January 29 in Pop Culture History |
| January 29th is… Carnation Day Corn Chip Day Freethinkers Day National Puzzle Day Seeing Eye Dog Day |
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1845 – Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’ was published in the New York Evening Mirror. 1861 – Kansas became the 34th state. 1886 – Karl Benz patented the first successful gasoline-driven automobile. 1924 – The first US patent (#1481813) for an ice cream cone rolling machine was issued to Carl R. Taylor of Cleveland, Ohio 1959 – Walt Disney’s Sleeping Beauty was released. The Beauty Princess Aurora, only appeared on screen for about 18 minutes as an ‘adult,’ but she was actually a sixteen-year-old. 1967 – The Mantra-Rock Dance (the ‘Ultimate High’) took place in San Francisco and featured Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead, Allen Ginsberg and others. 1977 – #1 Hit January 29, 1977 – February 4, 1977: Rose Royce – Car Wash 2000 – #1 Hit January 29, 2000 – February 18, 2000: Savage Garden – I Knew I Loved You 2011 – #1 Hit January 29, 2011 – February 18, 2011: Britney Spears – Hold It Against Me 2015 – Malaysia officially declared the disappearance of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 (disappeared on March 8, 2014) an accident and its passengers and crew presumed dead. |