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January 29

This Day in History

6 historical events

National Events (6)

2002

George W

Bush’s “Axis of Evil” speech. In his State of the Union address, President Bush labeled Iraq, Iran, and North Korea an “Axis of Evil,” accusing them of sponsoring terror and seeking weapons of mass destruction

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2002

George W

Bush’s “Axis of Evil” speech. In his State of the Union address, President Bush labeled Iraq, Iran, and North Korea an “Axis of Evil,” accusing them of sponsoring terror and seeking weapons of mass destruction

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1861

Kansas joins the Union

Kansas was admitted as the 34th U.S. state, entering the Union as a free state amid the escalating sectional conflicts that led to the Civil War

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1861

Kansas joins the Union

Kansas was admitted as the 34th U.S. state, entering the Union as a free state amid the escalating sectional conflicts that led to the Civil War

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1845

The Raven is published

Edgar Allan Poe’s narrative poem “The Raven” was first published in the New York Evening Mirror. The poem’s dark, haunting theme and refrain “Nevermore” made Poe a household name and remains one of the most famous poems in American literature

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1845

The Raven is published

Edgar Allan Poe’s narrative poem “The Raven” was first published in the New York Evening Mirror. The poem’s dark, haunting theme and refrain “Nevermore” made Poe a household name and remains one of the most famous poems in American literature

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