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29 January, 2006
Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is sworn in as the Emir of Kuwait.
29 January, 2005
The first direct commercial flights from the mainland China (from Guangzhou) to Taiwan since 1949 arrived in Taipei. Shortly afterwards, a China Airlines carrier landed in Beijing.
29 January, 2004
Cannabis and cannabis resin downgraded from Class B in United Kingdom
29 January, 2002
In his State of the Union Address, United States President George W. Bush describes "regimes that sponsor terror" as an Axis of Evil, in which he includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea.
29 January, 2001
Thousands of student protesters in Indonesia storm parliament and demand that President Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.
29 January, 1998
In Birmingham, Alabama, a bomb explodes at an abortion clinic, killing one and severely wounding another. Serial bomber Eric Robert Rudolph is suspected as the culprit.
29 January, 1996
President Jacques Chirac announces a "definitive end" to French nuclear testing.
29 January, 1996
La Fenice, Venices opera house, is destroyed by fire.
29 January, 1995
Super Bowl XXIX: The San Francisco 49ers defeat the San Diego Chargers 49-26 and become the first NFL team to win five Super Bowl titles.
29 January, 1989
Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea, making them the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so
29 January, 1979
Brenda Ann Spencer opens fire at the Cleveland Elementary School playground in San Diego, California, killing two adults and wounding eight children and one police officer.
29 January, 1978
Sweden outlaws aerosol sprays due to their harmful effect on the ozone layer, becoming the first nation to enact such a ban.
29 January, 1966
The first of 608 performances of Sweet Charity opens at the Palace Theatre, New York.
29 January, 1963
First inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame are announced.
29 January, 1959
Sleeping Beauty, an animated feature produced by Walt Disney based upon a fairy tale, is released.
29 January, 1944
USS Missouri the last battleship commissioned by the US Navy is launched.
29 January, 1944
World War II: The Battle of Cisterna takes place in central Italy.
29 January, 1944
World War II: About 38 men, women, and children die in the Koniuchy massacre in Poland.
29 January, 1944
In Bologna, Italy, the Anatomical Theatre of the Archiginnasio is destroyed in an air-raid bombing
29 January, 1943
The first day of the Battle of Rennell Island, U.S. cruiser Chicago is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers.
29 January, 1940
Three gasoline multiple units carrying factory workers crash and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi station, Yumesaki Line (Nishinari Line), Osaka, Japan, killing at least 181 people and injuring at least 92.
29 January, 1936
The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
29 January, 1916
World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins.
29 January, 1900
The American League is organized in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with 8 founding teams.
29 January, 1891
Liliuokalani is proclaimed Queen of Hawaii, its last monarch.
29 January, 1886
Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
29 January, 1863
Bear River Massacre.
29 January, 1861
Kansas admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
29 January, 1856
Queen Victoria institutes the Victoria Cross.
29 January, 1850
Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress.
29 January, 1845
"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe is published in the New York Evening Mirror.
29 January, 1834
US President Andrew Jackson orders first use of federal soldiers to suppress a labor dispute.
29 January, 1814
France defeats Russia and Prussia in the Battle of Brienne.
29 January, 1676
Feodor III becomes Tsar of Russia.
29 January, 1595
William Shakespeares play Romeo and Juliet is probably first performed.
29 January, 904
Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher.

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