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What Happened On 29th January 1944 In History

January 29th (1944) was a Saturday. It's the 28th day of the year (29th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 337 days left to the end of the year.

Historical Events for 29th January, 1944

  • » World War II: Approximately 38 people are killed and about a dozen injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy (present-day Kaniūkai, Lithuania) is Koniuchy massacre e.g attacked by Soviet partisan units.
  • » In Bologna, Italy, the Anatomical theatre of the Archiginnasio is destroyed in an air-raid.

Famous Birthdays on January 29 in 1944

  • » Andrew Loog Oldham, English record producer and manager
  • » Patrick Lipton Robinson, Jamaican judge
  • » Pauline van der Wildt, Dutch swimmer

January 29th Famous Deaths for 1944

  • » William Allen White, American journalist and author (b. 1868)

January 29th Holidays in History

  • » Christian Feast Day:
  • » Gildas
  • » Aquilinus of Milan
  • » Saint Juniper known as Juniper
  • » Valerius of Trèves
  • » January 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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