January 29th, 1855

Born on January 29th, 1855

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 61,000 days old!

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What happened on January 29th?

January 29th, 2017

A lone gunman carried out a mass shooting at a mosque in Quebec City, Canada, killing six people and injuring up to nineteen others.

January 29th, 2009

The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt ruled that people who did not adhere to one of the three government-recognised religions are also eligible to receive government identity documents.

January 29th, 2006

India's Irfan Pathan became the only bowler to take a Test cricket hat-trick in the opening over of a match.

January 29th, 1991

The first major ground engagement of the Gulf War began with the Iraqi invasion of Khafji, Saudi Arabia, recaptured three days later by Coalition forces.

January 29th, 1967

The Mantra-Rock Dance (poster pictured), called the "ultimate high" of the hippie era, took place in San Francisco, featuring Swami Bhaktivedanta, Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, and Allen Ginsberg.

January 29th, 1944

World War II: At least 38 civilians were killed and about a dozen others injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy was attacked by a Soviet partisan unit with a contingent of Jewish partisans.

January 29th, 1943

World War II: The Battle of Rennell Island, the last major naval engagement between the United States Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Guadalcanal campaign, began.

January 29th, 1911

Mexican Revolution: The Magonista rebellion began when Mexican Liberal Party troops captured the town of Mexicali.

January 29th, 1891

Liliʻuokalani, the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Hawaiian Kingdom, ascended the throne.

January 29th, 1863

American Indian Wars: The U.S. Army led by Patrick Edward Connor massacred Chief Bear Hunter and Shoshone forces at the Bear River Massacre in present-day Franklin County, Idaho.

January 29th, 1856

Queen Victoria introduced the Victoria Cross, originally to recognise acts of valour by British military personnel during the Crimean War.

January 29th, 1845

American poet Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" appeared in The Evening Mirror, its first publication attributed to Poe.

January 29th, 1814

War of the Sixth Coalition: At the Battle of Brienne, both sides' commanders, Napoleon and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, were nearly captured.

January 29th, 0904

Sergius III (pictured), whose pontificate was marked by feudal violence and disorder in central Italy, returned from exile to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher.

January 29th, 2013

Twenty-one people died when SCAT Airlines Flight 760 crashed near Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 29th

Born on January 29th, 1855

91

Luigi Capaldo

Italian politician

*January 29th, 1855, Bisaccia †January 1st, 1947

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44

Anton Chekhov

Russian dramatist and author (1860–1904)

*January 29th, 1860, Taganrog †July 2nd, 1904, Badenweiler

78

Romain Rolland

French author (1866-1944)

*January 29th, 1866, Clamecy †December 30th, 1944, Vézelay

58

William McKinley

President of the United States from 1897 to 1901

*January 29th, 1843, Niles †September 14th, 1901, Buffalo

39

The Quiett

South Korean rapper

*January 29th, 1985, Gwangmyeong

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

62

Olga Tokarczuk

Polish writer and activist

*January 29th, 1962, Sulechów

85

Louis Prével

French rower (1879-1964)

*January 29th, 1879, Nice †November 26th, 1964, Nice

70

Oprah Winfrey

American talk show host, actress, producer, and author (born 1954)

*January 29th, 1954, Kosciusko

60

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

Spanish author (1867-1928)

*January 29th, 1867, Valencia †January 28th, 1928, Menton

88

John Raitt

American singer and actor (1917-2005)

*January 29th, 1917, Santa Ana †February 20th, 2005, Pacific Palisades

87

Charles Méré

French screenwriter

*January 29th, 1883, Marseille †October 2nd, 1970, Paris

83

Tommaso Villa

Italian lawyer and politician (1832-1915)

*January 29th, 1832, Mondovì †July 24th, 1915, Turin

86

Victor Mature

American actor (1913–1999)

*January 29th, 1913, Louisville †August 4th, 1999, Rancho Santa Fe

82

Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez

Cuban cosmonaut

*January 29th, 1942, Guantánamo

78

Kitasato Shibasaburō

Japanese bacteriologist, immunologist

*January 29th, 1853, Oguni †June 13th, 1931, Tokyo

55

Sam Trammell

American actor

*January 29th, 1969, New Orleans

77

Linda B. Buck

American biologist

*January 29th, 1947, Seattle

94

Heinz Lieberich

German legal historian and archivist (1905–1999)

*January 29th, 1905, Kaiserslautern †October 24th, 1999, Mosbach

85

Germaine Greer

Australian writer and public intellectual (born 1939)

*January 29th, 1939, Melbourne

70

Abdus Salam

Theoretical physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics recipient

*January 29th, 1926, Jhang †November 21st, 1996, Oxford

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Born in 1855

69

Robert Koldewey

German archaeologist and architect (1855-1925)

*September 10th, 1855, Blankenburg †February 4th, 1925, Berlin

75

Eduard Meyer

German historian (1855–1930)

*January 25th, 1855, Hamburg †August 31st, 1930, Berlin

78

Oskar von Miller

German engineer

*May 7th, 1855, Munich †April 9th, 1934, Munich

74

Karl von den Steinen

German explorer

*March 7th, 1855, Mülheim an der Ruhr †November 4th, 1929, Kronberg im Taunus

143

Carl Meyer

German architect (1855-19__)

*December 17th, 1855, Estorf †November 30th, 1999, Hanover

60

Hugo von Pohl

German admiral (1855–1916)

*August 25th, 1855, Wrocław †February 23rd, 1916, Berlin

72

Ignác Alpár

Hungarian architect (1855-1928)

*October 17th, 1855, Pest †April 27th, 1928, Zürich

80

Ferdinand Tönnies

German sociologist, economist and philosopher (1855–1936)

*July 26th, 1855, Oldenswort †April 9th, 1936, Kiel

44

Ernest Chausson

French composer (1855–1899)

*January 20th, 1855, Paris †June 10th, 1899, Limay

71

John Browning

Firearms designer of the United States (1855-1926)

*January 23rd, 1855, Ogden †November 26th, 1926, Liège

50

Jean Lorrain

French Symbolist poet and novelist

*August 9th, 1855, Fécamp †June 30th, 1906, Paris

61

Percival Lowell

American astronomer (1855-1916)

*March 13th, 1855, Boston †November 12th, 1916, Flagstaff

79

Arthur Wing Pinero

British writer (1855-1934)

*May 24th, 1855, London †November 23rd, 1934, London

52

Ned Hanlan

Canadian professional sculler, hotelier, and alderman

*July 12th, 1855, Toronto †January 4th, 1908, Toronto

43

Georges Rodenbach

Belgian Symbolist poet and novelist (1855-1898)

*July 16th, 1855, Tournai †December 25th, 1898, Paris

61

Emile Verhaeren

Belgian poet (1855–1916)

*May 21st, 1855, Sint-Amands †November 27th, 1916, Rouen

79

Ivan Michurin

Russian botanist (1855-1935)

*October 15th, 1855, Michurovka †June 7th, 1935, Michurinsk

56

Giovanni Pascoli

Italian poet and classical scholar (1855-1912)

*December 31st, 1855, San Mauro Pascoli †April 6th, 1912, Bologna

57

James S. Sherman

Vice president of the United States from 1909 to 1912

*October 24th, 1855, Utica †October 30th, 1912, Utica

77

King Camp Gillette

American entrepreneur (1855–1932)

*January 5th, 1855, Fond du Lac †July 9th, 1932, Los Angeles

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1855 is a normal year and no leap year.

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