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January 29,
1834
Jackson sends troops to put down labor riot
On this day in 1834, Andrew Jackson becomes the first president to use federal troops to quell labor unrest.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=133
January 29,
1861
Divided Kansas enters the Union
The
territory of Kansas is admitted into the Union as the 34th state, or
the 28th state if the secession of eight Southern states over the
previous six weeks is taken into account. Kansas, deeply divided over
the issue of slavery, was granted statehood as a free state in a
gesture of support for Kansas' militant anti-slavery forces, which had
been in armed conflict with pro-slavery groups since Kansas became a
territory in 1854.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=4719
January 29,
1979
Deng Xiaoping and Jimmy Carter sign accords
On
January 29, 1979, Deng Xiaoping, deputy premier of China, meets
President Jimmy Carter, and together they sign historic new accords
that reverse decades of U.S. opposition to the People's Republic of
China.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6791
1999 - The
U.S.
Senate delivered subpoenas for Monica Lewinsky and two presidential
advisers for private, videotaped testimony in the impeachment trial.
January 29,
2002
George W. Bush makes “Axis of Evil” speech
On
this day in 2002, not long after the shocking attacks of September 11,
2001, President George W. Bush delivers a State of Union address in
which he denounces countries suspected of harboring terrorists and
developing weapons of mass destruction.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=135