January 29

Today in History
• 1613 - Galileo observes Neptune but fails to recognize what he sees
• 1788 - Australia Day
• 1802 - John Beckley of Virginia appointed first Librarian of Congress
• 1834 - President Jackson orders first use of US troops to suppress a labor dispute
• 1850 - Henry Clay introduces a comprise bill on slavery to U.S. Senate
• 1861 - Kansas becomes 34th state
• 1879 - Custer Battlefield National Monument, Montana established
• 1916 - In World War I, Paris was bombed by German zeppelins for the first time


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Auckland Anniversary Day
• Freethinkers Day
• Kansas Day
• National Carnation Day
• National Corn Chip Day
• National Puzzle Day
• Seeing-Eye Guide Dog Anniversary
• World Leprosy Day

Birthdays
• 1584 - Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange and stadtholder of Holland
• 1717 - Jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America/fieldmarshal
• 1737 - Thomas Paine, English-American political essayist
• 1749 - King Christian VII of Denmark
• 1754 - Moses Cleaveland, founder of Cleveland
• 1803 - James Outram, English general and administrator in India
• 1843 - William McKinley, 25th US President
• 1874 - John D. Rockefeller Jr., American financier and philanthropist