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Movie events on the 29th January
King George III dies. (Windsor Castle, Berkshire, United Kingdom) (The Madness of King George)
William McKinley is born. (Niles, Ohio) (Rough Riders)
Kansas enters the Union as a free state. (Kansas) (Man of Steel)
J.B. Books dies from gunshot wounds during a shoot-out. (Carson City, NE) (The Shootist)
German lieutenant Erwin Rommel leads his company in the daring capture of four French block-houses, the structures used on the front to house artillery positions. (France) (The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel)
THE AFRICAN newspaper headline is "AN EXTRAORDINARY MYSTERY: REPORTER TINTIN UNMASKS TRIBE OF GANGSTERS". (Africa) (The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn)
1st Lieutenant Robert Benson of the 3rd Division of the 45th Infantry dies in the World War II Battle of Cisterna. (Cisterna, Italy) (The Day the Earth Stood Still)
1809km in to their cross-continent motorcycle journey, Ernesto Guevara and Alberto Granado continue their journey after seeing Ernesto's lady-friend Chichina. (Piedra del Aguila, Argentina) (The Motorcycle Diaries)
The FNL calls for a seven-day general strike for all Arab Algerians. (Algiers, Algeria) (The Battle of Algiers)
Day 1 of The Truman Show. (Seahaven Island City) (The Truman Show)
Mystique thwarts Magneto's attempt to control the Sentinels to kill President Nixon and his cabinet. Professor X and Beast prevent Mystique from killing Trask. After being tossed into the Potomac River, Wolverine's future self returns to his future body in a new future. (Washington, D.C.) (X-Men: Days of Future Past)
Pamela Farris checks into Hotel Francis Duke. (Central City) (Hotel for Dogs)
Richard Chance finds Carl Cody in the home of his informant Ruth Lanier. (Los Angeles, California) (To Live and Die in LA)
The date on a sign in a comic book store that says "THE FORCE WILL BE HERE". (Paul)
Weyland Industries earns patent number 15,725,924 for Method and Apparatus for a mechanised exo-skeleton used for lifting and moving heavy objects such as crates and vehicle weaponry. (Prometheus)