All Events

Historical Events on January 29

  • Andrew Jackson

    1834

    US President Andrew Jackson orders first use of federal soldiers to suppress a labor dispute.

  • Kansas

    1861

    Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.

  • Liliuokalani

    1891

    Liliuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

  • World War I

    1916

    World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins.

  • World War II

    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.

  • Hippie

    1967

    The "ultimate high" of the hippie era, the Mantra-Rock Dance, takes place in San Francisco and features Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead, and Allen Ginsberg.

  • Gulf War

    1991

    Gulf War: The Battle of Khafji, the first major ground engagement of the war, as well as its deadliest, begins.

  • Indonesia

    2001

    Thousands of student protesters in Indonesia storm parliament and demand that President Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.

  • Guangzhou

    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.

All Births

Famous Birthdays on January 29

All Deaths

Famous Deaths on January 29

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