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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