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	Saturday, January 29th The 029th day of 2011. There are 336 days left in the year. Go to a previous date.

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Today's Highlights in History
See a larger version of this front page.		On Jan. 29, 1963, poet Robert Frost died in Boston. (Go to article.)On Jan. 29 , 1843, William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States , was born. Following an assassination attempt on Sept. 6 ,1901, his biography appeared in The Times. He died from the wounds eight days later. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
		On January 29, 1859, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about drug use. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)

On this date in:
1820	Britain's King George III died insane at Windsor Castle.
1843	William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was born in Niles, Ohio.
1845	Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven" was first published, in the New York Evening Mirror.
1850	Henry Clay introduced in the Senate a compromise bill on slavery that included the admission of California into the Union as a free state.
1860	Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov was born in the port city of Taganrog.
1861	Kansas became the 34th state of the Union.
1900	The American League, consisting of eight baseball teams, was organized in Philadelphia.
1936	The first five members of baseball's Hall of Fame, including Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, were named in Cooperstown, N.Y.
1958	Actors Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward were married.
1979	President Jimmy Carter welcomed Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping to the White House following the establishment of diplomatic relations.
1995	The San Francisco 49ers became the first team to win five Super Bowl titles when they beat the San Diego Chargers 49-26 in Super Bowl XXIX.
1998	A bomb exploded at an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Ala., killing an off-duty policeman and severely wounding a nurse. (The bomber, Eric Rudolph, was captured in May 2003 and is serving a life sentence.)
2002	In his first State of the Union address, President George W. Bush warned of "an axis of evil" consisting of North Korea, Iran and Iraq.
2006	ABC "World News Tonight" co-anchor Bob Woodruff and a cameraman were seriously injured in a roadside bombing in Iraq.
2009	The Illinois Senate voted to remove Gov. Rod Blagojevich from office.

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Current Birthdays

Oprah Winfrey turns 57 years old today.

AP Photo/Mary Altaffer Talk show host Oprah Winfrey turns 57 years old today.

71 Katharine Ross Actress 61 Ann Jillian Actress 55 Irlene Mandrell Country singer 53 Judy Norton Taylor Actress ("The Waltons") 51 Greg Louganis Olympic gold-medal diver 49 Nicholas Turturro Actor ("NYPD Blue") 46 Dominik Hasek Hockey player 43 Edward Burns Actor, director 41 Heather Graham Actress 41 Paul Ryan U.S. House Budget Committee chairman, R-Wis. 36 Sara Gilbert Actress ("Roseanne," "The Big Bang Theory") 30 Jonny Lang Blues musician

Historic Birthdays
William McKinley
1/29/1843 - 9/14/1901 America's 25th President  (Go to obit.)
84	Emanuel Swedenborg 1/29/1688 - 3/29/1772 Swedish scientist/Christian mystic
80	Jeffery Amherst 1/29/1717 - 8/3/1797 English/American army commander
72	Thomas Paine 1/29/1737 - 6/8/1809 English/American political pamphleteer
62	Henry Lee 1/29/1756 - 3/25/1818 American Revolutionary War officer
44	Anton Chekhov 1/29/1860 - 7/15/1904 Russian playwright
72	Frederick Delius 1/29/1862 - 6/10/1934 English/French composer
78	Romain Rolland 1/29/1866 - 12/30/1944 French novelist/dramatist
86	John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 1/29/1874 - 5/11/1960 American philanthropist
68	Barney Oldfield 1/29/1878 - 10/4/1946 American race car driver
66	W.C. Fields 1/29/1880 - 12/25/1946 American comedian
58	Paddy Chayefsky 1/29/1923 - 8/1/1981 American playwright/screenwriter

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