January 29 historical events
904 — Sergius III is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher
Pope Sergius III (c. 860 − 14 April 911) was the bishop of Rome and nominal ruler of the Papal States from 29 January 904 to his death. He was pope during a period of violence and disorder in central Italy, when warring aristocratic factions sought to use the material and military resources of the papacy.
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1223 — Battle of Viljandi (1223)
On 29 January 1223, during a church service, the Sackalians attacked the Germans inside the stronghold of Viljandi. They killed Sword-Brothers, vartels, merchants and even Mauritius, the vogt of Viljandi. The rest of the Germans were put in stocks and shackles. Some men advanced on to the stronghold of Leole, were they told others to do the same. Subsequently, the same Sackalians took Hebbe, the vogt of Järvamaa, and brought him to Viljandi. The heart of a still-alive Hebbe was torn out of his chest, baked on fire and eaten ritually, in order to "become strong in the fight against the Christians".
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1485 — Siege of Vienna begins
On 29 January 1485, the siege of Vienna began during the war between Matthias Corvinus of Hungary and Emperor Frederick III. Vienna, in present-day Austria, fell in June.
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1574 — Battle of the Scheldt (1574)
The Battle of the Scheldt also known as the Battle off Walcharen (known in Dutch as Slag bij Reimerswaal) was a naval battle that took place on 29 January 1574 during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War. The battle was fought between a Dutch rebel Sea Beggar fleet (which included English and Scottish troops) under Lodewijk van Boisot and a Spanish fleet under Julián Romero. The Spanish fleet was attempting to relieve the Spanish held town of Middelburg which was under siege but the fleet under Boisot intercepted them and were victorious with the destruction or capture of nearly fifteen ships.
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1654 — Action of 29 January 1654
The Action of 29 January 1654 was a naval battle between small naval forces of the Dutch and the English, near either Bandar Abbas or Sindh.
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1717 — Battle of Veliko Gradište
On 29 January 1717, Austrian troops raided Veliko Gradište, in present-day Serbia, during the Austro-Turkish War. Ottoman forces ambushed them and inflicted heavy losses.
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1794 — Capture of Fort-Dauphin (1794)
The capture of Fort-Dauphin was a bloodless encounter of the French Revolutionary Wars in which a Spanish expeditionary force under Admiral Gabriel de Aristizábal y Espinosa seized Fort-Dauphin (now Fort-Liberté), in Saint-Domingue, from France. The French garrison of about a thousand men, blockaded by land and sea, surrendered without firing a single shot.
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1814 — Battle of Brienne
The Battle of Brienne was fought on 29 January 1814, and resulted in the victory of Emperor Napoleon I's French forces over the Russian and Prussian forces commanded by the Prussian Generalfeldmarschall Prince von Blücher. The battle followed on the heels of reverses suffered by the French in both 1812, which had gutted the strength of the French Army, and 1813, where they fought against the Sixth Coalition. The Sixth Coalition had intentions of deposing Napoleon, dissolving the First French Empire and restoring the Bourbon monarchy to France.
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1827 — Battle of Kastella begins
On 29 January 1827, the Battle of Kastella began near Piraeus, Greece, during the Greek War of Independence. The fighting continued into January 30.
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1829 — Battle of Martino
On 29 January 1829, Greek and Ottoman forces fought at Martino, Greece, in one of the last battles of the Greek War of Independence.
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1833 — 1833 Speaker of the British House of Commons election
The 1833 election of the Speaker of the House of Commons occurred on 29 January 1833. This was the first Parliament after the Reform Act 1832. Not wishing to have an inexperienced Speaker preside over the reformed Parliament, the government persuaded the long-serving incumbent Speaker Charles Manners-Sutton to postpone his retirement. He was standing for a seventh term as Speaker.
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1840 — Battle of Maqongqo
The Battle of Maqongqo was fought on 29 January 1840 during a civil war between Zulu factions. The Zulu king Dingane was challenged for the throne by his brother Mpande, in alliance with Boer settlers led by Andries Pretorius. Mpande and his supporters were victorious. Shortly thereafter Dingane was murdered and Mpande became king of the Zulus.
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1845 — The Raven appears under Edgar Allan Poe’s name
On January 29, 1845, The Raven appeared in the New York Evening Mirror in the United States, attributed to Edgar Allan Poe. The poem brought him widespread attention.
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1847 — Battle of Embudo Pass
The Battle of Embudo Pass was part of the Taos Revolt, a popular insurrection against the American army's occupation of northern New Mexico. It took place on January 29, 1847, during the Mexican–American War, in what now is New Mexico.
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1848 — 1848 Salvadoran presidential election
Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 29 January 1848. Doroteo Vasconcelos ran unopposed and was elected by the legislature. He was sworn in on 7 February 1848 and served until 1 February 1850. He ran again in the next election when a constitutional amendment was made to allow his reelection.
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1856 — Queen Victoria institutes the Victoria Cross
A royal warrant created the Victoria Cross to recognize acts of military bravery. It was first awarded for actions during the Crimean War.
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1861 — Kansas becomes the 34th U.S. state
Kansas was admitted to the United States as the 34th state. Congress passed the statehood bill before President James Buchanan signed it.
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1863 — Bear River Massacre
The Bear River Massacre, or the Battle of Bear River or Massacre at Boa Ogoi, took place in present-day Idaho on January 29, 1863. After years of skirmishes and food raids on farms and ranches, the United States Army attacked a Shoshone encampment, gathered at the confluence of the Bear River and Beaver Creek in what was then southeastern Washington Territory. The site is located near the present-day city of Preston in Franklin County, Idaho. Colonel Patrick Edward Connor led a detachment of California Volunteers as part of the Bear River Expedition against Shoshone Chief Bear Hunter.
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1867 — Battle of Steen’s Mountain
On 29 January 1867, US troops commanded by George Crook attacked a Paiute village near Steen’s Mountain in Oregon, United States, during the Snake War.
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1876 — 1875–1876 New Zealand general election
The 1875–1876 New Zealand general election was held between 20 December 1875 and 29 January 1876 to elect a total of 88 MPs in 73 electorates to the 6th session of the New Zealand Parliament. The Māori vote was held on 4 and 15 January 1876. A total of 56,471 voters were registered.
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1886 — Carl Benz files a patent application for his motor car
Benz applied to the German Imperial Patent Office for a vehicle driven by a gasoline engine. The office later granted the patent with effect from the filing date.
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1889 — Indiana’s 1st congressional district special election
On January 29, 1889, Republican Francis B. Posey won the special election for Indiana’s 1st congressional district in the United States. He took his seat on February 6, filling the vacancy left by Alvin P. Hovey.
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1891 — Accession of Liliʻuokalani
Liliʻuokalani (Hawaiian pronunciation: [liˌliʔuokəˈlɐni]; Lydia Liliʻu Loloku Walania Kamakaʻeha; September 2, 1838 – November 11, 1917) was the only queen regnant and the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, ruling from January 29, 1891, until the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom on January 17, 1893, in a coup that was led by the Committee of Safety, composed of seven foreign residents (five Americans, one Scotsman, and one German) and six Hawaiian Kingdom subjects of American descent in Honolulu.
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1905 — Battle of Sandepu
The Battle of Sandepu (also known as the Battle of Heikoutai) (Japanese: 黒溝台会戦 (Kokkōdai no kaisen), Russian: Сражение при Сандепу) was a major land battle of the Russo-Japanese War. It was fought within a group of villages about 36 miles (58 km) southwest of Mukden, Manchuria.
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1907 — Charles Curtis takes his seat as the first Native American U.S. senator
Charles Curtis of Kansas took his seat in the U.S. Senate, becoming its first Native American member. Curtis, a member of the Kaw Nation, had served in the House of Representatives before the Kansas legislature elected him to the Senate.
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1911 — Magonista rebellion of 1911
The Magonista rebellion of 1911 was an early uprising of the Mexican Revolution organized by the Liberal Party of Mexico (Spanish: Partido Liberal Mexicano, PLM), which was only successful in northern Baja California. It is named after Ricardo Flores Magón, one of the leaders of the PLM. The Magonistas controlled Tijuana and Mexicali for about six months, beginning with the liberation of Mexicali on January 29, 1911.
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1911 — Magonista rebels capture Mexicali
On 29 January 1911, Magonista rebels captured Mexicali in Baja California, Mexico, during the Mexican Revolution, meeting little resistance from government forces.
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1913 — 1912–13 United States Senate elections
The 1912–13 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. They were the last U.S. Senate elections before the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, establishing direct elections for all Senate seats. Senators had been primarily chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1912 and 1913, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock.
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1916 — Drummoyne by-election second round
On 29 January 1916, the second round of the Drummoyne state by-election was held in New South Wales, Australia. The first round had taken place on January 22.
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1918 — Kiev Arsenal January Uprising
Kiev Arsenal January Uprising (Ukrainian: Січневе повстання Sichneve povstannya), sometimes called simply the January Uprising or the January Rebellion, was the Bolshevik organized workers' armed revolt that started on January 29, 1918 at the Kiev Arsenal factory during the Ukrainian-Soviet War. The goal of the uprising was to sabotage the ongoing elections to the Ukrainian Constituent Assembly and to support the advancing Red Army.
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1919 — January fighting at Ciucea
Romanian and Hungarian forces fought in the Ciucea area in January 1919, during the Hungarian–Romanian War. The retained article dates this phase of fighting to 16–29 January.
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1922 — Portuguese legislative election, 1922
General elections were held in Portugal on 29 January 1922. The Democratic Party emerged as the largest in Parliament, winning 74 of the 163 seats in the House of Representatives and 37 of the 70 seats in the Senate.
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1936 — First Baseball Hall of Fame election tally completed
By January 29, 1936, the ballots for the first Baseball Hall of Fame election in the United States had been received and tallied. Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson were elected. The result was publicly announced on February 2, the museum’s official election date.
January 29 records completion of the tally. The museum recognizes February 2, 1936, the public announcement, as the official election date.
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1939 — Bombing of La Garriga
The Bombing of La Garriga where a series of Nationalist air raids which took place at La Garriga, Barcelona province between the 28 and 29 January 1939 during the Spanish Civil War. At least 13 civilians were killed in the bombings.
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1940 — A train derails and catches fire near Ajikawaguchi Station
A gasoline-powered train derailed and overturned near Ajikawaguchi Station on Osaka’s Nishinari Line. Fuel caught fire, causing heavy loss of life.
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1943 — Battle of Rennell Island
The Battle of Rennell Island (Japanese: レンネル島沖海戦) took place on 29–30 January 1943. It was the last major naval engagement between the United States Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Guadalcanal campaign of World War II. It occurred in the South Pacific between Rennell Island and Guadalcanal in the southern Solomon Islands. In the battle, Japanese naval land-based torpedo bombers, seeking to provide protection for the impending evacuation of Japanese forces from Guadalcanal, made several attacks over two days on US warships operating as a task force south of this island.
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1944 — Koniuchy massacre
The Koniuchy (Kaniūkai) massacre was a massacre of civilians carried out by a Soviet partisan unit along with a contingent of Jewish partisans under their command during the Second World War in the Polish village of Koniuchy (now Kaniūkai, Lithuania) on January 29, 1944.
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1944 — Air raid devastates Bologna’s anatomical theatre
On January 29, 1944, an air raid almost completely destroyed the Anatomical Theatre of the Archiginnasio in Bologna, Italy. It was later rebuilt using original pieces recovered from the rubble.
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1944 — USS Missouri launched
On 29 January 1944, the battleship USS Missouri was launched at Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York, United States. Margaret Truman christened the ship. Its commissioning followed in June.
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1949 — Yeovil Town 2–1 Sunderland (1949)
Yeovil Town v Sunderland was a football match played on 29 January 1949 at the Huish Athletic Ground, Yeovil. The match was a tie in the Fourth Round of the FA Cup. Yeovil Town won the match 2–1, with Alec Stock and Eric Bryant scoring the goals for the winning side. The match is notable for being one of the few occasions in the history of the FA Cup where a non-league club has defeated a team in the top tier of English football.
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1949 — Birth of Huang Jinshen
On 29 January 1949, Huang Jinshen, an actor, was born.
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1953 — Birth of Teresa Teng
On 29 January 1953, Teresa Teng, a singer, was born.
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1959 — Disney releases Sleeping Beauty
Disney released its animated film Sleeping Beauty in the United States on January 29, 1959.
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1960 — Birth of Ma Min’er
On 29 January 1960, Ma Min’er, an actor, was born.
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1964 — The 1964 Winter Olympics open in Innsbruck
Austrian President Adolf Schärf opened the ninth Winter Olympics at the Bergisel ski jump. Luge made its Olympic debut at these Games.
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1967 — Japanese general election, 1967
General elections were held in Japan on 29 January 1967. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 277 of the 486 seats. Voter turnout was 73.99%.
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1973 — EgyptAir Flight 741
EgyptAir Flight 741 was a flight between Cairo International Airport and the now-defunct Nicosia International Airport that crashed on 29 January 1973. All 37 people on board died. The plane crashed in the Kyrenia mountain range in Cyprus on its descent while approaching the runway from the north. The resulting explosion, about 12 miles (19 km) from Nicosia airport, resulted in a fire which was put out by the Cypriot National Guard.
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1976 — First Battle of Amgala
The First Battle of Amgala was fought between 27 and 29 January 1976 around the oasis of Amgala, Western Sahara, about 260 kilometres (160 mi) west of the border with Algeria. Units from the Algerian Army were attacked by units from the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces on the night of 27 January. The Algerians withdrew after fighting for 36 hours.
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1978 — Libyan-backed offensive begins in northern Chad
On 29 January 1978, Goukouni Oueddei’s forces launched the Ibrahim Abatcha offensive against government outposts in northern Chad, with the active participation of Libyan ground troops.
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1979 — Jimmy Carter welcomes Deng Xiaoping at the White House
On 29 January 1979, US President Jimmy Carter formally welcomed Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping at the White House. This entry records the welcoming ceremony during Deng’s visit, rather than his arrival in the United States or a later agreement signing.
The date refers to the White House welcoming ceremony.
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1983 — Singapore cable car crash
At about 6 p.m. on 29 January 1983, the derrick of the Eniwetok, a Panamanian-registered oil rig, passed under the aerial ropeway of the Singapore Cable Car system and struck the cable that stretched over the waterway between the Jardine Steps Station and the Sentosa Station. As a result, two cabins plunged 55 metres (180 ft) into the sea, killing seven people.
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1984 — Ecuadorian general election, 1984
General elections were held in Ecuador on 29 January 1984, with a second round of the presidential elections on 6 May. After finishing second in the first round, León Febres Cordero of the Social Christian Party won the run-off with 51.5% of the vote. The Democratic Left emerged as the largest faction in the House of Representatives, winning 24 of the 69 seats.
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1984 — 5th Yokohama Film Festival
The 5th Yokohama Film Festival (第5回ヨコハマ映画祭) was held on 29 January 1984 in Kanagawa Prefectural Youth Centre Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
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1987 — Researchers in Huntsville observe superconductivity above 77 kelvin
Maw-Kuen Wu and colleagues at the University of Alabama in Huntsville observed superconductivity in an yttrium–barium–copper oxide sample above the boiling point of liquid nitrogen. They worked with Paul Chu’s group at the University of Houston to verify the result.
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1989 — 1989 West Berlin state election
The 1989 West Berlin state election was held on 29 January 1989 to elect the members of the 11th Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. This was the last election held in West Berlin before the reunification of Germany and Berlin. The CDU suffered a severe defeat under its top candidate, the Governing Mayor Eberhard Diepgen, who had been in office since 1984.
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1991 — Battle of Khafji
The Battle of Khafji was the first major ground engagement of the Gulf War. It took place in and around Khafji, Saudi Arabia, from 29 January to 1 February 1991.
This entry records the battle’s start date.
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1991 — US Marines retake Umm al Maradim
On 29 January 1991, US Marines assaulted and recaptured Umm al Maradim, an island off Kuwait, during the Gulf War. They destroyed Iraqi weapons stored there and raised the Kuwaiti flag.
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1994 — 1994 Werriwa by-election
A by-election for the Australian House of Representatives division of Werriwa was held on 29 January 1994. It was triggered by the resignation of sitting Labor Party member and former minister John Kerin. The by-election was won by Labor Party candidate Mark Latham, retaining the seat for his party. The by-election was marked by a swing against the ALP of almost twelve per cent.
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1995 — 1995 Liechtenstein local elections
Local elections were held in Liechtenstein on 29 January 1995 to elect the municipal councils and the mayors of the eleven municipalities.
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1996 — Chirac announces an end to French nuclear testing
On 29 January 1996, French President Jacques Chirac announced in a broadcast from Paris, France, that France was ending its nuclear tests permanently.
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1996 — Fire destroys much of Venice’s La Fenice opera house
A fire gutted La Fenice during a closure for restoration. The auditorium and stage were destroyed, and the opera house was later reconstructed.
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1997 — Europe XI v Africa XI (1997)
Europe XI v Africa XI (1997) was a friendly football match that took place on January 29, 1997 at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal, between a European select side and an African select side. The match was jointly organized by UEFA and CAF as part of the European Year against Racism. The African XI won 2–1 with goals from Abedi Pele and Mustapha Hadji.
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1998 — 1998 Sri Lankan local elections
Local government elections were held in Sri Lanka on 29 January 1998 for 17 local authorities on the Jaffna Peninsula, in the north of the country. They were the first local elections held in the peninsula since 1983. Turnout was low due to the threats issued by the rebel Tamil Tigers.
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2001 — 2001 Tobago House of Assembly election
House of Assembly elections were held in Tobago on 29 January 2001 to elect the twelve members of the Tobago House of Assembly. The Tobago Council of the People's National Movement won eight seats with 46.73% of the vote, while the governing National Alliance for Reconstruction won four seats with 38.44% of the vote. This election is the only time to date that the United National Congress participated in an election in Tobago.
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2002 — Bush uses “axis of evil” in his State of the Union address
On January 29, 2002, US President George W. Bush delivered the State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., United States. He used the phrase “axis of evil” after discussing North Korea, Iran and Iraq.
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2005 — Lunar New Year charter flights begin between mainland China and Taiwan
Airlines began operating two-way Lunar New Year charter flights without intermediate landings. Flights from Guangzhou, Shanghai and other mainland cities arrived in Taiwan as part of the program.
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2006 — Finnish presidential election, 2006
A presidential election was held in Finland on 15 and 29 January 2006 which resulted in the re-election of Tarja Halonen as President of Finland for a second six-year term. The first round of voting in Finnish presidential elections always takes place on the third Sunday of January, in this case 15 January 2006. As no candidate received more than half of the vote, a second round was held on 29 January between the two highest placed candidates from the first round, Tarja Halonen and Sauli Niinistö. Tarja Halonen, the incumbent, won the final round by 3.6 percentage points.
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2006 — Royal Rumble (2006)
Royal Rumble (2006) was the nineteenth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was presented by Sony Computer Entertainment's The Con. It took place on January 29, 2006, in the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida and featured talent from the Raw and SmackDown! brands. As has been customary since 1993, the Royal Rumble match winner received a match at that year's WrestleMania, (in this instance: WrestleMania 22) for his choice at either the WWE Championship or the World Heavyweight Championship. Six professional wrestling matches were featured on the event's supercard, a scheduling of more than one main event.
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2007 — Battle of Najaf ends
The retained source dates the Battle of Najaf, Iraq, to 28–29 January 2007. Iraqi security forces, supported by foreign troops, fought near Zarqa outside Najaf.
January 29 follows the retained range endpoint; the narrative dates the main fighting to January 28.
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2008 — 2008 Florida Democratic presidential primary
The 2008 Florida Democratic presidential primary took place on January 29, 2008. Originally, the state had 185 delegates up for grabs that were to be awarded in the following way: 121 delegates were to be awarded based on the winner in each of Florida's 25 congressional districts while an additional 64 delegates were to be awarded to the statewide winner.
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2008 — 2008 Florida Republican presidential primary
The 2008 Florida Republican presidential primary was held on January 29, 2008, with 57 delegates at stake on a winner-take-all basis. The Republican National Committee removed half of Florida's delegates because the state committee moved its Republican primary before February 5. Arizona Senator and eventual nominee John McCain won the primary with 36% of the vote. As a presidential candidate, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani concentrated heavily on the Florida primary.
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2008 — 2008 Orlando mayoral election
The 2008 Orlando mayoral election took place on January 29, 2008. Incumbent Mayor Buddy Dyer ran for re-election to a second full term. Dyer was challenged by businessman Ken Mulvaney, his main opponent in the 2004 election. Mulvaney challenged his loss in the election, alleging that Dyer illegally paid a consultant to collect absentee ballots, which culminated in Dyer's indictment and suspension from office, and a special election.
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2011 — 2011 AFC Asian Cup final
The 2011 AFC Asian Cup final was a football match that took place on 29 January 2011 at the Khalifa International Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar, to determine the winner of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. The match was won by Japan, defeating Australia 1–0 after extra time through a goal scored by Tadanari Lee. Japan thus qualified for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup as the representative from AFC.
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2011 — Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg
Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg was a mixed martial arts event that was held by Strikeforce on January 29, 2011 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California, United States.
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2011 — 2011 CAF Super Cup played in Lubumbashi
On 29 January 2011, TP Mazembe and FUS Rabat played the CAF Super Cup in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo. After a 0–0 draw, TP Mazembe won the penalty shootout 9–8.
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2011 — KSW Extra 2
On January 29, 2011, KSW Extra 2 took place at Hala MOSiR in Ełk, Poland.
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2012 — Royal Rumble (2012)
Royal Rumble (2012) was the twenty-fifth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by WWE. It took place on January 29, 2012 at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri. It has been customary since 1993, the Royal Rumble match winner received a match at that year's WrestleMania (in this instance: WrestleMania XXVIII) for his choice at either the WWE Championship or the World Heavyweight Championship. Six professional wrestling matches were featured at the event. The main event was the annual 30-competitor Royal Rumble. Sheamus, the twenty-second entrant, won the match by last eliminating Chris Jericho, the twenty-ninth entrant.
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2012 — Cambodian Senate election, 2012
Elections to the Royal Cambodian Senate were held on 29 January 2012, with all 57 seats in the Senate being contested. The result was a victory for the ruling Cambodian People's Party, which won 46 of the 57 seats. The Sam Rainsy Party gain a net of eleven seats, ending with a total of 11 seats. The royalist FUNCINPEC lost all of its nine seats.
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2012 — 2012 Maine Republican presidential caucuses
The 2012 Maine Republican presidential caucuses were held between Sunday, January 29, and Saturday, March 3, at various locations throughout the state of Maine. Presidential preference polls (straw polls) were held at the caucuses, but those polls were not binding on the choices of delegates to the Maine Republican Party convention. The caucuses chose delegates in processes separate from the straw polling.
This entry records the event's start date, as given in the source infobox.
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2013 — 2013 Tamarua by-election
The 2013 Tamarua by-election was a by-election in the Cook Islands electorate of Tamarua. It was held on 29 January 2013, and was precipitated by the death of sitting MP Pukeiti Pukeiti. The by-election was won by the Democratic Party's Tetangi Matapo.
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2013 — SCAT Airlines Flight 760
SCAT Airlines Flight 760 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Kokshetau to Almaty, Kazakhstan, operated by a Bombardier CRJ200 twinjet that on 29 January 2013 crashed in thick fog near the village of Kyzyltu, while on approach to Almaty. All 16 passengers and 5 crew on board were killed. The subsequent investigation determined that the aircraft had descended abruptly after pitching nose-down, but was unable to establish the cause of the sudden manoeuvre.
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2015 — January 2015 Sinai attacks
On 29 January 2015, militants from the ISIL-affiliated Wilayat Sinai (Sinai Province) militant group launched a series of attacks on army and police bases in Arish using car bombs and mortars. The attacks, which occurred in more than six different locations, resulted in 44 deaths.
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2016 — Operation Diablo Express
Operation Diablo Express was a cross-border raid launched on 29 January 2016, by a combined force of Mexican and American police to apprehend members of the Sinaloa Cartel in Lukeville, Arizona, and the neighboring border town Sonoyta, in the northwestern Sonora. According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spokeswoman Gillian M. Christensen; the Sinaloa cartel "cell" targeted in Sonoyta and the adjacent Lukeville area were responsible for the "importation of millions of pounds of illegal drugs, including marijuana, heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine" into the United States, as well as the smuggling of "millions of dollars in U.S. currency, along with weapons, into Mexico."
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2016 — Bellator 148: Daley vs. Uhrich
On January 29, 2016, Bellator 148: Daley vs. Uhrich took place at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California, United States. It aired live on Spike TV.
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2017 — Royal Rumble (2017)
The 2017 Royal Rumble was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE, held for wrestlers from the promotion's main roster brands, Raw and SmackDown. It was the 30th annual Royal Rumble event and took place on January 29, 2017, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
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2017 — 2017 French Socialist Party presidential primary
The French Socialist Party held a two-round presidential primary to select a candidate for the 2017 presidential election on 22 and 29 January 2017. It was the second open primary (primaires citoyennes) held by the centre-left coalition, after the primary in 2011 in which François Hollande defeated Martine Aubry to become the Socialist nominee. Hollande went on to defeat incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy in the 2012 presidential election.
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2017 — Raid on Yakla
The Raid on Yakla was a joint United States/United Arab Emirates military operation carried out on January 29, 2017 in al-Ghayil, a village in the Yakla area of the Al Bayda Governorate of central Yemen, during the Yemeni civil war. Prepared by U.S. counterterrorism officials under President Barack Obama, the mission was ultimately authorized by President Donald Trump nine days into his presidency.
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2017 — Quebec City mosque shooting
On the evening of January 29, 2017, an Islamophobic domestic terrorist attack took place at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City, a mosque in the Sainte-Foy neighbourhood of Quebec City, Canada. Six worshippers were killed and five others seriously injured after evening prayers when the gunman entered the prayer hall shortly before 8:00 pm and opened fire for about two minutes with a semi-automatic pistol.
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2017 — 2017 Taça da Liga final
The 2017 Taça da Liga final was the final match of the 2016–17 Taça da Liga, the tenth season of the Taça da Liga. It was played on 29 January 2017 at Estádio Algarve. The competition involved the 35 clubs playing in the top two tiers of the Portuguese football league system – 18 from Primeira Liga and 17 from Segunda Liga – during the 2016–17 season.
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2017 — 2017 Sundance Film Festival
The 2017 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 19 to January 29, 2017. The first lineup of competition films was announced November 30, 2016.
This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.
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2019 — Qatar v United Arab Emirates (2019 AFC Asian Cup)
An AFC Asian Cup match between Qatar and the United Arab Emirates occurred on 29 January 2019, as part of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. It was held at the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in the capital of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi. The match is referred as the Blockade Derby, due to the then-ongoing Qatar diplomatic crisis and deterioration of Qatar–United Arab Emirates relations.
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2022 — Royal Rumble (2022)
The 2022 Royal Rumble was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE, held for wrestlers from the promotion's main roster brands, Raw and SmackDown. It was the 35th annual Royal Rumble and took place on January 29, 2022, at The Dome at America's Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The event was the first Royal Rumble to livestream on Peacock.
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2022 — Bellator 273
Bellator 273: Bader vs. Moldavsky was a mixed martial arts event produced by Bellator MMA, it took place on January 29, 2022 at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona.
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2022 — 2022 Tricolour Citizens' Movement leadership election
A leadership election for the Tricolour Citizens' Movement was held on 29 January 2022.
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2022 — 2022 Italian presidential election
The 2022 Italian presidential election was held in Rome between 24 and 29 January 2022. The president of Italy was elected by a joint assembly composed of the Italian Parliament and regional representatives. The election process extended over multiple days, culminating in incumbent president Sergio Mattarella being confirmed for a second term, with a total of 759 votes on the eighth ballot.
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2022 — 2022 Green Party (Czech Republic) leadership election
The Green Party (SZ) leadership election of 2022 was held on 29 January 2022. The incumbents Magdalena Davis and Michal Berg were elected for another term.
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2022 — 2022 Taça da Liga final
The 2022 Taça da Liga final was the final match of the 2021–22 Taça da Liga, the fifteenth season of the Taça da Liga. It was played on 29 January 2022 at Estádio Municipal de Leiria. The competition involved the 34 clubs playing in the top two tiers of the Portuguese football league system – 18 from Primeira Liga and 16 from Liga Portugal 2 – during the 2021–22 season.
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2022 — BKFC Fight Night Jackson: Brito vs. Harris II
On January 29, 2022, BKFC Fight Night Jackson: Brito vs. Harris II took place at Jackson Convention Complex in Jackson, Mississippi, United States.
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2022 — The 2022 Battle of Los Angeles wrestling tournament opens
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla returned to the Globe Theatre for the first Battle of Los Angeles since 2019. Aramís, Wheeler Yuta and Buddy Matthews won their first-round matches.
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2023 — 2023 Lower Austrian state election
The 2023 Lower Austrian state election was held on 29 January 2023 to elect the members of the Landtag of Lower Austria. The ruling conservative ÖVP lost almost 10 percentage points and received slightly less than 40% of the vote, making it its worst election result in Lower Austria's history.
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2023 — 2022 Saudi Super Cup final
The 2022 Saudi Super Cup Final (also known as The Berain Saudi Super Cup Final for sponsorship reasons) was the 9th edition of the Saudi Super Cup. This was the first edition of the Saudi Super Cup to feature four teams following its expansion in 2022. The final was played on 29 January 2023 at the King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, between Al-Ittihad and Al-Fayha.
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2023 — 2023 Supercopa Uruguaya
The 2023 Supercopa Uruguaya was the sixth edition of the Supercopa Uruguaya, Uruguay's football super cup. It was held on 29 January 2023 between the 2022 Primera División champions Nacional and the 2022 Torneo Intermedio runners-up Liverpool at Estadio Centenario in Montevideo. Liverpool were the winners, beating Nacional 1–0 to claim their second Supercopa Uruguaya title.
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2024 — HDMS Iver Huitfeldt departs Korsør
On 29 January 2024, the Danish frigate Iver Huitfeldt left Korsør, Denmark, heading for the Mediterranean ahead of its deployment to protect shipping. Parliamentary approval for deployment to the operational area followed in February.
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2025 — 2025 Light Air Services Beechcraft 1900 crash
On 29 January 2025, a Beechcraft 1900 operated by Eagle Air on behalf of Light Air Services crashed in Unity State, located in the Greater Upper Nile region of South Sudan. The aircraft was on a routine scheduled charter flight from GPOC Unity Airstrip to Juba International Airport when it crashed shortly after takeoff, killing 20 out of 21 on board.
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2025 — Airliner and Army helicopter collide over the Potomac River
On January 29, 2025, at 8:48 p.m. Eastern time, American Airlines flight 5342, operated by PSA Airlines, collided with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River near Washington, D.C., United States. All 64 people on the airplane and three on the helicopter died.
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2025 — Death of Zhang Liwei
On 29 January 2025, Zhang Liwei, an actor, died.
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