Tukuk-OS📅 January 29
17 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on January 29? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2017 — A lone gunman carried out a mass shooting at a mosque in Quebec City, Canada, killing six people and injuring up to nineteen others.
- 2013 — Twenty-one people died when SCAT Airlines Flight 760 crashed near Almaty, Kazakhstan.
- 2009 — The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt ruled that people who did not adhere to one of the three government-recognised religions were also eligible to receive government identity documents.
Supreme Constitutional Court (Egypt)Religion in EgyptEgyptian identification card controversy
- 2006 — India's Irfan Pathan became the first bowler to take a Test cricket hat-trick in the opening over of a match.
- 1991 — The first major ground engagement of the Gulf War began with the Iraqi invasion of Khafji, Saudi Arabia, recaptured three days later by Coalition forces.
- 1967 — The Mantra-Rock Dance (poster pictured), called the "ultimate high" of the hippie era, took place in San Francisco, featuring Swami Bhaktivedanta, Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, and Allen Ginsberg.
- 1944 — World War II: At least 38 civilians were killed and about a dozen others injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy was attacked by a Soviet partisan unit with a contingent of Jewish partisans.
- 1943 — World War II: The Battle of Rennell Island, the last major naval engagement between the United States Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Guadalcanal campaign, began.
- 1911 — Mexican Revolution: The Magonista rebellion began when Mexican Liberal Party troops captured the town of Mexicali.
Mexican RevolutionMagonista rebellion of 1911Mexican Liberal Party
- 1907 — Charles Curtis (pictured) of Kansas, a citizen of the Kaw Nation, became the first Native American U.S. Senator.
- 1891 — Liliʻuokalani, the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Hawaiian Kingdom, ascended the throne.
- 1856 — Queen Victoria introduced the Victoria Cross, originally to recognise acts of valour by British military personnel during the Crimean War.
- 1845 — American poet Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" appeared in The Evening Mirror as the newspaper's first publication attributed to Poe.
- 1814 — War of the Sixth Coalition: At the Battle of Brienne, both sides' commanders, Napoleon and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, were nearly captured.
- 946 — The Abbasid caliph, al-Mustakfi, was deposed, and went on to spend the rest of his life as a prisoner in the caliphal palace.
- 904 — Sergius III returned from exile to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher.
- 757 — An Lushan, leader of a revolt against the Tang dynasty and emperor of Yan, was assassinated in a plot involving his own son, An Qingxu.
Births
- 2003 — Jarell Quansah, English footballer
- 2001 — Lee Dae-hwi, South Korean singer
- 1997 — Joel Eriksson Ek, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1997 — Jack Roslovic, American ice hockey player
- 1993 — Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Japanese singer
- 1992 — Markel Brown, American basketball player
- 1992 — Maxi Kleber, German basketball player
- 1989 — Mohamed Abou Gabal, Egyptian footballer
- 1989 — Kevin Shattenkirk, American ice hockey player
- 1988 — Ayobami Adebayo, Nigerian author
- 1988 — Jake Auchincloss, American politician, businessman, and Marine veteran
- 1988 — Hank Conger, American baseball player
Deaths
- 2025 — Salwan Momika, Iraqi refugee and anti-Islam activist (born 1986)
- 2025 — Richard Williamson, British Catholic traditionalist bishop (born 1940)
- 2025 — Victims in the 2025 Potomac River mid-air collision:
- 2025 — Victims in the 2025 Potomac River mid-air collision:
- 2025 — Victims in the 2025 Potomac River mid-air collision:
- 2025 — Victims in the 2025 Potomac River mid-air collision:
- 2023 — Hazel McCallion, Canadian businesswoman and politician, 5th Mayor of Mississauga (born 1921)
- 2023 — Will Steffen, American-Australian chemist (born 1947)
- 2023 — Gero Storjohann, German politician (born 1958)
- 2022 — Howard Hesseman, American actor (born 1940)
- 2021 — Walker Boone, Canadian actor (born 1944)
- 2019 — George Fernandes, Indian politician (born 1930)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Aphrahat
- Christian feast day: Gildas
- Christian feast day: Sabinian of Troyes
- Christian feast day: Sulpitius I of Bourges
- Christian feast day: Blessed Villana de' Botti
- Christian feast day: January 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Earliest day on which Fat Thursday can fall, while March 4 is the latest; celebrated on Thursday before Ash Wednesday. (Christianity)
- Kansas Day (Kansas, United States)
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