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sábado, 29 de enero de 2011

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On This Day in HistorySaturday, January 29th
The 029th day of 2011.
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On Jan. 29, 1963, poet Robert Frost died in Boston. (Go to article.)On Jan. 29 , 1843William McKinleythe 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)
Editorial Cartoon of the Day

On January 29, 1859Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about drug use. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)

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1820Britain's King George III died insane at Windsor Castle.
1843William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was born in Niles, Ohio.
1845Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven" was first published, in the New York Evening Mirror.
1850Henry Clay introduced in the Senate a compromise bill on slavery that included the admission of California into the Union as a free state.
1860Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov was born in the port city of Taganrog.
1861Kansas became the 34th state of the Union.
1900The American League, consisting of eight baseball teams, was organized in Philadelphia.
1936The first five members of baseball's Hall of Fame, including Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, were named in Cooperstown, N.Y.
1958Actors Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward were married.
1979President Jimmy Carter welcomed Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping to the White House following the establishment of diplomatic relations.
1995The 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.
1998A 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.)
2002In his first State of the Union address, President George W. Bush warned of "an axis of evil" consisting of North Korea, Iran and Iraq.
2006ABC "World News Tonight" co-anchor Bob Woodruff and a cameraman were seriously injured in a roadside bombing in Iraq.
2009The Illinois Senate voted to remove Gov. Rod Blagojevich from office.

Current Birthdays
Oprah Winfrey turns 57 years old today.

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

71Katharine Ross
Actress
61Ann Jillian
Actress
55Irlene Mandrell
Country singer
53Judy Norton Taylor
Actress ("The Waltons")
51Greg Louganis
Olympic gold-medal diver
49Nicholas Turturro
Actor ("NYPD Blue")
46Dominik Hasek
Hockey player
43Edward Burns
Actor, director
41Heather Graham
Actress
41Paul Ryan
U.S. House Budget Committee chairman, R-Wis.
36Sara Gilbert
Actress ("Roseanne," "The Big Bang Theory")
30Jonny Lang
Blues musician
Historic Birthdays
William McKinley
 
1/29/1843 - 9/14/1901
America's 25th President 

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84Emanuel Swedenborg
1/29/1688 - 3/29/1772
Swedish scientist/Christian mystic

80Jeffery Amherst
1/29/1717 - 8/3/1797
English/American army commander

72Thomas Paine
1/29/1737 - 6/8/1809
English/American political pamphleteer

62Henry Lee
1/29/1756 - 3/25/1818
American Revolutionary War officer

44Anton Chekhov
1/29/1860 - 7/15/1904
Russian playwright

72Frederick Delius
1/29/1862 - 6/10/1934
English/French composer

78Romain Rolland
1/29/1866 - 12/30/1944
French novelist/dramatist

86John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
1/29/1874 - 5/11/1960
American philanthropist

68Barney Oldfield
1/29/1878 - 10/4/1946
American race car driver

66W.C. Fields
1/29/1880 - 12/25/1946
American comedian

58Paddy Chayefsky
1/29/1923 - 8/1/1981
American playwright/screenwriter

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