WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2014

Today is Wednesday, January 29, the 29th day of 2014. There are 336 days left in the year.

1728 ― John Gays’ “Beggar’s Opera” premieres in London

1834 ― President Jackson orders first use of U.S. troops to suppress a labor dispute

1845 ― Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” first published (New York City)

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

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, Ohio

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

1966 ― Snow storm in northeast U.S. kills 165

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

1979 ― Emerson, Lake & Palmer disband after 10 years together