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What happened in history on this day: January 29?
On January 29 in ...
- 1953 - First movie in Cinemascope (The Robe) premieres.
- 1964 - NBC-TV agrees to pay $36 million for the broadcast rights to the American Football League games during the 1965-1969 seasons.
- 1967 - CBS airs the last The Garry Moore Show TV show.
- 1969 - CBS-TV debuts the Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour.
Births on January 29
- 1880 - Birth of W C Fields AKA William Claude Dukenfield in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (My Little Chickadee, Bank Dick) (dies 1946).
- 1887 - Birth of Albert Conti in Trieste, Austria; actor (Jazz Heaven, Doomed Battalion).
- 1909 - Birth of Alan Marshal in Sydney, Australia; actor (White Cliffs of Dover, Lydia).
- 1912 - Birth of Professor Irwin Corey in Brooklyn, New York, USA; comedian (Car Wash, Doc).
- 1913 - Birth of Victor Mature in Louisville, Kentucky, USA; actor (One Million BC, The Robe, Samson and Delilah).
- 1917 - Birth of John Raitt in Santa Ana, California, USA; actor/singer (Chevy Show, Pajama Game).
- 1918 - Birth of John Forsythe in New Jersey, USA; actor (Bachelor Father, Charlie's Angels, Dynasty).
- 1925 - Birth of Anthony George in Endicott, New York, USA; actor (Untouchables, Checkmate, Dark Shadows, Search for Tomorrow, One Life to Live).
- 1925 - Birth of Pier Tania (Meinte Piet); radio/TV host (ANP, De Bezetting).
- 1928 - Birth of Peter Byrne; actor (Postcards from America, Carry on Cabby).
- 1930 - Birth of John Junkin; actor/writer (A Hard Day's Night).
- 1936 - Birth of Noel Harrison; actor-singer (Girl from Uncle).
- 1942 - Birth of Katharine Ross in Hollywood, California, USA; actress (The Graduate, Francesca - The Colbys).
- 1942 - Birth of Robin Morgan in Lake Worth, Florida, USA; actress (Dagmar - Mama).
- 1944 - Birth of Katharine Ross; actress (The Colbys).
- 1944 - Birth of Barbara Moore in Wardell, Missouri, USA; actress (Lisa Rogers - Man From UNCLE).
- 1945 - Birth of Tom Selleck in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor (Lance White - The Rockford Files, Magnum P.I.).
- 1948 - Birth of Marc Singer in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; actor (BeastMaster, V, The Young and The Restless, Dallas).
- 1950 - Birth of Ann Jillian in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Mr Mom, Jennifer Slept Here, Ann Jillian, It's a Living).
- 1954 - Birth of Oprah Winfrey in Kosciusko, Michigan, USA; actress (Color Purple), TV host (Oprah).
- 1957 - Birth of Diane Delano; actress (Joan of Arcadia, ER, Northern Exposure).
- 1958 - Birth of Judy Norton-Taylor in Santa Monica, California, USA; actress (Mary Ellen - The Waltons).
- 1959 - Birth of Paul McGann; actor (Doctor Who).
- 1960 - Birth of Matthew Ashford in Davenport, Iowa, USA; actor (Jack Devaraux - Days of Our Lives).
- 1962 - Birth of Nicholas Turturro in Queens, New York, USA; actor (James Martinez - NYPD Blue).
- 1968 - Birth of Edward Burns; director/actor (Brothers McMullen, Entourage).
- 1970 - Birth of Heather Graham in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; actress (Drugstore Cowboy, Diggstown, Emily's Reasons, Scrubs, Twin Peaks).
- 1975 - Birth of Sharif Atkins; actor (ER).
- 1975 - Birth of Kelly Packard in Glendale, California, USA; actress (Tiffani Smith - California Dreams).
- 1975 - Birth of Sara Gilbert in Santa Monica, California; actress (Darlene - Roseanne, Poison Ivy, ER).
- 1978 - Birth of Andrew Keegan; actor (Seventh Heaven, Party of Five).
- 1979 - Birth of Andrew Keegan; actor (Step by Step, Party of Five).
- 1980 - Birth of Jason James Richter in Medford, Oregon; actor (Free Willy).
Deaths on January 29
- 1960 - Louis Jean Heydt, actor (Joe - Waterfront), dies at age 54.
- 1964 - Death of Alan Ladd at age 50 in Palm Springs, California, USA; actor (Shane movie, Box 13 radio show).
- 1965 - Death of John Larkin at age 52 of a heart attack; actor (Perry Mason on radio, (Mike Karr - The Edge of Night TV show (1956-1961), Saints and Sinners, 12 O'Clock High).
- 1973 - Ludwig Stossel, Austrian actor (Man With a Camera), dies at age 89.
- 1976 - Michael Gwynn, actor (Dunkirk, Barabbas, Cleopatra), dies at age 59.
- 1977 - Death of Freddie Prinze at age 22, fatally shooting himself; comedian/actor (Chico and the Man).
- 1978 - Death of Tim McCoy at age 86, American actor (Arizona Bound) (born 1891).
- 1980 - Jimmy Durante, American actor/singer/comedian (Ink-a-dink-a-doo, Palooka, The Jimmy Durante Show), dies at age 86 in New York City, New York (born 1893).
- 1984 - Frances Goodrich, actor (Diary of Anne Frank), dies from lung cancer at age 93.
- 1986 - Death of Leif Erickson at age 74 of cancer; actor (Big John Cannon - High Chaparral TV show).
- 1991 - Death of John McIntire, American actor (Virginian, Psycho), of emphysema at age 83 (born 1907).
- 1994 - Jevgeni P Leonov, Russian actor (Gori, Moja Zvezda), dies at age 67.
- 1994 - Nick Cravat, midget (Gremlin - Twilight Zone), dies of lung cancer at age 81.
- 2016 - Death of Jacques Rivette, French film director and critic (born 1928).
- 2022 - Death of Howard Hesseman at age 81 of complications from colon surgery; actor (Dr. Johnny Fever - WKRP in Cincinnati TV show).
- 2023 - Death of Lisa Loring at age 64 of complications from a stroke in a hospital in Burbank, California, USA; actor (Wednesday Addams - The Addams Family TV show).
- 2023 - Death of Annie Wersching at age 45 of cancer; actor (24 TV show, Star Trek: Picard TV show, Bosch, Timeless).
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