Get ready to open up your mind to new possibilities and ideas on this Free thinkers day when people are allowed to think outside the box! Below is a brief explanation of the historical occurrences that happened on January 29.
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- 1802 – John Beckley became the first Librarian of Congress.
- 1886 – The first successful petrol-driven motorcar, built by Karl Benz, was patented.
- 1892 – The Coca-Cola Company was incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia.
- 1924 – R. Taylor patented the ice cream cone rolling machine.
- 1937 – Tommy Dorsey and his famous orchestra records “Song of India” – a popular standard of the era that later became a big hit.
- 1940– The W. Atlee Burpee Seed Company displayed the first tetraploid flowers at the New York City Flower Show.
- 1944- USS Missouri was launched at the New York Navy Yard on this day.
- 1958– Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward got married.
- 1963– Britain was refused entry into the EEC.
- 1963– Liquor bill no. 26 was rescheduled for this date.
- 1979– U.S. President Carter formally welcomed Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping to the White House.
- 1979- Brenda Spencer at only 16 years old, killed two men and wounded nine children as they enter the Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego.
- 1985– Oxford University delivered snub to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher by refusing her an honorary degree.
- 1987– “Physician Weekly” announced that the smile on the face of Leonardo DeVinci was caused by facial paralysis resulting from a swollen nerve behind the ear.
- 1996– French President Jacques Chirac announced the “definitive end” to nuclear testing.
- 1997– America Online agreed to give refunds to frustrated customers under threat of lawsuits across the country.
- 1999- Paris prosecutors announced the end of the investigation into the accident that killed Britain’s, Princess Diana.
- 2001- In Indonesia, thousands of student protesters demanded that President Abdurrahman Wahid quit due to his alleged involvement in two corruption scandals.
- 2008– In his final State of the Union address, President George W Bush admitted US economic growth is slowing but assured the American people the $150bn stimulus plan negotiated with Congress would help.
- 2008– Archaeologists announced that they had uncovered what they believed to be the oldest temple in Roman antiquity.