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01/29/1980
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Cleve Cavaliers beat LA Lakers 154-153 in quadruple OT
Type: Event
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01/29/1980
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Jason James Richter, Medford OR, actor (Free Willy)
Type: Birth
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01/29/1980
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Antonio Molina, composer, dies at 85
Type: Death
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01/29/1980
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Jimmy Durante, comedian (Palooka, Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 86
Type: Death
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01/29/1981
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AL approves sale of White Sox to Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn for $20 million, and 80% of Mariners to George Argyros for $104 million
Type: Event
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01/29/1981
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Cozy Cole, rocker (Topsy Part II), dies
Type: Death
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01/29/1982
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Old Dominion ends La Tech's women's basketball rec 54-game win streak
Type: Event
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01/29/1982
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Wayne Garland, baseball 1st millionaire free agent, waived by Indians
Type: Event
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01/29/1983
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"Down Under" by Men At Work hit #1 on UK pop chart
Type: Event
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01/29/1983
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40th Golden Globes: Gandhi, ET and Tootsie win
Type: Event
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01/29/1984
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34th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 154-145 (OT) at Denver
Type: Event
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01/29/1984
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Actress Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman) marries Robert Altman
Type: Event
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01/29/1984
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NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 45-3
Type: Event
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01/29/1984
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Pres Reagan formally announces he will seek a 2nd term
Type: Event
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01/29/1984
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Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic of Deer Creek
Type: Event
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01/29/1984
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Space Shuttle 41-B (STS-11) Challenger launched
Type: Event
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01/29/1984
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Frances Goodrich, (Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 93 of lung cancer
Type: Death
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01/29/1985
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Jari Kurri of Edmonton Oilers scores 100th pt of season in game 39
Type: Event
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01/29/1985
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pop stars in LA record "We Are The World"
Type: Event
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01/29/1986
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193.8 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
Type: Event
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01/29/1986
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Yoweri Museveni sworn in as president of Uganda
Type: Event
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01/29/1986
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Leif Erickson, actor (John-High Chaparral), dies at 74
Type: Death
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01/29/1987
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Lisa files for separation from husband NY Met Darryl Strawberry
Type: Event
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01/29/1987
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William J Casey, ends term as 13th director of CIA
Type: Event
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01/29/1987
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Ivo Lhotka-Kalinski, composer, dies at 73
Type: Death
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01/29/1988
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Canadian Ben Johnson breaks own 50-yard dash world record at 5.15
Type: Event
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01/29/1988
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Detroit's Kirk Gibson signs a 3-year contract with Dodgers
Type: Event
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01/29/1988
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Largest NBA crowd-Boston Celtics at Detroit (61,938)
Type: Event
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01/29/1988
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United Airlines Boeing 747SP, circles world in 36h54m15s
Type: Event
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01/29/1988
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Bantcho Bantchevsky, US opera singer, commits suicide
Type: Death
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01/29/1988
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James R Killian Jr, MIT pres (1948-59), dies at 83
Type: Death
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01/29/1988
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Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch composer/conductor, dies at 46
Type: Death
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01/29/1989
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77th Australian Men Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Miloslav Mecir (62 62 62)
Type: Event
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01/29/1989
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Cleveland's Chris Dudley misses 5 free throws during 1 foul attempt
Type: Event
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01/29/1989
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Dottie Mochrie wins Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic
Type: Event
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01/29/1989
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Dow jumps 38.06 recoups 508-pt loss since Oct 1987; index at 2,256.43
Type: Event
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01/29/1989
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Episcopal church appoints 1st female bishop
Type: Event
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01/29/1989
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L I preacher Gene Profeta pleads guilty to tax-evasion
Type: Event
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01/29/1989
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NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 34-3
Type: Event
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01/29/1989
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Orlando Arena opens
Type: Event
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01/29/1989
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USSR's Phobos II enters Martian orbit
Type: Event
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01/29/1989
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Game-winning RBI, official statistic dropped after 9 years of use NY Mets Keith Hernandez is the all-time leader with 129
Type: Event
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01/29/1990
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Exxon Valdez capt Joseph Hazelwood goes on trial due to oil spill
Type: Event
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01/29/1991
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"Piano Lesson" closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC after 320 perfs
Type: Event
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01/29/1991
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Nelson Mandela and Mangosuthu Buthelezi meet after 28 years
Type: Event
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01/29/1991
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Jan Od‚, Dutch pianist/director Sweelinck Conservatory, dies
Type: Death
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01/29/1991
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Yasushi Inoue, Japanese historian, dies
Type: Death
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01/29/1992
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Willie Dixon, blues composer (I'm a Man, Backdoor Man), dies at 76
Type: Death
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01/29/1993
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Test debut of Vinod Kambli, prolific Indian batsman
Type: Event
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01/29/1993
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Hank Werba, [Herman Werblowski], US journalist (Variety), dies at 79
Type: Death
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