January 29
What happened on this day:
1595 Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is first performed.
1845 The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe is published
1856 Queen Victoria institutes the Victoria Cross.
1886 Karl Benz patents the gasoline-driven automobile.
1929 The Seeing Eye Dog organization is formed.
1936 The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
1959 The movie Sleeping Beauty is released.
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Famous Birthdays:
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1843 William McKinley : 25th US President
1879 W. C. Fields : Movie Actor
1945 Tom Selleck : Movie Actor
1954 Oprah Winfrey : TV Talk Show Hostess
1960 Greg Louganis : US Olympic Diver
1970 Heather Graham : Movie Actress
1975 Sara Gilbert : Movie Actress
