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Historical events & facts — January 29
What happened on January 29?
On January 29, 1886, German engineer Karl Benz patented the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, considered the world's first automobile powered by an internal combustion engine. The three-wheeled vehicle, with a 0.75 hp engine, was the starting point of the automotive industry that would transform transportation, cities and the global lifestyle of the twentieth century.
On January 29, 1845, Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven" was published in The American Review — the most famous work in American horror literature. The poem, with its celebrated refrain "Nevermore" spoken by the raven, was an immediate success and catapulted Poe's fame, though the author received only $9 for it. It is one of the most memorised poems in the English language.
On January 29, 2002, President George W. Bush delivered his State of the Union address in which he described Iraq, Iran and North Korea as the "Axis of Evil" — a phrase that would define American foreign policy in the post-9/11 era and justify the invasion of Iraq in 2003 on the pretext of weapons of mass destruction.
Notable birthdays — January 29
Famous people born on January 29
Mary Whitwell Hale
Mary Whitwell Hale was an American teacher, school founder, and hymnwriter of the Romantic era. She was a contributor to The Christian Register. Her pen name was made up of the concluding letters of her first, middle, and surname.
Eddie Taylor
Eddie Taylor was an American electric blues guitarist and singer.
Jeanne Lee
Jeanne Lee was an American jazz singer, poet and composer. Best known for a wide range of vocal styles she mastered, Lee collaborated with numerous distinguished composers and performers who included Gunter Hampel, Andrew Cyrille, Ran Blake, Carla Bley, Anthony Braxton, Marion Brown, Archie Shepp, Mal Waldron, Mark Whitecage and many others.
Mark Wynter
Terence Sidney Lewis, professionally known as Mark Wynter, is an English singer and actor, who had four Top 20 singles in the 1960s, including "Venus in Blue Jeans" and "Go Away Little Girl". He enjoyed a lengthy career from 1960 to 1968 as a pop singer and teen idol, and developed later into an actor in film, musicals and plays.
Marián Varga
Marián Varga was a Slovak musician, composer and organist. In the context of Czech-Slovak musical culture of the second half of the 20th century, Varga was a significant figure in the field of autonomous, modern classical music, rock music, as well as improvised or experimental music.
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