January 29, 1834 - Federal troops are used for the first time to calm a labor dispute. The workers building the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal rioted over labor conditions. President Andrew Jackson authorized the use of the military.

January 29, 1845 - The New York Evening Mirror publishes Edgar Allen Poe's poem "The Raven".

January 29, 1861 - Kansas becomes the 34th state.

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January 28, 1912 - Jackson Pollock, artist (painter), is born.

January 29, 1880 - W. C. Fields, comedian and actor, is born.

January 29, 1936 - The U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame admits its first members.

January 29, 1958 - Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward marry.

January 29, 1968 - President Lyndon Johnson tells the country that he will raise taxes to pay for the Vietnam War.

"This, then, is the state of the union:  free and restless, growing and full of hope.  So it was in the beginning.  So it shall always be, while God is willing, and we are strong enough to keep the faith." - Lyndon B. Johnson