MONDAY, Jan. 29, 2024

1613-Galileo observes Neptune but fails to recognize what he sees

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

1942-German & Italian troops occupy Benghazi

1958-Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward wed

1964-Most lopsided high-school basketball score-211-29 (Louisiana)

1966-Snow storm in north east U.S. kills 165

1970-USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR

1979-Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping visits Washington DC

1980-Six Iranian held U.S. hostages escape with help of the Canadians

1982-Wayne Garland, baseball 1st millionaire free agent, waived by Indians

1984-President Reagan formally announces he will seek a second term

1988-Talks break down between Sandinistas and Contras

1989-USSR's Phobos II enters Martian orbit

1991-Nelson Mandela & Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi meet in Durban after 28 years

1993-Test debut of Vinod Kambli, prolific Indian batsman

1998-Soyuz TM-27 launches to MIR