On this day: 29 January

Selected events and births on 29 January, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 904 – Sergius III returned from exile to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher. Read more: Pope Sergius III Antipope Christopher
• 1845 – American poet Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" appeared in The Evening Mirror as the newspaper's first publication attributed to Poe. Read more: Edgar Allan Poe The Raven New-York Mirror
• 1891 – Liliʻuokalani, the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Hawaiian Kingdom, ascended the throne. Read more: Liliʻuokalani Queen regnant Hawaiian Kingdom
• 1907 – Charles Curtis of Kansas, a citizen of the Kaw Nation, became the first Native American U.S. Senator. Read more: Charles Curtis Kansas Kaw people
• 2006 – India's Irfan Pathan became the first bowler to take a Test cricket hat-trick in the opening over of a match. Read more: India national cricket team Irfan Pathan Bowling (cricket)
• 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. Read more: Supreme Constitutional Court (Egypt) Religion in Egypt Egyptian identification card controversy

Born on this day

• 1947 – Linda B. Buck, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Read more: Linda B. Buck Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• 1954 – Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host, actress, and producer, founded Harpo Productions Read more: Oprah Winfrey Harpo Productions
• 1970 – Paul Ryan, American politician, 62nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Read more: Paul Ryan Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• 1989 – Mohamed Abou Gabal, Egyptian footballer Read more: Mohamed Abou Gabal
• 1989 – Kevin Shattenkirk, American ice hockey player Read more: Kevin Shattenkirk
• 1992 – Markel Brown, American basketball player Read more: Markel Brown
• 1992 – Maxi Kleber, German basketball player Read more: Maxi Kleber
• 1993 – Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Japanese singer Read more: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
• 1997 – Joel Eriksson Ek, Swedish ice hockey player Read more: Joel Eriksson Ek
• 1997 – Jack Roslovic, American ice hockey player Read more: Jack Roslovic
• 2001 – Lee Dae-hwi, South Korean singer Read more: Lee Dae-hwi
• 2003 – Jarell Quansah, English footballer Read more: Jarell Quansah

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