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John David Rockefeller Jr, philanthropist, was born in Cleveland, Ohio.
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William Quantrill and his Confederate raiders attack Danville, Kentucky.
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Kansas was admitted into the Union as the 34th state.
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Ebenezer Howard, pioneer of garden cities, was born in London.
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Henry Clay introduced in the Senate a compromise bill on slavery that included the admission of California into the Union as a free state.
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Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven" was first published, in the New York Evening Mirror.
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Charles Darwin married Emma Wedgwood.
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MAY, 23
- Current / Future Events
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1996 –
Megan Jossa, English actress
1993 –
Michelle Larcher De Brito, Portuguese tennis player
1991 –
Hugh Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor, Son of the Duke of Westminster
1988 –
Stephanie Gilmore, Australian professional surfer
1987 –
Matthew Wilson, English world rally driver
1987 –
Spencer Clark, American race car driver (d. 2006)
1986 –
Chris Bourque, American pro hockey player
1986 –
Drew Tyler Bell, American actor
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Jair Jurrjens, Dutch baseball pitcher
1986 –
Mark Howard, English football player
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January, 29
- Births
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2009,
Helio Gracie, Creator of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu (b. 1913)
2009,
John Martyn, Scottish singer/songwriter (b. 1948)
2009,
Bill Frindall, Cricket scorer and statistician (b. 1939)
2008,
Raymond Jacobs, American soldier (b. 1925)
2008,
Philippe Khorsand, French actor (b. 1948)
2008,
Margaret Truman, American writer, daughter of Harry S. Truman (1924)
2007,
Barbaro, American thoroughbred racehorse (b. 2003)
2007,
Dia Abdul Zahra Kadim, Iraqi extremist leader (b. 1970)
2005,
Eric Griffiths, Welsh guitarist (The Quarrymen) (b. 1940)
2005,
Ephraim Kishon, Israeli satirist (b. 1924)
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January, 29
- Deaths
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