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January 29

Events

  • 1979Brenda Spencer kills two people and wounds eight at the Grover Cleveland Elementary School shootings.

Births

  • 1923 – Ivo Robic, Croatian singer and songwriter (d. 2000)
  • 1930 – John Junkin, English radio, television and film performer (d. 2006)
  • 1945 – Tom Selleck, American actor, screenwriter and film producer
  • 1948 – Pat Kenny, Irish TV presenter and radio host
  • 1960 – Steve Sax, American baseball player
  • 1985 – Todd Herzog, American reality-show contestant

Deaths

  • 2007Barbaro, American thoroughbred racehorse (b. 2003)
  • 2009 – John Martyn, Scottish singer and songwriter (b. 1948)
  • 2009 – Bill Frindall, English cricket scorer and statistician (b. 1939)

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