{"id":207752,"date":"2020-01-01T12:54:50","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T12:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/day\/january-29\/"},"modified":"2024-01-14T00:26:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T00:26:07","slug":"january-29","status":"publish","type":"otd_day","link":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/day\/january-29\/","title":{"rendered":"January 29: Facts & Historical Events On This Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

January 29th celebrates Puzzle Day as well as Freethinkers Day.

This day marks the 29^{th day of 2025, and there’s another remianing.}

If today is your birthday, or just a special day for you, then you should learn all about the historical events that happened on this day throughout history.

Did you know that on this day in 1595, Shakespeare’s play “Romeo & Juliet” was performed for the first time? The book was published two years later.

Keep reading for more fun & interesting facts about January 29^{th in history!\r\n\r\n}

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What memorable events happened on January 29 in history? Keep reading to find out!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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2025\r\n\r\n
A US Army helicopter crashed into a commercial jet during night training near D.C., killing all 67 on board.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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2016\r\n\r\n
Zayn Malik’s “Pillowtalk” single was released.\r\n\r\n
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It was his first single from his debut album, “Mind of Mine.” The song was also the first single from Zayn as a solo artist, after leaving One Direction back in March 2015.\r\n\r\n
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2015\r\n\r\n
Missing Malaysian flight MH370 was announced to have been an accident with no survivors.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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2014\r\n\r\n
Cristiano Ronaldo became the first non-Spanish player to captain Real Madrid.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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2002\r\n\r\n
President George W. Bush gave his State of Union Address.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
He announced that North Korea, Iran, and Iraq were threats to America’s way of life.\r\n\r\n
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1996\r\n\r\n
French President Jacques Chirac announced France’s nuclear test program had finished.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The announcement came after six months of global protests against France’s nuclear tests. President Jacques Chirac claimed that the tests ended not because of the protests, but because the nation finally had “at its disposal a durable weapon which is reliable and modern.”\r\n\r\n
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1985\r\n\r\n
Margaret Thatcher became the first post-war prime minister who was refused a degree.\r\n\r\n
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Oxford University refused the honorary degree.\r\n\r\n
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1964\r\n\r\n
A two-stage version of the Saturn I rocket was launched for the first time.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The test flight, known as Saturn-Apollo 5, was the first orbital mission of the Apollo space program due to improvements to the rocket’s first stage and the addition of the second stage. The first stage’s improvements included enlarged fuel tanks, which allowed it to carry the planned 750,000 lb (340,000 kg) of rocket fuel, and extra fins to increase stability. This test launch showed the world that the US was capable of creating rockets as large as the Soviet Union’s.\r\n\r\n
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1959\r\n\r\n
Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty” was released in theaters.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1907\r\n\r\n
Charles Curtis started his six-year term as the first Native American US Senator.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1892\r\n\r\n
The Coca-Cola Company was incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia.\r\n\r\n
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1861\r\n\r\n
Kansas entered the Union, making it the 34th state to join the United States of America.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1845\r\n\r\n
The New York Evening Mirror published Edgar Allan Poe’s famous poem “The Raven.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1781\r\n\r\n
Wolfgang Mozart’s opera “Idomeneo” premiered at the Cuvilliés Theatre in Munich, Germany.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1595\r\n\r\n
One of William Shakespeare’s most acclaimed plays, “Romeo & Juliet” was performed for the first time.\r\n\r\n
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Famous Births\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Are you celebrating your birthday today? If so, did you know that you share the same birthday as Madison Bailey? See what other famous people were born on this day.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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