The Most Memorable Events on January 29 Throughout History

Did you know that January 29 has a rich history? From famous birthdays to significant events, this video will take you through some of the most notable moments that happened on this date in history. Get ready to learn and be amazed by the past on January 29!
1595 William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet" is thought to have been first performed. Officially published early 1597.
1785 In a surprising announcement, John Hancock resigns as Governor of Massachusetts, allegedly due to his failing health
1802 John Beckley of Virginia appointed first Librarian of Congress
1834 President Jackson orders first use of US troops to suppress a labor dispute
1845 American writer Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven" 1st published in The Evening Mirror newspaper (New York City)
1850 Senator Henry Clay drafts the Compromise of 1850 to defuse tensions between slave states and free states over territories won during the Mexican–American War
1861 US state of Kansas admitted to the Union as the 34th state
1863 Bear River Massacre: American soldiers slaughter hundreds of Native Americans at the confluence of the Bear River and Beaver Creek in present day Idaho
1879 Custer Battlefield National Monument established in Montana
1886 Karl Benz patents the "Benz Patent-Motorwagen" in Karlsruhe, Germany, the world's 1st automobile with a burning motor
1891 Liliuokalani is proclaimed Queen of Hawaii, its last monarch
1892 The Coca-Cola Company is incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia
1896 American Emile Grubbe is the first doctor to use radiation treatment for breast cancer
1907 Republican Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the 1st Native American US Senator
1924 Ice cream cone rolling machine patented by Carl Taylor, Cleveland
1936 1st players elected to Baseball Hall of Fame: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson & Walter Johnson
1944 USS Missouri, the last battleship commissioned by the US Navy, is launched
1959 Walt Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" released
1964 Unmanned Apollo 1 Saturn launcher test attains Earth orbit
1979 US President Jimmy Carter commutes Patty Hearst's 7 year jail sentence to time served (22 months)
1982 Old Dominion ends Louisiana Tech's women's basketball record 54-game winning streak
1984 President Reagan formally announces he will seek a 2nd term
1989 Episcopal Church of the United States, Diocese of Massachusetts elects Barbara Harris as its first female bishop
1989 USSR's Phobos II enters Martian orbit
1993 US postal service issues a stamp commemorating chemist Percy Lavon Julian
1996 France will no longer test nuclear weapons, its president Jacques Chirac says, following international outcry over tests in the Pacific
2002 US President George W. Bush in his State of the Union address describes "regimes that sponsor terror" an "Axis of Evil", which includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea
2009 Rod Blagojevich, Governor of Illinois, is removed from office after being convicted of corruption charges
2014 Scientists discover how to convert normal cells into stem cells in mice
2015 Malaysia officially declares the disappearance of missing flight MH370 an accident
2018 Cleveland Indians announce they will remove "Chief Wahoo" caricature logo from uniforms in 2019
2018 F.B.I deputy director Andrew G. McCabe steps down from office
2019 Tehran, Iran bans dog walking in public, and driving with dogs