January 29

2024 Calendar

January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 336 days remaining until the end of the year (337 in leap years).

Events

Up to 1900

969 – Tsar Peter I of Bulgaria (b. 895)
1119 - Pope Gelasius II
1342 - Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1279)
1477 - Gregory of Sanok, Polish professor and humanist (b. 1403)
1676 – Tsar Alexis I of Russia (b. 1629)
1696 - Tsar Ivan V of Russia (b. 1666)
1743 - Andre-Hercule de Fleury, French statesman (b. 1653)
1763 – Louis Racine, French poet (b. 1692)
1814 - Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher (b. 1762)
1820 – George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland (b. 1738)
1828 - Paul de Barras, French politician (b. 1775)
1829 - Timothy Pickering, United States Secretary of State (b. 1745)
1860 – Ernst Moritz Arndt, German writer (b. 1769)
1870 – Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797)
1888 – Edward Lear, British writer, illustrator, artist and poet (b. 1812)
1899 – Alfred Sisley, French impressionist painter (b. 1839)

1901 – 2000

1901 – Milan I of Serbia (b. 1855)
1906 – King Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1818)
1928 – Douglas Haig, British soldier (b. 1861)
1933 - Sara Teasdale, American poet (b. 1884)
1934 – Fritz Haber, German chemist (b. 1868)
1941 – Ioannis Metaxas, Greek military leader (b. 1871)
1945 - Gustav Flatow, German gymnast (b. 1875)
1946 - Harry Hopkins, American politician (b. 1890)
1948 - Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat (b. 1900)
1950 – Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1885)
1951 - Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer (b. 1880)
1956 - H. L. Mencken, American journalist (b. 1880)
1963 – Robert Frost, American poet (b. 1874)
1964 - Alan Ladd, American actor (b. 1913)
1969 – Allen Dulles, CIA director (b. 1893)
1977 – Freddie Prinze, American actor and comedian (b. 1954)
1980 - Jimmy Durante, American actor, singer and pianist (b. 1893)
1986 - Leif Erickson, American actor (b. 1911)
1989 - Halina Konopacka, Polish athlete (b. 1900)
1992 - Willie Dixon, American composer and musician (b. 1915)
1994 – Ulrike Maier, Austrian skier (b. 1967)
1998 - Joseph Alioto, American politician (b. 1916)

From 2001

2002 - Harold Russell, Canadian-born American actor (b. 1914)
2003 - Frank Moss, American politician (b. 1911)
2004 – Janet Frame, New Zealand writer (b. 1924)
2005 – Eric Griffiths, Welsh musician (b. 1940)
2005 - Ephraim Kishon, Israeli writer, screenwriter and director (b. 1924)
2006 – Nam June Paik, South Korean artist (b. 1932)
2008 - Bengt Lindström, Swedish artist (b. 1925)
2008 – Margaret Truman, American writer (b. 1924)
2009 – John Martyn, British musician (b. 1948)
2011 – Milton Babbitt, American composer (b. 1916)
2012 – Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, 9th President of Italy (b. 1918)
2012 - Camilla Williams, American singer (b. 1919)
2013 - Bernard Horsfall, British actor (b. 1930)
2014 - François Cavanna, French journalist and writer (b. 1923)
2014 - Lars Andreas Larssen, Norwegian actor (b. 1935)
2015 - Colleen McCullough, Australian writer (b. 1937)
2015 - Will McBride, American photographer (b. 1931)
2015 - Rod McKuen, American poet, composer, singer and songwriter (b. 1933)
2015 - Maurizio Arcieri, Italian singer (b. 1942)
2015 - Tenkoko Sonoda, Japanese politician (b. 1919)
2015 - Alexander Vraciu, American Navy fighter ace (b. 1918)
2015 - Israel Yinon, Israeli conductor (b. 1956)
2016 - Jacques Rivette, French movie director (b. 1928)
2016 - Gordon Goody, British criminal (b. 1929)
2016 - John Roper, Baron Roper, British politician (b. 1935)
2016 - Jean-Marie Doré, 11th Prime Minister of Guinea (b. 1938)
2016 - Cayetano Paderanga, Jr., Filipino economist (b. 1948)
2016 - Aurèle Nicolet, Swiss flautist (b. 1926)
2017 - Howard Frank Mosher, American writer (b. 1942)
2017 - Leonard H. Perroots, American military officer (b. 1933)
2017 - Joop Gouweleeuw, Dutch judoka (b. 1940)
2018 - Ion Ciubuc, Prime minister of Moldova (b. 1943)
2018 - Eddie Shaw, American blues saxophonist, arranger and bandleader (b. 1937)
2019 - George Fernandes, Indian politician (b. 1930)
2019 - Jean-Marc Fontaine, French mathematician (b. 1944)
2019 - Andy Hebenton, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
2019 - Mohammad Nabi Habibi, Iranian politician, Mayor of Tehran (b. 1945)
2019 - Charles J. Hynes, American lawyer and politician (b. 1935)
2019 - James Ingram, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1952)

Births

1901 – 1950

1901 - Arcady Aris, Russian Chuvash writer (d. 1941)
1901 - Allen B. DuMont, American scientist and inventor (d. 1965)
1905 - Barnett Newman, American painter (d. 1970)
1906 - Joe Primeau, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1989)
1911 – Peter von Siemens, German industry (d. 1986)
1913 – Peter von Zahn, German journalist (d. 2001)
1913 - Victor Mature, American actor (d. 1999)
1917 - John Raitt, American actor and singer (d. 2005)
1918 – John Forsythe, American actor (d. 2010)
1920 - José Luis de Vilallonga, Spanish aristocrat (d. 2007)
1922 - Borys Yukhymovych Steklyar, Ukrainian military officer (d. 2018)
1923 - Paddy Chayefsky, American playwright, screenwriter and novelist (d. 1981)
1923 - Ivo Robic, Croatian singer-songwriter (d. 2000)
1924 - Dorothy Malone, American actress (d. 2018)
1924 - Luigi Nono, Italian composer (d. 1990)
1925 – Tofik Bakhramov, Soviet-Azerbaijani linesman (d. 1993)
1926 – Franco Cerri, Italian jazz guitarist
1926 – Abdus Salam, Pakistani Nobel Prize in Physics winner (d. 1996)
1926 - Roberto Goyeneche, Argentine tango singer (d. 1994)
1927 - Edward Abbey, American naturalist, philosopher and writer (d. 1989)
1929 - Elio Petri, Italian movie director and screenwriter (d. 1982)
1929 - Ed Shaughnessy, American jazz musician
1930 - Carmino Ravosa, American singer and composer (d. 2015)
1931 – Ferenc Madl, President of Hungary (d. 2011)
1931 - Leslie Bricusse, British composer
1931 - Richard Bakalyan, Armenian-American actor (d. 2015)
1933 – Sacha Distel, French singer (d. 2004)
1933 - Paul Sally, American mathematician
1936 - Walter Lewis, Dutch astrophysicist
1936 - James Jamerson, American bass guitarist (d. 1983)
1937 - Hassan Habibi, 1st Vice president of Iran (d. 2013)
1937 - Bobby Scott, American musician
1939 – Germaine Greer, Australian writer, publicist, feminist and activist
1940 - Katharine Ross, American actress
1940 - Kunimitsu Takahashi, Japanese motorcycle racer and racing driver
1941 - Robin Morgan, American actress, journalist, writer and activist
1942 - Claudine Longet, French-American singer, actress and dancer
1943 – Tony Blackburn, British disc jockey
1943 - Molly Meldrum, Australian music critic, journalist, record producer and music entrepreneur
1943 - Pat Quinn, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2014)
1944 – Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda
1945 – Tom Selleck, American actor
1945 – Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, former Prime Minister of Mali
1947 – Linda B. Buck, American scientist
1947 – David Byron, British musician (d. 1985)
1948 - David Hay, Scottish footballer
1948 – Guido Knopp, German historian, journalist and publicist
1949 - Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-born American musician and record producer (The Ramones) (d. 2014)
1950 – Jody Scheckter, South African racecar driver

1951 – 1975

1953 - Peter Baumann, German musician
1954 – Oprah Winfrey, American television host and businesswoman
1954 - Doug Riseborough, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and executive
1955 – Eddie Jordan, American basketball player and coach
1956 - Amii Stewart, American singer, dancer and actress
1958 - Glen Cochrane, Canadin ice hockey player
1960 - Greg Louganis, American diver
1962 - Nicholas Turturro, American actor
1963 - Octave Octavian Teodorescu, Romanian composer and musician
1964 - Roddy Frame, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1966 – Romario, Brazilian footballer
1969 – Hyde, Japanese singer
1969 - Sasa Obradovic, Serbian basketball coach
1970 – Heather Graham, American actress
1970 - Paul Ryan, American politician
1971 - Clare Balding, British television presenter
1973 - Miranda Krestovnikoff, British television presenter, naturalist and archaeologist
1974 - Michael Andersen, Danish basketball player
1974 - Malina Olinescu, Romanian singer (d. 2011)

From 1976

1978 - Rob Bironas, American football player (d. 2014)
1978 - Martin Schmitt, German ski jumper
1979 - Sarah Kuttner, German television presenter and writer
1979 - Sui Feifei, Chinese basketball player
1979 - April Scott, American actress and model
1980 – Ivan Klasnic, Croatian footballer
1980 – Ingimundur Ingimundarson, Icelandic handball player
1980 – Jason James Richter, American musician and actor
1982 - Kim Dong-Jin, South Korean footballer
1982 – Adam Lambert, American singer
1984 - Yukio Peter, Nauruan weightlifter
1985 – Marc Gasol, Spanish basketball player
1985 - Isabel Lucas, Australian actress
1985 - Rag'n'Bone Man, English singer
1985 – Athina Onassis, heiress
1986 – Simon Vukcevic, Montenegrin footballer
1986 - Drew Tyler Bell, American actor
1988 - Tatyana Chernova, Russian athlete
1988 - Stephanie Gilmore, Australian surfer
1989 – Kevin Shattenkirk, American ice hockey player
1990 - Danielle Parsons, Canadian curler
1992 - George Pocheptsov, American painter
1992 - Aleksandr Trokhov, Russian footballer
1993 - Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Japanese model, blogger and recording artist
1998 - Mion Mukaichi, Japanese singer and actress (AKB48)

Deaths

Observances

Statehood Day (Kansas)