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, 474,024 hours 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
- 1891 –Liliuokalani is proclaimed Queen of Hawaii, its last monarch.
- 1900 –The American League is organized in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with 8 founding teams.
- 1936 –The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
- 1943 –The first day of the Battle of Rennell Island, U.S. cruiser Chicago is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers.
- 1944 –In Bologna, Italy, the Anatomical Theatre of the Archiginnasio is destroyed in an air-raid.
- 1944 –World War II: The Battle of Cisterna takes place in central Italy.
- 1989 –Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea, making it the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so
- 2001 –Thousands of student protesters in Indonesia storm parliament and demand that President Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.
- 2025 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Snake in Chinese astrology.
Who were born on January 29?
- 1715 –Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian composer (d. 1777)
- 1913 –Peter von Zahn, German journalist and writer (d. 2001)
- 1931 –Jim Baumer, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- 1932 –Tommy Taylor, English footballer (d. 1958)
- 1945 –Jim Nicholson, Irish politician
- 1953 –Louie Pérez, American songwriter, percussionist and guitarist
- 1953 –Steve March-Tormé, American musician
- 1954 –Doug Risebrough, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and executive
- 1971 –Clare Balding, British sports presenter
- 1982 –Irina Shabayeva American fashion designer
Who died on January 29?
- 1119 –Pope Gelasius II
- 1597 –Elias Ammerbach, German organist (b. 1530)
- 1706 –Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and courtier (b. 1638)
- 1906 –King Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1818)
- 1941 –Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and dictator (b. 1871)
- 1962 –Fritz Kreisler, Austrian violinist (b. 1875)
- 1966 –Pierre Mercure, French Canadian composer (b. 1927)
- 1993 –Adetokunbo Ademola, Nigerian Chief Justice (b. 1906)
- 1994 –Ulrike Maier, Austrian alpine skier (b. 1967)
- 2007 –Dia Abdul Zahra Kadim, Iraqi extremist leader (b. 1970)
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