Saturday, January 29, 2011

January 29

TrackYearEventArtistSongAlbum
11834US President Andrew Jackson orders first use of federal soldiers to suppress a labor dispute.Roy OrbisonWorking for the ManThe All-time Greatest Hits
21845"The Raven" is published in the New York Evening Mirror, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan PoeThe Alan Parsons ProjectThe RavenTales of Mystery and Imagination
31850Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress.American Quartet with Billy MurraySailin' Away on the Henry ClayVictor 18353
41861Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.The Weddng PresentKansasSaturnalia
51886Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.The Mercury ProgramFrom the Vapor of GasolineFrom the Vapor of Gasoline
61891Liliuokalani is proclaimed Queen of Hawaii, its last monarch.OsymysoSod It, I'm Off to Hawaii!Welcome to the Palindrome
72002In his State of the Union Address, President George W. Bush describes "regimes that sponsor terror" as an Axis of Evil, in which he includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea.Franz FerdinandEvil and a HeathenYou Could Have it So Much Beter

(Historical facts about January 29 are from Wikipedia.)

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