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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

January 29

On This Day In History

2002: Iraq, Iran, and North Korea called an "axis of evil"

On this day in 2002, U.S. Pres. George W. Bush, delivering a State of the Union address, described Iraq, Iran, and North Korea as an "axis of evil" for their attempts to develop nuclear, chemical, or biological weaponry.

U.S. Pres. George W. Bush delivering the 2002 State of the Union address, in which he described

Biography Of The Day

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey, born this day in 1954, became one of the wealthiest and most influential women in the United States largely as a result of the tremendous popularity of her Emmy Award-winning television talk show.

Bill Cosby and Oprah Winfrey hosting the Essence Awards show in New York City, April 14, 2000.

More Events On This Day In History

1924

The first machine for rolling ice cream cones was patented by Carl Rutherford Taylor of Cleveland, Ohio.

1919

1919

The Prohibition (Eighteenth) Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified and went into effect the following year.

1900

1900

The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs was organized in Philadelphia.

1886

German mechanical engineer Karl Benz patented the first practical automobile powered by an internal-combustion engine.

1880

American actor and comedian W.C. Fields was born in Philadelphia.

1819

British East India Company administrator Sir Stamford Raffles established the port of Singapore.

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