TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2013

Today is Tuesday, January 29, the 29th day of 2013. There are 346 days left in the year.

1728 ― John Gays' "Beggar's Opera" premieres in London

1845 ― Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" first published (New York City)

1886 ― First successful gasoline-driven car patented, Karl Benz, Karlsruhe

1896 ― Emile Grubbe is first doctor to use radiation treatment for breast cancer

1920 ― Walt Disney starts first job as an artist; $40 week with Kansas City Slide Co.

1924 ― Ice cream cone rolling machine patented by Carl Taylor, Cleveland

1936 ― First players elected to Baseball Hall of Fame; Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson

1964 ― Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove" premieres

1969 ― Jimi Hendrix and Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars

1979 ― Chinese vice-premier Deng Xiaoping visits Washington, D.C.