Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: January 29
January 29, 2025 is the 29th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 336 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Aquarius is your zodiac sign. Garnet is your modern birthstone. Emerald is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: January 29
- 904 –Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher.
- 1834 –US President Andrew Jackson orders first use of federal soldiers to suppress a labor dispute.
- 1856 –Queen Victoria institutes the Victoria Cross.
- 1863 –Bear River Massacre.
- 1916 –World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins.
- 1936 –The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
- 1949 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Ox in Chinese astrology.
- 1967 –The “ultimate high” of the hippie era, the Mantra-Rock Dance, takes place in San Francisco and features Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead, and Allen Ginsberg.
- 1989 –Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea, making it the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so
- 1991 –Gulf War: The Battle of Khafji, the first major ground engagement of the war, as well as its deadliest, begins.
Who were born on January 29?
- 1874 –John D. Rockefeller Jr., American entrepreneur (d. 1960)
- 1891 –Elizaveta Gerdt, Russian ballerina (d. 1975)
- 1891 –R. Norris Williams, American survivor of the RMS Titanic sinking (d. 1968)
- 1915 –Bill Peet, American children’s book illustrator
- 1931 –Ferenc Madl, President of Hungary
- 1950 –Ann Jillian, American actress
- 1951 –Andy Roberts, West Indian cricketer
- 1965 –Dominik Hašek, Czech ice hockey player
- 1970 –Heather Graham, American actress
- 1979 –April Scott, American actress and model
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