This day in #history 28901
29TH JANUARY
1595 – William Shakespeare ‘s play Romeo and Juliet is probably first performed.
1613 – Galileo observes Neptune but fails to recognize what he sees
1922 – Union of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras & El Salvador dissolved
1933 – German president Paul von Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler as chancellor
1968 – Nauru (formerly Pleasant Island) adopts
constitution
1986 – Yoweri Museveni sworn in as president of
Uganda
1991 – Nelson Mandela and Mangosuthu Buthelezi meet after 28 years
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
1737 – Thomas Paine , political essayist (Common Sense, Age of Reason )
1843 – William McKinley, Niles Ohio, 25th US President (1897 -1901 ), (d . 1901 )
1873 – Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi,
Italy, explorer /climber (Mt St Elias )
1926 – Abdus Salam, theoretical physicist
1945 – Tom Selleck, Detroit Mich, actor (Lance- Rockford Files, Magnum PI )
1954 – Oprah Winfrey, Kosciusko Mississippi , Talk show host and actress (‘The Oprah Winfrey Show ‘ ‘Colour Purple’)
1959 – Paul McGann, actor (Dr Who
FAMOUS DEATHS
1820 – King George III of the United Kingdom ( b .
1738) . Reigned 1760- 1820.
1963 – Robert Frost , American poet ( New
Hampshire, 4 Pulitzers ), dies at 88
1991 – Yasushi Inoue , Japanese historian, dies
1995 – Arthur Guy Clutton – Brock, English
agronomist (Rhodesia ) , dies at 88
FAMOUS WEDDING
1839 – English Naturalist and author of Origin of
the Species Charles Darwin marries Emma
Wedgwood
