The K-12 TLC Daily Almanac

for

		JANUARY 29

Teaching - there can be no finer calling requiring the clearest demonstration of moral and ethical behavior. Ira Shull, For the Love of Teaching

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Today's 5-Minute Quest

Answers to all questions can be found on this page or by using links provided on this page.
Good Luck!

BEGINNERS

1. On this date in 1936, who were the first five members inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame? (hint: the answer is found on this page)

2. Which Edgar Allen Poe poem was first published on this date in 1845? (hint: the answer is found on this page)

3. According to her Scholastic biography, what was the title of the first book published by Rosemary Wells? (hint: you will need to use a link found on this page)

Use all of these letters to spell the title of a book written by Rosemary Wells (according to Houghton Mifflin):
SON RAY ION

INTERMEDIATE

1. Who patented the first gasoline-driven automobile on this date in 1886? (hint: the answer is found on this page)

2. According to Fact Monster, why was Thomas Paine dismissed from service in 1772? (hint: you will need to use a link found on this page)

3. According to CNN, what was the first year that the Oprah Winfrey Show was nationally syndicated? (hint: you will need to use a link found on this page)

Use all of these letters to spell the title of a poem by Edgar Allen Poe:
ON REEL

EXPERT
(hint: all three questions will require you to use a link found on this page)

1. According to the White House, how many years did William McKinley serve in the U.S. House of Representatives?

2. According to the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame, in what three cities did Allen DuMont's 1947 television network have stations?

3. From what site was the Soviet Union's Phobos II mission launched on this date in 1988?

Use all of these letters to spell the title of a 1919 work by H.L. Mencken (according to the Authors' Calendar):
I AGE A THEME UNCLEAR

Thomas Paine Born on This Date 1737 [Smithsonian Institution]	William McKinley Born on This Date 1843 [PBS]	Allen Du Mont Born on This Date 1901 [Horatio Alger Association]	Rosemary Wells Born on This Date 1943 [WETA]	Oprah Winfrey Born on This Date 1954 [Black Voices]


Freethinker's Day (Observed annually in honor of Thomas Paine, born on this date 01/29/1737)
National Puzzle Day (Observed annually on 01/29)
Nepal: Martyrs' Memorial Day
Kansas: Admission Day (Commemorates admission of Kansas as the 34th state of the United States: 01/29/1861)



1915	Bill Peet (Indiana-born Children's Author, Illustrator for Disney)
1930	Christopher Collier (New York City-born Children's Historical Author)
1943	Rosemary Wells (New York-born Children's Author, Illustrator)

1737	Thomas Paine (English-born American Patriot Pamphleteer)
1860	Anton Chekhov (Russian Playwright, Short Story Writer)
1895	Muna Lee (Mississippi-born Poet)
1866	Romain Rolland (French Novelist, Dramatist; 1915 Nobel Laureate for Literature)
1919	N.F. Simpson (English Writer)
1927	Edward Abbey (Pennsylvania Novelist, Essayist, Environmentalist)
1939	Germaine Greer (Australian Feminist Author)
1962	Virgil Suarez (Cuban-born American Short Story Writer, Poet)

1862	Frederick Delius (English Operatic Composer)

1700	Daniel Bernoulli (Dutch-born Swiss Mathematician, Physicist)	$Mathematics$
1901	Allen Du Mont (New York City-born Pioneer in Early Television)
1947	Linda B. Buck (Washington-born 2004 Nobel Laureate for Medicine or Science)

1717	Jeffery Amherst (English Army Commander)
1756	Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee (Virginia-born Statesman, Cavalry Soldier)

1688	Emanuel von Swedenborg (Swedish Scientist, Theologian, Mystic)
1873	Charles Henry Mills (English-American Music Educator in Wisconsin)
1892	Harmon Caldwell (Georgia-born Educator; President of the University of Georgia: 1935-48)

1843	William McKinley (Ohio-born 25th President of the United States)
1844	Richard Greener (Pennsylvania-born African-American Attorney; First African-American Graduate of Harvard)
1845	Charles Frederick Crisp (English-born Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives: Namesake of Crisp County, Georgia)
1849	Newton Blanchard (Governor of Louisiana: 1904-1908)
1869	J. Y. Sanders (Governor of Louisiana: 1908-1912)
1874	John D., Jr. Rockefeller (Ohio-born Philanthropist)
1878	Walter F. George (Georgia-born U.S. House Senator, Statesman)
1909	George Thomas (Welsh-born British Statesman)

1880	W.C. Fields (Pennsylvania-born Comedic Actor)
1885	Huddie Ledbetter "Lead Belly" (Louisiana-born African-American Member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)
1913	Victor Mature (Kentucky-born Actor)
1923	Paddy Chayefsky (New York City-born Author, Producer, Composer)
1923	John Forsythe (New Jersey-born Actor: Charlie in Charlie's Angels)
1942	Katharine Ross (California-born Actress)
1945	Tom Selleck (Michigan-born Actor)
1948	Cristina Saralegui (Cuban-born American Journalist, Talk Show Host)
1954	Oprah Winfrey (Mississippi-born African-American Television Talk Show Host)
1970	Heather Graham (Wisconsin-born Actress)

1878	Barney Oldfield (Ohio-born Race Car Driver)
1960	Greg Louganis (California-born Member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame)

1738	George III, King of England
1934	Fritz Haber (German-born 1918 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry)
1956	H. L. Mencken (Maryland-born Journalist, Editor, Critic)
1962	Fritz Kreisler (Austrian Composer)
1963	Robert Frost (San Francisco-born Poet)
1980	Jimmy Durante (New York City-born Comedic Actor, Composer, Songwriter)
1997	Thomas Daniel Young (Mississippi-born Educator, Biographer)


1535	In Paris, a Mob of French Catholics Hang and Burn Six Protestants

1685	France's Louis XIV Revokes the Edict of Nantes That Gave Religious Freedom to non-Catholics

1777	Americans Retreat from Fort Independence in New York
1779	British Forces under Lt.-Col. Archibald Campbell Capture Augusta, Georgia
1791	Delaware's General Assembly Gives the State's Counties Authority to Establish Almshouses (Poor Houses)

1802	President Jefferson Appoints John Beckley First Librarian of Congress
1806	Lewis: Nothing worthy of notice occurred today. our fare is the flesh of lean elk boiled with pure water, and a little salt. the whale blubber which we have used very sparingly is now exhausted. on this food I do not feel strong, but enjoy the most perfect health;— a keen appetite supplys in a great degree the want of more luxurious sauses or dishes, and still render my ordinary meals not uninteresting to me, for I find myself sometimes enquiring of the cook whether dinner or breakfast is ready.— Gass: We had a cold clear morning; and the day continued clear throughout
1815	Thomas Jefferson Writes Charles Clay About "The Loathesome Combination of Church and State"
1822	William Becknell, Founder of the Santa Fe Trail, Returns to Franklin, Missouri., After His First Trading Expedition to Santa Fe
1834	President Jackson Sends Federal Troops to Quiet Violence Erupting from B&O Railroad Strike
1845	Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" Is Published and Becomes a Sensational Hit
1848	Ferdinand II Offers Sicilians a Constitution Modeled after the French Constitution of 1830
1850	Henry Clay Proposes Senate Slavery Compromise Bill
1850	Ralph Waldo Emerson Lectures on "The Spirit of the Times" to a Huge Crowd in New York City
1851	Ripon College Is Incorporated
1856	A Royal Warrant Creates the British Victoria Cross for Reward Bravery
1861	Kansas Is Admitted as the 34th State of the United States
1861	The Secession Convention of the State of Texas Votes Overwhelmingly to Secede from the United States
1862	U.S. Storeship Supply Captures Confederate Schooner Stephen Hart South of Sarasota, Florida
1873	The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Is Completed from Huntington, West Virginia to Richmond, Virginia
1879	Custer Battlefield (Little Bighorn) National Monument Is Dedicated as a National Cemetery
1881	Texas Rangers Ambush Fugitive Guadalupe Apaches at Hueco Tanks
1886	Karl Benz Patents the First Successful Gasoline-driven Car
1891	Hawaii Proclaims Liliuokalani as Its Queen: She Will Reign for Four Yrs
1892	The Coca-Cola Company Is Incorporated by a Charter from the Fulton County, Georgia Superior Court
1896	Chicago Researcher, Émil Grubbe, Is the First to Use Radiation to Treat Breast Cancer

1900	Baseball's American League, Consisting of Eight Teams, Is Organized in Philadelphia
1900	Fire Destroys Much of the Business Section of Morristown, Minnesota
1902	Carnegie Institution Founded to Support Exceptional People in Every Area of Study
1914	Juneau Camp No. 4 of the Alaska Native Brotherhood Is Organized in the Native School House
1915	German Lieutenant Erwin Rommel Leads Daring Mission in France
1919	U.S. Secretary of State Polk Certifies the Ratification of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
1922	Accumulated Snowfall from a Blizzard Collapses the Knickerbocker Theatre in Washington, D.C., Killing 108
1924	Carl R. Taylor of Cleveland, Ohio Receives a Patent for an Ice Cream Cone Rolling Machine
1929	The Seeing Eye Is Incorporated
1936	Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson, Walter Johnson First Members of Baseball HOF
1940	South Africa's Reunited National Party Is Founded
1942	Iran Signs Treaty of Alliance with Great Britain and the Soviet Union
1947	Arthur Miller's All My Sons Opens on Broadway

1952	Lake Sidney Lanier Is Named in Honor of the Georgia Poet
1958	63-mile-an-hour Gale-Force Winds Hit Seattle, Washington
1958	Actors Joanne Woodward & Paul Newman Are Married
1959	Dense Fog Brings Transportation to a Standstill in England and Wales
1959	Walt Disney Releases Sleeping Beauty
1964	Dr. Strangelove Premieres
1966	Neil Simon's Sweet Charity Premieres at the Palace Theatre in New York
1968	President Johnson Asks for Tax Increases & Additional Funding for Vietnam War
1970	USSR Conducts Nuclear Test in Kazakhstan/Semipalatinsk
1974	Fighting Continues in South Vietnam Despite Cease Fire
1976	The Muppet Show Premieres
1979	China's Deng Xiaoping and U.S. President Jimmy Carter Sign Accords Expanding Relations Between the Two Countries
1980	U.S. Postal Service Issues Stamp Honoring W.C. Fields
1986	Yoweri Kaguta Moseveni Is Sworn In as President of Uganda
1986	In Nova Scotia, U.S. Researchers Unearth the Largest Fossil Find In North American History
1987	Philippine Government of President Corazon Aquino Suppresses Rebel Uprising
1989	USSR's Phobos II Enters Martian Orbit
1990	Former Exxon Valdez Skipper Joseph Hazelwood Goes On Trial for Alaskan Oil Spill
1990	Ramon Hnatyshyn Is Sworn In as Canada's 24th Governor General
1995	The 49ers Defeat the Chargers As the First Team to Win Five Super Bowl Titles
1996	France Halts Nuclear Testing
1996	204-year-old Venice Opera House, La Fenice, Destroyed by Fire
1998	Soyuz TM-27 Launched for 207-day MIR Mission

2002	President Bush Condemns Iran, Iraq and North Korea as the "Axis of Evil"
2009	The Illinois State Senate Votes Unanimously to Remove Governor Rod Blagojevich From Office

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