January 29th (2005) 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, 2005
» The first direct commercial flights from mainland China (from Guangzhou) to Taiwan since 1949 arrived in Taipei. Shortly afterwards, a China Airlines flight lands in Beijing.
January 29th Famous Deaths for 2005
» Eric Griffiths, Welsh-Scottish guitarist (The Quarrymen) (b. 1940)
» Ephraim Kishon, Israeli author, screenwriter, and director (b. 1924)