What Happened On January 29

10 odd things that happened on January 29

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  1886 First ever

  Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.

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  1891 Oddly true

  Liliʻuokalani, the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Hawaiian Kingdom, ascended the throne.

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  1845 First ever

  American poet Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" appeared in The Evening Mirror as the newspaper's first publication attributed to Poe.

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  904 Oddly true

  Sergius III returned from exile to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher.

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• 1971 Weird

  The last of its many UFO sightings is made at Pudasjärvi, Finland.

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  1891 Oddly true

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

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  1845 First ever

  "The Raven" is published in The Evening Mirror in New York, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe.

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  Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

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  904 Oddly true

  Sergius III is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher.

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  2006 First ever

  India's Irfan Pathan became the first bowler to take a Test cricket hat-trick in the opening over of a match.

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  1991 First ever

  The first major ground engagement of the Gulf War began with the Iraqi invasion of Khafji, Saudi Arabia, recaptured three days later by Coalition forces.

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Observed today

• Christian feast day: Aphrahat
• Christian feast day: Gildas
• Christian feast day: Sabinian of Troyes
• Christian feast day: Sulpitius I of Bourges
• Christian feast day: Blessed Villana de' Botti
• Christian feast day: January 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Earliest day on which Fat Thursday can fall, while March 4 is the latest; celebrated on Thursday before Ash Wednesday. (Christianity)
• Kansas Day (Kansas, United States)

• 2025American Eagle Flight 5342 collided mid-air with a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk operated by the United States Army and crashed into the Potomac River, killing all 67 people on board both aircraft. Wikipedia →
• 2025A chartered Beechcraft 1900 crashes near the Unity oilfield in South Sudan, killing 20 people. Wikipedia →
• 2022Canadian truck drivers and pedestrians gathered to rally and protest on Parliament Hill against Canadian COVID-19 restrictions, which caused traffic and closures around the city. Wikipedia →
• 2020A plinth breaks between Coral Edge and Riviera in Singapore, Coral Edge closes one platform. Wikipedia →
• 2017A gunman opens fire at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City, killing six people and wounding 19 others in a spree shooting. Wikipedia →
• 2014Rojava conflict: The Afrin Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic. Wikipedia →
• 2013SCAT Airlines Flight 760 crashes near the Kazakh city of Almaty, killing 21 people. Wikipedia →
• 2009Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich is removed from office following his conviction of several corruption charges, including 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. Wikipedia →
• 2008An Egyptian court 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. Wikipedia →
• 2005The 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. Wikipedia →
• 2002In 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. Wikipedia →
• 2001Thousands of student protesters in Indonesia storm parliament and demand that President Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals. Wikipedia →
• 1996President Jacques Chirac announces a "definitive end" to French nuclear weapons testing. Wikipedia →
• 1991Gulf War: The Battle of Khafji, the first major ground engagement of the war, as well as its deadliest, begins between Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Wikipedia →
• 1989Cold War: Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea, making it the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so. Wikipedia →
• 1983Singapore 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. Wikipedia →
• 1973EgyptAir Flight 741 crashes into the Kyrenia Mountains in Cyprus, killing 37 people. Wikipedia →
• 1971The last of its many UFO sightings is made at Pudasjärvi, Finland. Wikipedia →
• 1959The first Melodifestivalen is held at Cirkus in Stockholm, Sweden. Wikipedia →
• 1944World 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. Wikipedia →
• 1944World War II: In Bologna, Italy, the Anatomical theatre of the Archiginnasio is completely destroyed in an air-raid. Wikipedia →
• 1943World War II: The first day of the Battle of Rennell Island, USS Chicago (CA-29) is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers. Wikipedia →
• 1940Three 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. Wikipedia →
• 1936The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced. Wikipedia →
• 1918Ukrainian–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. Wikipedia →
• 1918Ukrainian–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. Wikipedia →
• 1911Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911. Wikipedia →
• 1907Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator. Wikipedia →
• 1891Liliʻuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Wikipedia →
• 1886Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile. Wikipedia →
• 1863The 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. Wikipedia →
• 1861Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state. Wikipedia →
• 1856Queen 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. Wikipedia →
• 1850Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress. Wikipedia →
• 1845"The Raven" is published in The Evening Mirror in New York, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe. Wikipedia →
• 1819Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore. Wikipedia →
• 1814War of the Sixth Coalition: France engages Russia and Prussia in the Battle of Brienne. Wikipedia →
• 946Caliph al-Mustakfi is blinded and deposed by Mu'izz al-Dawla, ruler of the Buyid Empire. He is succeeded by al-Muti as caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate. Wikipedia →
• 904Sergius III is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher. Wikipedia →