January 29 - What happened on the day I was born?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for January 29
In the headlines today:

1995	The San Francisco 49ers make NFL history by winning their fifth Super Bowl, defeating the San Diego Chargers in Super Bowl XXIX by a score of 49-26.
1990	Former Exxon Valdez captain Joseph Hazelwood goes on trial in Anchorage, Alaska, on charges arising from worst oil spill in US history.
1979	Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping is welcomed to the White House by US president Jimmy Carter, as the two countries reestablish formal relations.
1963	Poet Robert Frost dies in Boston, at age 88.
1963	The first inductees to the Football Hall of Fame in Canton, OH, are revealed. They include Earl Lambeau, Earl 'Dutch' Clark, and Sammy Baugh.
1958	Movie actor Paul Newman and actress Joanne Woodward are married.
1936	The first inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, are announced. They include Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth.
1900	The American Baseball League, composed of eight teams, is organized in Philadelphia.
1861	Kansas becomes the 34th state admitted to the US.
1845	The Raven, Edgar Allan Poe's first poem, is published.
1820	King George III of England, blind and insane, dies at Windsor Castle.

Born today:

1979 Andrew Keegan - actor

1975 Sara Gilbert - actress

1970 Heather Graham - actress

1968 Edward Burns - actor, director

1964 Roddy Frame - rock guitarist, singer (Aztec Camera)

1962 Nicholas Turturro - actor

1961 Eddie Jackson - rock bassist (Queensryche)

1960 Greg Louganis - Olympic gold medalist (diving)

1959 Johnny Spampinato - rock musician (NRBQ)

1957 Irlene Mandrell - country singer

1954 Oprah Winfrey - talk show host, actress

1953 Louie Perez - drummer (Los Lobos)

1951 Ann Jillian - actress

1949

Tommy Ramone - rock drummer (The Ramones)
(photo credit: Rhino/WEA)

1948 Marc Singer - actor

1947 David Byron - rock singer (Uriah Heep)

1945 Tom Selleck - actor (Friends, Magnum P.I.)

1943 Katherine Ross - actress

1942 Claudine Longet - singer, actress

1934 Noel Harrison - actor

1918 John Forsythe - actor

1916 Victor Mature - actor

1880 W.C. Fields - entertainer, actor

1874 John D. Rockefeller, Jr. - Standard Oil founder

1843 William McKinley - 25th US president (assassinated)

1737 Thomas Paine - American patriot

Born today? Your sign of the Zodiac is:

Aquarius

(The Water Bearer)