Tuesday, January 29, 2013

THIS DAY IN HISTORY – JANUARY 29



HISTORICAL EVENTS

1834 – President Andrew Jackson sends troops to put down labor riot.


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1919 – The United States Secretary of State proclaims 18th amendment (prohibition).


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1936 – The U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame elects its first members (Matthewson, Ruth, Wagner, Johnson, Cobb).



1944 – The USS Missouri, the last battleship commissioned by the US Navy, is launched. On September 2, 1945, Japan formally surrendered in a ceremony conducted on her deck in Tokyo Bay, ending WWII.


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1979 – School shooting in San Diego committed by 16 year-old Brenda Spencer.



FAMOUS BIRTHS

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1843 – William McKinley, first U.S. president to ride in a car, is born.



FAMOUS DEATHS


1820 – England's King George III dies, reigned 1760-1820.



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