On this day …
January 29, 2018
- In 1845, Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” was published in New York City.
- In 1850, Henry Clay introduced the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress.
- In 1861, Kansas was admitted as the 34th state of the Union.
- In 1886, Karl Benz patented the first gasoline-powered automobile.
- In 1936, the baseball Hall of Fame inducted its first class, which included Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb.
- In 1996, President Jacques Chirac announced a definitive end to France’s nuclear weapons testing.
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