On This Day in History

January 29

Historical Events

1595 William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet" is thought to have been first performed. Officially published early 1597.

Henry Clay's handwritten draft of one of the bills that formed the Compromise of 1850

1850 Senator Henry Clay drafts the Compromise of 1850 to defuse tensions between slave states and free states over territories won during the Mexican–American War

1886 Karl Benz patents the "Benz Patent-Motorwagen" in Karlsruhe, Germany, the world's 1st automobile with a burning motor.

1892 The Coca-Cola Company is incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia.

1896 American Emile Grubbe is the first doctor to use radiation treatment for breast cancer.

2002 US President George W. Bush in his State of the Union address describes "regimes that sponsor terror" an "Axis of Evil", which includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea.

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Famous Birthdays

Thomas Paine 1737 - 1809 William McKinley 1843 - 1901

Anton Chekhov 1860 - 1904 Oprah Winfrey 70th Birthday

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Famous Deaths

George III 1738 - 1820 Robert Frost 1874 - 1963

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Secret Behind Mona Lisa's Smile

The smile has beguiled art lovers for nearly 600 years and made the Mona Lisa the world's most famous work of art. But was her smile due to a medical condition?

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