Editing January 29 (section)

==Events==

===Pre-1600===
* [[904]] &ndash; [[Pope Sergius III|Sergius III]] is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the [[pope|papacy]] from the deposed [[antipope Christopher]].<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Christophorus|volume=6|page=295 | quote= In January 904 [Christophorus] was treated in the same fashion by his competitor, Sergius III., who had him strangled.}}</ref>
* [[946]] &ndash; Caliph [[al-Mustakfi]] is blinded and deposed by [[Mu'izz al-Dawla]], ruler of the [[Buyid dynasty|Buyid Empire]]. He is succeeded by [[al-Muti]] as caliph of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb|title=The Encyclopaedia of Islam: MIF-NAZ|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-ewpAQAAMAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Brill|isbn=978-90-04-09419-2}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[War of the Sixth Coalition]]: France engages Russia and [[Prussia]] in the [[Battle of Brienne]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fremont-Barnes |first1=Gregory |title=The Napoleonic Wars: The Rise and Fall of an Empire |date=2004 |publisher=Osprey |location=Oxford |isbn=1-84176-831-6 |pages=18, 291}}</ref>
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[Stamford Raffles]] lands on the island of [[Singapore]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Tan |first1=Eugene K. B. |title=Article 152 of the Singapore Constitution: The Past, Present, and Future of Multiracial Recognition, Inclusion, and Accommodation |journal=Beyond Bicentennial |date=July 2020 |pages=713–726 |doi=10.1142/9789811212512_0043|isbn=978-981-12-1250-5 |s2cid=225564640 }}</ref>
*[[1845]] &ndash; "[[The Raven]]" is published in ''[[The Evening Mirror]]'' in New York, the first publication with the name of the author, [[Edgar Allan Poe]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Dawn B. Sova|title=Critical Companion to Edgar Allan Poe: A Literary Reference to His Life and Work |year=2007|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-1-4381-0842-1|page=157}}</ref>
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[Henry Clay]] introduces the [[Compromise of 1850]] to the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]].<ref>{{cite book|title=United States Congressional Serial Set|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Oao9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA95|year=1989|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=95}}</ref>
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[Queen Victoria]] issues a [[Warrant (law)|Warrant]] under the [[Royal sign-manual]] that establishes the [[Victoria Cross]] to recognise acts of valour by [[British Empire|British]] military personnel during the [[Crimean War]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Great Britain. Public Record Office|title=Lists and Indexes: Supplementary series|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pT0ZjfKpqscC&pg=PA310|year=1964|publisher=Kraus Reprint|page=310|volume=8|issue=1}}</ref> 
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Kansas]] is admitted as the 34th [[U.S. state]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Kansas. Supreme Court|author2=Elliot V. Banks|author3=William Craw Webb|title=Kansas Reports|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NjdQAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA577|year=1891|publisher=Kansas state printing plant|page=577 |volume=46}}</ref>
*[[1863]] &ndash; The [[Bear River Massacre]]: A detachment of [[List of California Civil War Union units|California Volunteers]] led by Colonel [[Patrick Edward Connor]] engage the [[Shoshone]] at [[Bear River (Washington)|Bear River]], [[Washington Territory]], killing hundreds of men, women and children.<ref>{{cite book|title=Bear River Massacre Site, Idaho: Final Special Resource Study, Environmental Assessment|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RUc5t4-36DEC&pg=PA139|year=1996|publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service|page=139}}</ref>
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Karl Benz]] patents the first successful [[gasoline]]-driven automobile.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nübel |first1=Otto |editor1-last=Barker |editor1-first=Theo |title=The Economic and Social Effects of the Spread of Motor Vehicles: An International Centenary Tribute. |date=2016 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan Limited |location=London |isbn=978-1-349-08624-5 |page=59 |edition=2nd}}</ref>
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Lili{{okina}}uokalani]] is proclaimed the last monarch and only [[queen regnant]] of the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=KUALAPAI |first1=LYDIA |title=The Queen Writes Back: Lili'uokalani's Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen |journal=Studies in American Indian Literatures |date=2005 |volume=17 |issue=2 |pages=32–62 |doi=10.1353/ail.2005.0053 |jstor=20737264 |s2cid=161123895 |issn=0730-3238}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Charles Curtis]] of [[Kansas]] becomes the first Native American [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]].<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. Congress|title=Official Congressional Directory|url=https://archive.org/details/officialcongres20pringoog|year=1907|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=[https://archive.org/details/officialcongres20pringoog/page/n78 34]}}</ref>
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Mexican Revolution]]: [[Mexicali]] is [[Capture of Mexicali|captured]] by the [[Mexican Liberal Party]], igniting the [[Magonista rebellion of 1911]].<ref name="auto4">{{cite journal |last1=Owen |first1=Roger C. |title=Indians and Revolution: The 1911 Invasion of Baja California, Mexico |journal=Ethnohistory |date=1963 |volume=10 |issue=4 |pages=373–395 |doi=10.2307/480336|jstor=480336}}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Ukrainian–Soviet War]]: The [[Bolshevik]] [[Red Army]], on its way to besiege [[Kyiv]], is met by a small group of military students at the [[Battle of Kruty]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Klymenko |first1=Lina |editor1-last=Besier |editor1-first=Gerhard |editor2-last=Stokłosa |editor2-first=Katarzyna |title=1917 AND THE CONSEQUENCES |date=2019 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |isbn=978-0-429-19721-5 |page=98}}</ref>
*  1918   &ndash; Ukrainian–Soviet War: An [[Kiev Arsenal January Uprising|armed uprising]] organized by the [[Bolsheviks]] in anticipation of the encroaching [[Red Army]] begins at the [[Kiev Arsenal]], which will be put down six days later.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ford |first1=Christopher |title=Outline History of the Ukrainian Communist Party (Independentists): An Emancipatory Communism 1918–1925 |journal=Debatte: Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe |date=August 2009 |volume=17 |issue=2 |pages=193–246 |doi=10.1080/09651560903172274|s2cid=145338689 }}</ref>
*[[1936]] &ndash; The [[List of members of the Baseball Hall of Fame|first inductees]] into the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] are announced.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Corcoran |first1=Dennis |title=Induction Day at Cooperstown: A History of the Baseball Hall of Fame Ceremony. |date=2010 |publisher=McFarland |location=Jefferson |isbn=978-0-7864-9147-6 |page=21}}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; Three trains on the Nishinari Line; present [[Sakurajima Line]], in [[Osaka]], Japan, collide and explode while approaching [[Ajikawaguchi Station]]. One hundred and eighty-one people are killed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/benton-harbor-news-palladium-jan-29-1940-p-8/|title=200 Japanese die in Osaka train wreck|date=January 29, 1940|website=NewspaperArchive|publisher=The News - Palladium|access-date=5 December 2018}}</ref>
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The first day of the [[Battle of Rennell Island]], {{USS|Chicago|CA-29}} is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Stille |first1=Mark |title=US Heavy Cruisers 1941-45: Pre-War Classes |date=2014 |publisher=Osprey Publishing Ltd |isbn=978-1-78200-630-5 |page=24}}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: Approximately 38 people are killed and about a dozen injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy (present-day [[Kaniūkai]], Lithuania) is [[Koniuchy massacre|attacked]] by [[Soviet partisan]] units.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kuberski |first1=Hubert |title=Russian Emigrants and Polish Underground in 1939–1948 |journal=Studia z Dziejów Rosji i Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej |date=2017 |volume=52 |issue=1 |page=110 |url=https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=636390 |access-date=5 January 2023 |language=English |issn=1230-5057}}</ref> 
*  1944   &ndash; World War II: In [[Bologna]], Italy, the [[Anatomical theatre of the Archiginnasio]] is completely destroyed in an air-raid.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.italymagazine.com/featured-story/italys-ancient-medical-schools-anatomical-theatres|title=Italy's Ancient Medical Schools: Anatomical Theatres|website=ITALY Magazine}}</ref>
*  [[1959]] &ndash; The first [[Melodifestivalen]] is held at [[Cirkus (Stockholm)|Cirkus]] in [[Stockholm]], Sweden.<ref>Leif Thorsson. ''Melodifestivalen genom tiderna'' (1999, second edition 2006). Pg. 19. Stockholm: Premium Publishing AB. {{ISBN|91-89136-29-2}}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[EgyptAir Flight 741]] crashes into the [[Kyrenia Mountains]] in [[Cyprus]], killing 37 people.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-18D SU-AOV Nicosia Airport (NIC)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19730129-0|access-date=2022-01-28|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Singapore cable car crash]]: Panamanian-registered [[Oil platform|oil rig]], ''Eniwetok'', strikes the cables of the [[Singapore Cable Car]] system linking the mainland and [[Sentosa|Sentosa Island]], causing two cabins to fall into the water and killing seven people and leaving thirteen others trapped for hours.<ref>{{cite news |first1=Annabeth |last1=Leow|date=13 October 2016 |title=All you need to know about the 1983 Sentosa cable car accident |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-1983-sentosa-cable-car-accident |access-date=17 June 2021 |work=The Straits Times |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: [[Hungary–South Korea relations|Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea]], making it the first [[Eastern Bloc]] nation to do so.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kozma |first1=György |title=Hungary's Long Relationship with Korea Discussed |url=https://www.upf.org/initiatives/neapi/9957-hungary-s-long-relationship-with-korea-celebrated |publisher=Universal Peace Federation |access-date=4 January 2023 |date=29 January 2022 |archive-date=4 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104082344/https://www.upf.org/initiatives/neapi/9957-hungary-s-long-relationship-with-korea-celebrated |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Gulf War]]: The [[Battle of Khafji]], the first major ground engagement of the war, as well as its deadliest, begins between [[Ba'athist Iraq|Iraq]] and [[Saudi Arabia]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Head |first1=William P. |title=The Battle for Ra's Al-Khafji and the Effects of Air Power January 29-February 1, 1991 Part I |journal=Air Power History |date=2013 |volume=60 |issue=1 |pages=4–15 |jstor=26276276 |issn=1044-016X}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; President [[Jacques Chirac]] announces a "definitive end" to French [[nuclear weapons testing]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=France Announces End to Nuclear Testing |journal=Foreign Policy Bulletin |date=April 1996 |volume=7 |issue=2 |page=83 |doi=10.1017/S1052703600000514}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; Thousands of student protesters in [[Indonesia]] storm parliament and demand that [[President of Indonesia|President]] [[Abdurrahman Wahid]] resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.<ref>{{cite news |title=Clashes as 10,000 besiege Indonesian parliament |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/jan/29/indonesia |access-date=5 January 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 January 2001 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; In his [[2002 State of the Union Address|State of the Union address]], President [[George W. Bush]] describes "regimes that sponsor [[terrorism|terror]]" as an ''[[Axis of evil]]'', in which he includes [[Ba'athist Iraq|Iraq]], [[Iran]] and [[North Korea]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Heradstveit |first1=Daniel |author-link1=Daniel Heradstveit |last2=Bonham |first2=Matthew G. |title=What the Axis of Evil Metaphor Did to Iran |journal=The Middle East Journal |date=1 July 2007 |volume=61 |issue=3 |pages=422–423 |doi=10.3751/61.3.12}}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; The first direct commercial flights from [[mainland China]] (from [[Guangzhou]]) to [[Taiwan]] since 1949 arrived in [[Taipei]]. Shortly afterwards, a [[China Airlines]] flight lands in [[Beijing]].<ref>{{cite news |title=First direct flights in 56 years link mainlan, Taiwan |url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-01/29/content_413536.htm |access-date=9 January 2023 |work=[[China Daily]] |date=29 January 2005}}</ref>
*[[2008]] &ndash; An Egyptian court rules that people who do not adhere to one of the three [[Religion in Egypt#Recognized religions|government-recognised religions]], while not allowed to list any belief outside of those three, are still [[Egyptian identification card controversy|eligible to receive]] government [[identity document]]s.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Johnston |first1=Cynthia |title=Egypt Baha'is win court fight over identity papers |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-31656620080129 |access-date=9 January 2023 |work=Reuters |date=29 January 2008 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Governor of Illinois]] [[Rod Blagojevich]] [[Rod Blagojevich corruption charges|is removed from office]] following his conviction of several corruption charges, including solicitation of personal benefit in exchange for an appointment to the [[United States Senate]] as a replacement for then-[[President-elect of the United States|U.S. president-elect]] [[Barack Obama]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nasaw |first1=Daniel |title=Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich removed from office |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/30/rod-blagojevich-removal-illinois-senate-obama |access-date=4 January 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=30 January 2009 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[SCAT Airlines Flight 760]] crashes near the [[Kazakhstan|Kazakh]] city of [[Almaty]], killing 21 people.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gordeyeva |first1=Mariya |title=Passenger plane crash kills 21 in Kazakhstan |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kazakhstan-aircrash-idUSBRE90S0AM20130129 |access-date=4 January 2023 |work=Reuters |date=29 January 2013 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Rojava conflict]]: The [[Afrin Region|Afrin Canton]] declares its autonomy from the [[Syria|Syrian Arab Republic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mednuce.com/en//haber/2344/democratic-autonomy-has-declared-in-afrin-canton-in-rojava.html|title=Democratic autonomy has declared in Afrin canton in Rojava|publisher=Mednuce|access-date=23 October 2014|date=29 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706022020/http://mednuce.com/en//haber/2344/democratic-autonomy-has-declared-in-afrin-canton-in-rojava.html|archive-date=6 July 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; A gunman [[Quebec City mosque shooting|opens fire]] at the [[Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City]], killing six people and wounding 19 others in a spree shooting.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Zimonjic |first1=Peter |last2=Cochrane |first2=David |last3=Gordon |first3=Sean |title=Liberal government declares Jan. 29 national day of remembrance for victims of mosque shooting |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/national-rememberance-mosque-shooting-1.5892033 |access-date=4 January 2023 |work=CBC News |date=28 January 2021}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; Canadian [[truck driver]]s and pedestrians gathered to [[Canada convoy protest|rally and protest]] on [[Parliament Hill]] against [[COVID-19 vaccination in Canada|Canadian COVID-19 restrictions]], which caused traffic and closures around [[Ottawa|the city]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Jessica |date=2022-01-29 |title=Freedom Convoy: Why Canadian Truckers are protesting in Ottawa |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60164561 |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=BBC}}</ref>
*[[2025]] &ndash; [[American Eagle (airline brand)|American Eagle]] Flight 5342 [[2025 Potomac River mid-air collision|collided mid-air]] with a [[Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk]] operated by the [[United States Army]] and crashed into the [[Potomac River]], killing all 67 people onboard both aircraft.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Tanyos |first1=Faris |last2=Freiman |first2=Jordan |last3=Dakss |first3=Brian |date=January 30, 2025 |title=D.C. plane crash live updates as search for victims continues in Potomac River; no survivors from disaster |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/plane-crash-dc-helicopter-potomac-river/ |access-date=January 30, 2025 |newspaper=[[CBS News]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
*2025   &ndash; A chartered [[Beechcraft 1900]] [[2025 Light Air Services Beechcraft 1900 crash|crashes]] near the [[Unity oilfield]] in South Sudan, killing 20 people.<ref name="aj">{{Cite news |date=29 January 2025 |title=Plane crash in South Sudan kills at least 20 people |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/29/plane-crash-in-south-sudan-kills-at-least-20-people |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250130082915/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/29/plane-crash-in-south-sudan-kills-at-least-20-people |archive-date=30 January 2025 |access-date=29 January 2025 |work=[[Al Jazeera]] |language=English}}</ref>