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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_29" title="January 29">January 29</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1814" title="1814">1814</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Sixth_Coalition" title="War of the Sixth Coalition">War of the Sixth Coalition</a>: At the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Brienne" title="Battle of Brienne">Battle of Brienne</a></b>, both sides' commanders, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon" title="Napoleon">Napoleon</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gebhard_Leberecht_von_Bl%C3%BCcher" title="Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher">Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher</a>, were nearly captured.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967" title="1967">1967</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantra-Rock_Dance" title="Mantra-Rock Dance">Mantra-Rock Dance</a></b>, called the "ultimate high" of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippie" title="Hippie">hippie</a> era, took place in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>, featuring <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._C._Bhaktivedanta_Swami_Prabhupada" title="A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada">Swami Bhaktivedanta</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janis_Joplin" title="Janis Joplin">Janis Joplin</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grateful_Dead" title="Grateful Dead">Grateful Dead</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Ginsberg" title="Allen Ginsberg">Allen Ginsberg</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991" title="1991">1991</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Khafji" title="Battle of Khafji">The first major ground engagement</a></b> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a> began with the Iraqi invasion of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khafji" title="Khafji">Khafji</a>, Saudi Arabia, recaptured three days later by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_of_the_Gulf_War" title="Coalition of the Gulf War">Coalition</a> forces.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013" title="2013">2013</a> – Twenty-one people died when <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCAT_Airlines_Flight_760" title="SCAT Airlines Flight 760">SCAT Airlines Flight 760</a></b> crashed near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almaty" title="Almaty">Almaty</a>, Kazakhstan.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salih_ibn_Wasif" title="Salih ibn Wasif">Salih ibn Wasif</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 870); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_III" title="George III">George III</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1820); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Teng" title="Teresa Teng">Teresa Teng</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1953); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarell_Quansah" title="Jarell Quansah">Jarell Quansah</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 2003)</p>