TODAY IN HISTORY
TODAY IS SUNDAY, JAN. 29, the 29th day of 2017. There are 336 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY: On this date in 1820, King George III, the British monarch whose 59-year reign included the loss of the American colonies, died at Windsor Castle at age 81; he was succeeded by his son, who became King George IV.
In 1845, Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven” was first published in the New York Evening Mirror.
In 1919, the ratification of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which launched Prohibition, was certified by Acting Secretary of State Frank L. Polk.
In 1936, the first inductees of baseball’s Hall of Fame, including Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, were named in Cooperstown, New York.
In 1958, actors Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward were married in Las Vegas.
In 1964, Stanley Kubrick’s nuclear war satire “Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb” premiered in New York, Toronto and London.
In 1966, the musical comedy “Sweet Charity” starring Gwen Verdon opened on Broadway.
In 1990, former Exxon Valdez skipper Joseph Hazelwood went on trial in Anchorage, Alaska, on charges stemming from the 1989 oil spill. (Hazelwood was acquitted of the major charges, and convicted of a misdemeanor.)
In 1995, the San Francisco 49ers became the first team in NFL history to win five Super Bowl titles, beating the San Diego Chargers, 49-26, in Super Bowl XXIX.
In 1998, a bomb rocked an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Ala., killing security guard Robert Sanderson and critically injuring nurse Emily Lyons. (The bomber, Eric Rudolph, was captured in May 2003 and is serving a life sentence.)
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Writerc-omposer-lyricist Leslie Bricusse is
86. Feminist author Robin Morgan is
76. Actor Tom Selleck is 72. Rhythmand-blues singer Bettye LaVette is 71. Actor Marc Singer is 69. Talk show host Oprah Winfrey and actor Terry Kinney are 63. Country singer Irlene Mandrell is 61. Olympic gold-medal diver Greg Louganis is 57. Actor Nicholas Turturro is 55. Rock singer-musician Roddy Frame (Aztec Camera) is 53. Actordirector Edward Burns is 49. Actress Heather Graham and U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., are 47. Blues musician Jonny Lang is 36. Pop-rock singer Adam Lambert (TV: “American Idol”) is
35. Country singer Eric Paslay is 34.