Historical Events on January 29

The Raven

Here are some historical events that happened on January 29:

1845: Edgar Allan Poe's narrative poem "The Raven" was first published in the New York Evening Mirror.

1856: Queen Victoria institutes the Victoria Cross for acts of bravery during the Crimean War.

1936: The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame were announced, including Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb.

1963: The first inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame were announced, including Red Grange and George Halas.

1979: Brenda Ann Spencer opened fire at Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego, California, killing two adults and injuring eight children. The incident inspired the song "I Don't Like Mondays" by The Boomtown Rats.

1984: The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and graphical user interface, was introduced by Apple Inc.

1996: French President Jacques Chirac announced the "definitive end" to nuclear testing.

2002: In his State of the Union address, U.S. President George W. Bush described "regimes that sponsor terror" as an Axis of Evil, which included Iraq, Iran, and North Korea.

2009: The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of the Citizens United case, allowing corporations and unions the right to spend unlimited money in support of political candidates.

2015: The Greek Parliament elected Alexis Tsipras as the new Prime Minister, leading the first anti-austerity government in Greece.

These are just a few examples, and many more events, both significant and less widely known, have occurred on January 29 throughout history.