| 1813 |
|
Jane
Austin publishes Pride and Prejudice. |
| 1861 |
|
Kansas
is admitted into the Union as the 34th state. |
| 1862 |
|
William
Quantrill and his Confederate raiders attack Danville, Kentucky.
Quantrill's last ride. |
| 1926 |
|
Violette
Neatley Anderson becomes the first African-American woman
admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. |
| 1944 |
|
The
world's greatest warship, Missouri, is launched. |
| 1950 |
|
Riots
break out in Johannesburg, South Africa, over the policy of
Apartheid. |
| 1967 |
|
Thirty-seven
civilians are killed by a U.S. helicopter attack in Vietnam. |
| 1979 |
|
President
Jimmy Carter commutes the sentence of Patty Hearst. |
| 1984 |
|
President
Ronald Reagan announces that he will run for a second term. |
| 1984 |
|
The
Soviets issue a formal complaint against alleged U.S. arms
treaty violations. |
| 1991 |
|
Iraqi
forces attack into Saudi Arabian town of Kafji, but are turned
back by Coalition forces.Lessons
learned. |
Born on January 29 |
| 1737 |
|
Thomas
Paine, political essayist (The Rights of Man, The Age
of Reason). |
| 1843 |
|
William
McKinley, 25th President of the United States. |
| 1880 |
|
W.C.
Fields, comedian and actor (David Copperfield, My
Little Chickadee). |
