On January 29, 1861 Kansas became the 34th state.

Image of Mushroom Rock on Alum Creek in Kansas c. 1867 from the J. Paul Getty Museum, no known restrictions

Monument Park in Cleveland, Ohio c. 1865

On January 29, 1754, Moses Cleaveland, the founder of Cleveland, Ohio was born in Canterbury, Connecticut.

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Checking the gates of an irrigation canal near Carlsbad, New Mexico.

January 29, 1907

William McKinley reading a newspaper c. 1896

On January 29, 1843, William McKinley, 25th President of The United States, was born in Niles, Ohio.

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A photograph of Nathaniel Parker Willis who was editor of the Evening Mirror.
Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” first appeared in the Evening Mirror on January 29, 1845.
In his introduction of the poem Willis said “…It will stick to the memory of everybody who reads it.”

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Besieged by autograph seekers. Washington, D.C., Jan. 29. Janet Gaynor, screen star was besieged by autograph seekers as she arrived to entertain the merrymakers at the president’s birthday ball at the Wardman Park Hotel tonight

January 29, 1938

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William Claude Dukenfield, born January 29, 1880, was known to radio, stage, and film audiences as W.C. Fields. Despite his grumpy reputation Fields actually liked children and owned at least one dog. In vaudeville he was famous for his superb juggling skills.

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Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson, the first five inductees in the Baseball Hall of Fame, were announced on January 29, 1936.

On January 29, 1958 Paul Newman married Joanne Woodward.

Publicity portrait of the movie The Long, Hot Summer, depicting Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, 1958

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“Brooklyn Bridge” in ​1899

by American artist Henry Ward Ranger who was born on January 29, 1858.

Telephone switchboard operators in Seattle, Washington
January 29, 1958

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