On this day …
January 29, 2015
- In 1845, “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe was published in New York’s The Evening Mirror.
- In 1850, Henry Clay introduced the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress.
- In 1861, Kansas was admitted to the Union as the 34th state.
- In 1886, Karl Benz patented the first gasoline-driven automobile.
- In 1900, the American League was organized in Philadelphia with eight founding teams.
- In 1936, Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson, Honus Wagner, and Walter Johnson were announced as the first five members of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
- In 2002, President George W. Bush described Iran, Iraq, and North Korea as an “axis of evil.”
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