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Events on January 29th

January 29th 2000 : Kirsten Dunst: She appears in the Savage Gardens video "I Knew I Loved You"
January 29th 1996 : France announces end to French nuclear testing
President Jacques Chirac announces a "definitive end" to French nuclear testing. Of course they made sure to test a few more before announcing this end.
January 29th 1969 : Jimi Hendrix: Jimi Hendrix and Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars
January 29th 1933 : Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany
President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler as the Chancellor of Germany. This was probably Hinenburg's biggest mistake.
January 29th 1900 : The American League is organized in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The American League is organized with eight founding teams in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Only two original teams never moved. These are the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers.
January 29th 1891 : Liluokalani is proclaimed Queen of Hawaii
Liluokalani is proclaimed Queen of Hawaii, becoming the last monarch of this soon-to-be US state. She was deposed just three years later.
January 29th 1595 : Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet first performed
One of William Shakespeares most popular plays was probably first performed. This launches a whole new industry of young effeminate men posing as women.

UK Number 1 Singles on January 29th

January 29th 2006 "Nasty Girl" by The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge and Avery Storm
January 29th 2005 "Goodies" by Ciara featuring Petey Pablo
January 29th 2004 "All This Time" by Michelle McManus
January 29th 2003 "Stop Living the Lie" by David Sneddon
January 29th 2002 "Hero" by Enrique Iglesias
January 29th 2001 "Rollin'" by Limp Bizkit
January 29th 2000 "Born To Make You Happy" by Britney Spears
January 29th 1999 "Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)" by The Offspring
January 29th 1998 "You Make Me Wanna" by Usher
January 29th 1997 "Beetlebum" by Blur
January 29th 1996 "Spaceman" by Babylon Zoo
January 29th 1995 "Think Twice" by Céline Dion
January 29th 1994 "Things Can Only Get Better" by D:Ream
January 29th 1993 "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston
January 29th 1992 "Goodnight Girl" by Wet Wet Wet
January 29th 1991 "3AM Eternal" by The KLF featuring the Children of the Revolution
January 29th 1990 "Nothing Compares 2 U" by Sinéad O'Connor
January 29th 1989 "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart" by Marc Almond with Gene Pitney
January 29th 1988 "I Think We're Alone Now" by Tiffany
January 29th 1987 "Jack Your Body" by Steve 'Silk' Hurley
January 29th 1986 "ha - The Sun Always Shines On TV" by a
January 29th 1985 "I Want to Know What Love Is" by Foreigner
January 29th 1984 "Relax" by Frankie Goes To Hollywood
January 29th 1983 "Down Under" by Men At Work
January 29th 1982 "Oh Julie" by Shakin' Stevens
January 29th 1981 "Imagine" by John Lennon
January 29th 1980 "The Special AKA Live!" by The Specials
January 29th 1979 "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" by Ian & The Blockheads
January 29th 1978 "Mull Of Kintyre / Girls' School" by Wings
January 29th 1977 "Don't Give Up On Us" by David Soul
January 29th 1976 "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
January 29th 1975 "Ms Grace" by The Tymes
January 29th 1974 "Tiger feet" by Mud
January 29th 1973 "Block Buster" by The Sweet
January 29th 1972 "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" by The New Seekers
January 29th 1971 "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison
January 29th 1970 "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" by Edison Lighthouse
January 29th 1969 "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da" by The Marmalade
January 29th 1968 "Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" by Georgie Fame
January 29th 1967 "I'm A Believer" by The Monkees
January 29th 1966 "Michelle" by Overlanders
January 29th 1965 "Go Now" by The Moody Blues
January 29th 1964 "Glad All Over" by Dave Clark Five
January 29th 1963 "Dance On!" by The Shadows
January 29th 1962 "The Young Ones" by Cliff Richard and The Shadows
January 29th 1961 "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" by Elvis Presley
January 29th 1960 "Starry Eyed" by Michael Holliday
January 29th 1959 "The Day The Rains Came" by Jane Morgan
January 29th 1958 "Jailhouse Rock" by Elvis Presley
January 29th 1957 "The Garden of Eden" by Frankie Vaughan
January 29th 1956 "Sixteen Tons" by Tennessee Ernie Ford
January 29th 1955 "The Finger Of Suspicion" by Dickie Valentine
January 29th 1954 "Oh Mein Papa" by Eddie Calvert
January 29th 1953 "Comes A-long A-love" by Kay Starr

USA Number 1 Singles on January 29th

January 29th 2006 "Grillz" by Nelly featuring Paul Wall, Ali and Gipp
January 29th 2005 "Let Me Love You" by Mario
January 29th 2004 "Hey Ya!" by OutKast
January 29th 2003 "Lose Yourself" by Eminem
January 29th 2002 "U Got It Bad" by Usher
January 29th 2001 "Independent Women Part I" by Destiny's Child
January 29th 2000 "I Knew I Loved You" by Savage Garden
January 29th 1999 "Have You Ever" by Brandy
January 29th 1998 "Truly Madly Deeply" by Savage Garden
January 29th 1997 "Un-Break My Heart" by Toni Braxton
January 29th 1996 "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men
January 29th 1995 "Creep" by TLC
January 29th 1994 "All for Love" by Bryan Adams / Rod Stewart / Sting
January 29th 1993 "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston
January 29th 1992 "All 4 Love" by Color Me Badd
January 29th 1991 "The First Time" by Surface
January 29th 1990 "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" by Michael Bolton
January 29th 1989 "Two Hearts" by Phil Collins
January 29th 1988 "The Way You Make Me Feel" by Michael Jackson
January 29th 1987 "At This Moment" by Billy Vera and the Beaters
January 29th 1986 "That's What Friends Are For" by Dionne and Friends
January 29th 1985 "Like a Virgin" by Madonna
January 29th 1984 "Owner of a Lonely Heart" by Yes
January 29th 1983 "Down Under" by Men at Work
January 29th 1982 "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John
January 29th 1981 "(Just Like) Starting Over" by John Lennon
January 29th 1980 "Rock with You" by Michael Jackson
January 29th 1979 "Le Freak" by CHIC
January 29th 1978 "Baby Come Back" by Player
January 29th 1977 "Car Wash" by Rose Royce
January 29th 1976 "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" by Diana Ross
January 29th 1975 "Please Mr. Postman" by Carpenters
January 29th 1974 "You're Sixteen" by Ringo Starr
January 29th 1973 "Superstition" by Stevie Wonder
January 29th 1972 "American Pie" by Don McLean
January 29th 1971 "Knock Three Times" by Dawn
January 29th 1970 "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" by B. J. Thomas
January 29th 1969 "I Heard It through the Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye
January 29th 1968 "Judy in Disguise (with Glasses)" by John Fred and His Playboy Band
January 29th 1967 "I'm a Believer" by The Monkees
January 29th 1966 "We Can Work It Out" by The Beatles
January 29th 1965 "Downtown" by Petula Clark
January 29th 1964 "There! I've Said It Again" by Bobby Vinton
January 29th 1963 "Walk Right In" by The Rooftop Singers
January 29th 1962 "Peppermint Twist - Part I" by Joey Dee and the Starliters
January 29th 1961 "Wonderland by Night" by Bert Kaempfert
January 29th 1960 "Running Bear" by Johnny Preston
January 29th 1959 "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" by The Platters
January 29th 1958 "At the Hop" by Danny and the Juniors
January 29th 1957 "Singing the Blues" by Guy Mitchell
January 29th 1956 "Memories Are Made of This" by Dean Martin
January 29th 1955 "Let Me Go, Lover" by Joan Weber
January 29th 1954 "Oh! My Pa-Pa (O Mein Papa)" by Eddie Fisher
January 29th 1953 "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" by Perry Como
January 29th 1952 "Cry" by Johnnie Ray and The Four Lads
January 29th 1951 "The Tennessee Waltz" by Patti Page
January 29th 1950 "I Can Dream, Can't I?" by The Andrews Sisters
January 29th 1949 "A Little Bird Told Me" by Evelyn Knight
January 29th 1948 "Ballerina" by Vaughn Monroe
January 29th 1947 "The Old Lamp-Lighter" by Sammy Kaye
January 29th 1946 "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" by Vaughn Monroe
January 29th 1945 "Don't Fence Me In" by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters
January 29th 1944 "My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart)" by Glen Gray
January 29th 1943 "There Are Such Things" by Tommy Dorsey
January 29th 1942 "Chattanooga Choo Choo" by Glenn Miller
January 29th 1941 "Frenesi" by Artie Shaw

Birthdays on January 29th

January 29th 1981 Jonny Lang
January 29th 1980 Jason James Richter
January 29th 1979 Andrew Keegan
January 29th 1975 Sara Gilbert
January 29th 1975 Kelly Packard
January 29th 1973 Jason Schmidt
January 29th 1972 Scott Davis
January 29th 1970 Heather Graham
January 29th 1968 Ed Burns
January 29th 1968 Edward Burns
January 29th 1965 Dominik Hasek
January 29th 1964 Andre Reed
January 29th 1964 John Gallagher
January 29th 1962 Nicholas Turturro
January 29th 1961 Eddie Jackson
January 29th 1960 Greg Louganis
January 29th 1960 Sean Kerly
January 29th 1960 Steve Sax
January 29th 1960 Matthew Ashford
January 29th 1958 Judy Norton-Taylor
January 29th 1957 Irlene Mandrell
January 29th 1955 John Tate
January 29th 1954 Oprah Winfrey
January 29th 1953 Teresa Teng
January 29th 1952 Tommy Ramone
January 29th 1950 Ann Jillian
January 29th 1950 Jody Schecter
January 29th 1948 Marc Singer
January 29th 1947 David Byron
January 29th 1945 Tom Selleck
January 29th 1943 Charles Fitzgerald-Lombard
January 29th 1942 Katharine Ross
January 29th 1942 Claudine Longet
January 29th 1939 Germaine Greer
January 29th 1936 Noel Harrison
January 29th 1928 Peter Byrne
January 29th 1927 Edward Abbey
January 29th 1926 Abdus Salam
January 29th 1924 Luigi Nono
January 29th 1924 Brian Trubshaw
January 29th 1923 Paddy Chayefsky
January 29th 1921 Anthony George
January 29th 1918 John Forsythe
January 29th 1913 Victor Mature
January 29th 1912 "Professor" Irwin Corey
January 29th 1909 Alan Marshal
January 29th 1906 Joe Primeau
January 29th 1901 Allen B DuMont
January 29th 1893 Martian Negrea
January 29th 1889 Huddie Ledbetter
January 29th 1887 Albert Conti
January 29th 1880 W C Fields
January 29th 1878 Barney Oldfield
January 29th 1876 Havergal Brian
January 29th 1866 Romain Rolland
January 29th 1862 Frederick Delius
January 29th 1860 Anton Chekhov
January 29th 1852 Frederick Hymen Cowen
January 29th 1850 Lawrence Hargrave
January 29th 1843 William McKinley
January 29th 1737 Thomas Paine
January 29th 1717 Jeffrey Amherst

Deaths on January 29th

January 29th 2004 Joe Viterelli
January 29th 2002 Harold Russell
January 29th 1997 Louis Pauwels
January 29th 1997 Osvaldo Soriano
January 29th 1995 Richard Burnell
January 29th 1995 Arthur Guy Clutton-Brock
January 29th 1995 Raymond Joseph Cecil
January 29th 1994 Jevgeni P Leonov
January 29th 1994 Nick Cravat
January 29th 1993 Hank Werba
January 29th 1993 Michel Renault
January 29th 1991 Yasushi Inoue
January 29th 1988 Rogier van Otterloo
January 29th 1988 James R Killian Jr
January 29th 1988 Bantcho Bantchevsky
January 29th 1987 Ivo Lhotka-Kalinski
January 29th 1986 Leif Erickson
January 29th 1984 Frances Goodrich
January 29th 1981 Cozy Cole
January 29th 1980 Antonio Molina
January 29th 1980 Jimmy Durante
January 29th 1978 Tim McCoy
January 29th 1977 Freddie Prinze
January 29th 1976 Michael Gwynn
January 29th 1973 Johannes Paul Thilman
January 29th 1973 Ludwig Stossel
January 29th 1970 Basil H Liddell Hart
January 29th 1967 Wlodzimierz Pozniak
January 29th 1966 Pierre Mercure
January 29th 1966 Josef Winckler
January 29th 1965 Michael Spisak
January 29th 1965 John Larkin
January 29th 1964 Alan Ladd
January 29th 1963 Robert Lee Frost
January 29th 1963 Robert Frost
January 29th 1962 Fritz Kreisler
January 29th 1960 Louis Jean Heydt
January 29th 1956 H. L. Mencken
January 29th 1956 H[enry] L[ouis] Mencken
January 29th 1955 Hans Hedtoft
January 29th 1951 James Bridie
January 29th 1946 Sidney James Jones
January 29th 1946 Harry L Hopkins
January 29th 1944 William Allen White
January 29th 1942 Ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal
January 29th 1941 Ioannis Metaxas
January 29th 1934 Fritz Haber
January 29th 1928 Douglas Haig
January 29th 1924 Joseph Ludwig
January 29th 1917 Evelyn Baring earl Cromer
January 29th 1916 Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils
January 29th 1910 Edouard Rod
January 29th 1906 Christaan IX
January 29th 1899 Alfred Sisley
January 29th 1899 Robert J Fruin
January 29th 1888 Edward Lear
January 29th 1879 Antonia MB Antonucci
January 29th 1824 Louise MC countess of Albany
January 29th 1820 George III
January 29th 1814 Johann G Fichte
January 29th 1696 Ivan V
January 29th 1663 Robert Sanderson
January 29th 1559 Thomas Pope

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