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Birthdays occurring on January, 29
| 1866 |
Romain Rolland was born on January 29, 1866
French writer, 1866-1944I find war detestable but those who praise it without participating in it even more so More quotations from Romain Rolland |
| 1874 |
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. was born on January 29, 1874
American philanthropist. 1874-1960I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money's sake. More quotations from John D. Rockefeller, Jr. |
| 1874 |
Owen Davis was born on January 29, 1874
(The war) didn't really have an effect. Thinking a lot about the fact that we are at war did not deter me at all. More quotations from Owen Davis |
| 1880 |
W. C. Fields was born on January 29, 1880
American comic and actor, 1880-1946If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it. More quotations from W. C. Fields |
| 1908 |
Adam Clayton Powell was born on January 29, 1908
Freedom is an internal achievement rather than an external adjustment. More quotations from Adam Clayton Powell |
Deaths occurring on January, 29
| 1837 |
Aleksandr Pushkin died on January 29, 1837
In this, our age of infamy Man's choice is but to be A tyrant, traitor, prisoner: No other choice has he More quotations from Aleksandr Pushkin |
| 1888 |
Edward Lear died on January 29, 1888
English landscape painter and writer of an original kind of nonsense verse. The popularizer of the limerick. 1812-1888They dined on mince, and slices of quince, Which they ate with a runcible spoon; And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, They danced by the light of the moon More quotations from Edward Lear |
| 1944 |
William Allen White died on January 29, 1944
American journalist known as the Sage of Emporia, whose mixture of tolerance, optimism, liberal Republicanism and provincialism made him the epitome of the thoughtful small-town American. 1868-1944If each man or woman could understand that every other human life is as full of sorrows, or joys, or base temptations, of heartaches and of remorse as his own . . . how much kinder, how much gentler he would be. More quotations from William Allen White |
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