What are the important events that happened on January 29? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
January 29: Facts & Myths About This Day
January 29 is the 29th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 337 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 16, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,441,440 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘icosienneagon’ day.
Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 12 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,056 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 29 Historical Events
- 1845 –“The Raven” is published in the New York Evening Mirror, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe
- 1856 –Queen Victoria institutes the Victoria Cross.
- 1863 –Bear River Massacre.
- 1944 –World War II: Approximately 38 men, women, and children die in the Koniuchy massacre in Poland.
- 1944 –World War II: The Battle of Cisterna takes place in central Italy.
- 1967 –The “ultimate high” of the hippie era, the Mantra-Rock Dance, takes place in San Francisco and features Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead, and Allen Ginsberg.
- 1996 –La Fenice, Venice’s opera house, is destroyed by fire.
- 1996 –President Jacques Chirac announces a “definitive end” to French nuclear weapons testing.
- 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.
- 2006 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Dog in Chinese astrology.
Who were born on January 29?
- 1737 –Thomas Paine, English-born American patriot (d. 1809)
- 1843 –William McKinley, American politician, 39th Governor of Ohio, and 25th President of the United States (d. 1901)
- 1913 –Victor Mature, American actor (d. 1999)
- 1947 –Marián Varga, Slovak musician
- 1948 –Pat Kenny, Irish TV presenter and radio host
- 1949 –Tommi Salmelainen, Helsinki, FIN
- 1958 –Glen Cochrane, Cranbrook, BC, CAN
- 1982 –Adam Lambert, American actor and singer
- 1985 –Mikey Hachey, American musician (Suburban Legends)
- 1988 –Stephanie Gilmore, Australian surfer
Who died on January 29?
- 1240 –Pelagio Galvani, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (b. c. 1165)
- 1763 –Louis Racine, French poet (b. 1692)
- 1906 –King Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1818)
- 1946 –Harry Hopkins, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1890)
- 1963 –Robert Frost, American poet (b. 1874)
- 1966 –Pierre Mercure, French Canadian composer (b. 1927)
- 1998 –Joseph Alioto, American politician (b. 1916)
- 2007 –Barbaro, American thoroughbred racehorse (b. 2003)
- 2008 –Margaret Truman, American writer, daughter of Harry S. Truman (b. 1924)
- 2009 –Hélio Gracie, Brazilian martial artist (b. 1913)
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