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On This Day In History for January 29, 2025

This is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 336 days remaining in 2025.

• It was on this date in 1845, that “The Raven” was published in The Evening Mirror in New York, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe.


• Also today in 1886, Karl Benz patented the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

• Swedish astronomer, philosopher, and theologian, Emanuel Swedenborg, born on this date in 1688.


• Ernst Kummer, the Polish-German mathematician and academic was born 215 years ago today.


• Born January 29, 1846, Polish chemist, mathematician and physicist Karol Olszewski.


• Richard Arman Gregory, the British astronomer was born 161 years ago today.


• American actor, comedian, and screenwriter, W. C. Fields was born 145 years ago today.


• Karl Freudenberg, German chemist was born on that same date in 1886.


• English mathematician and geophysicist, Sydney Chapman was born 137 years ago today.


• Allen B. DuMont, the American engineer and broadcaster, founded the DuMont Television Network was born 124 years ago today.


• Abdus Salam, Pakistani-British physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1926.


• Joseph Kruskal, the American mathematician and computer scientist was born 97 years ago today.


• Also turning 80 today is American actor and businessman Tom Selleck.


• Also born on that same date in 1954,  American talk show host, actress, and producer, founded Harpo Productions, Oprah Winfrey.


• American engineer and astronaut, Christina Koch, born on this date in 1979.

Listener Birthdays

Jan

• 29 – Sarah P. from NJ… who was born in OK, moved to VA, married Brad P, moved to NJ, and is now back in VA

Feb

• 1 – Matt Baum aka Racer X, Pittsburgh PA


• 1 – Brandon Kirkwold, MN


• 2 – Gary Lindros – aka Gary from Jacksonville – Groundhog’s Day Rules!!!


• 2 – Chuck Provenzano aka podlurker aka Chuck’s evil twin


• 2 – Oreo Cookie Monster


• 3 – Euan Campbell McGregor – Scotland, UK

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for January 29, 2025

• If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.

News

• Earth’s Mini-Moon Was Probably a Piece of Its Real Moon – CNN


• An asteroid got deleted because it was actually Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster


• Private moon spacecraft just took a breathtaking snapshot of Earth | Mashable

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• Puzzling fossils unearthed in China may rewrite the human story | CNN


• Life on Mars? NASA rover finds breakthrough supporting the case.

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