This day in History - January 29

426 Historic Events for January 29
1938 Birth Bill Christian, US, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960)
1939 Birth Germaine Greer, Melbourne Australia, feminist/author (Female Eunich)
1939 Birth O P Kolomitsev, cosmonaut
1941 Death Ioannis Metaxas, Greek gen/dictator (1936-41), commits suicide at 69
1942 Birth Arnaldo Tamayo-Mendez, Cuba, cosmonaut (Soyuz 38)
1942 Event 1st broadcast of Roy Plomley's "Desert Island Discs" on BBC
1942 Event German and Italian troops occupy Banghazi
1942 Event Peru and Ecuador sign Protocol of Rio (boundary determiniation)
1942 Death Ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal, composer, dies at 92
1942 Birth Claudine Longet, France, former Mrs Andy Williams/singer
1942 Birth Katharine Ross, Hollywood Cal, actress (Graduate, Francesca-Colbys)
1942 Birth Richard Needham, British MP
1942 Birth F R Hartley, Vice-Chancellor (Cranfield University)
1942 Birth Robin Morgan, Lake Worth Fla, actress (Dagmar-Mama)
1943 Event New Zealand's Kiwi cruiser collides with Jap sub I-1 at Guadalcanal
1943 Birth Timothy Andrew James Souster, composer
1943 Event Sidney Kingsley's "Patriots," premieres in NYC
1943 Birth Charles Fitzgerald-Lombard, Abbot of Downside
1944 Birth Barbara Moore, Wardell Mo, actress (Lisa Rogers-Man From UNCLE)
1944 Birth Hans Plomp, Dutch writer/poet (Venus in Holland)
1944 Death William Allen White, US journalist (Emporia Gazette), dies at 75
1944 Event 285 German bombers attack London
1945 Birth Donna Marie Caponi Young, Detroit, LPGA golfer (US Open 1969, 70)
1945 Birth James Nicholson, British MEP
1945 Birth Tom Selleck, Detroit Mich, actor (Lance-Rockford Files, Magnum PI)