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Thursday, 29 January 2026

Day 29 of 2026  ·  336 days remaining in the year  ·  Week 05
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7 Births
4 Events
11 Total entries

★ Born on this day 7 entries

1843
William McKinley, 25th President from (1897 - 1901).
US Politics & Government 183 yrs ago
1850
Lawrence Hargrave, invented the box kite.
US Science & Technology 176 yrs ago
1860
Anton Chekhov, writer (The Cherry Orchard.)
US 166 yrs ago
1880
Claude William Dukenfield (better known as W.C. Fields.)
US 146 yrs ago
1901
Allen B DuMont, perfected first commercially practical cathode ray tube.
US 125 yrs ago
1945
Tom Selleck, actor, P.I.
US Arts & Culture 81 yrs ago
1953
Oprah Winfrey, talk show hostess.
US Media & Broadcasting 73 yrs ago

► Events on this day 4 entries

1845
Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" first published in New York.
US Arts & Culture 181 yrs ago
1861
Kansas becomes a state.
US 165 yrs ago
1904
First athletic letters given: to Univ of Chicago football team.
US Sport 122 yrs ago
1978
Sweden becomes the first nation to curb use of aerosol cans.
SE 48 yrs ago