Daily Calendar for Thursday, January 29, 2026
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Thursday, January 29, 2026
Born
- Thomas Paine (patriot) –
- William McKinley (25th U.S. president) –
- Anton Chekhov (author) –
- Whitney Warren (architect) –
- Vincente Blasco Ibanez (novelist) –
- W.C. Fields (actor) –
- Barnett Newman (painter) –
- Victor Mature (actor) –
- Katharine Ross (actress ) –
- Tom Selleck (actor) –
- Ann Jillian (actress) –
- Oprah Winfrey (American entrepreneur and entertainer Oprah Winfrey was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi.) –
- Judy Norton-Taylor (actress) –
- Heather Graham (actress) –
- Sara Gilbert (actress) –
- Justin Hartley (actor) –
- Adam Lambert (singer) –
- Gretchen Walsh (Olympic swimmer) –
Died
- Philippe Aubert de Gaspé (French-Canadian author; died in Quebec) –
- Robert Frost (poet) –
- Jimmy Durante (actor) –
- Joshua Miner (Outward Bound USA founder) –
- Dick "Night Train" Lane (football player ) –
- Harold Russell (received two Oscars for portrayal of wounded veteran in The Best Years of Our Lives, after losing both his hands in WW II) –
- Mary-Ellis Bunim (producer who helped bring television into the age of reality with The Real World and Road Rules) –
- Larry L. McGraw (founder of Home Orchard Society) –
- Rod McKuen (poet) –
Events
- Geologist William Edmond Logan became first Canadian-born knight –
- Kansas was admitted to the Union as the 34th state –
- Charles Steinmetz patented a system of distribution by alternating current. –
- U.S. physician Emil H. Grube became the first to use X-ray treatment for breast cancer –
- American Baseball League formed in Chicago –
- Carl Taylor’s ice cream cone-rolling machine patented –
- The Baseball Hall of Fame elected its first members –
- Actor Paul Newman married actress Joanne Woodward –
- Emily H. Warner became the first female pilot of a U.S. commercial airline –
- 21-pound 8-ounce bowfin caught in Forest Lake, South Carolina –
- Julio Cesar Chavez suffered the first defeat of his pro boxing career, losing his WBC super lightweight crown on a split decision to 32 year-old Frankie Randall in Las Vegas –
Weather
- The “Great Olympic Blowdown” windstorm struck the Washington coast, with winds up to 113 mph. Eight billion board feet of timber was destroyed in North Head, Washington. –
- 62 degrees in Nampa, Idaho –
- Fields full of snow rollers were sighted in Weld County, Colorado. –
- January 26 to 29: An atmospheric river caused a major West Coast storm –