host
1810	Ernst Kummer, Polish-German mathematician and academic (d. 1893)
1888	Sydney Chapman, English mathematician and geophysicist (d. 1970)
1939	Jeanne Lee, American jazz singer, poet and composer (d. 2000)
1957	Ron Franscell, American author and journalist
1962	Gauri Lankesh, Indian journalist and activist (d. 2017)

Famous People Deaths On January 29

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Date	Name
1678	Jerónimo Lobo, Portuguese missionary and author (b. 1593)
1993	Adetokunbo Ademola, Nigerian lawyer and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of Nigeria (b. 1906)
2015	Colleen McCullough, Australian neuroscientist, author, and academic (b. 1937)
1737	George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, Scottish-English field marshal and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1666)
1647	Francis Meres, English priest and author (b. 1565)
1965	Jack Hylton, English pianist, composer, band leader and impresario (b. 1892)
1928	Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish field marshal (b. 1861)
757	An Lushan, Chinese general (b. 703)
1980	Jimmy Durante, American entertainer (b. 1893)
1910	Édouard Rod, French-Swiss novelist (b. 1857)