How Many Days Until January 29?

This day in history: January 29

1. 1944

   World War II: At least 38 civilians were killed and about a dozen others injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy was attacked by a Soviet partisan unit with a contingent of Jewish partisans.

2. 1967

   The Mantra-Rock Dance, called the "ultimate high" of the hippie era, took place in San Francisco, featuring Swami Bhaktivedanta, Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, and Allen Ginsberg.

3. 1991

   The first major ground engagement of the Gulf War began with the Iraqi invasion of Khafji, Saudi Arabia, recaptured three days later by Coalition forces.

4. 2006

   India's Irfan Pathan became the first bowler to take a Test cricket hat-trick in the opening over of a match.

5. 2009

   The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt ruled that people who did not adhere to one of the three government-recognised religions were also eligible to receive government identity documents.

6. 2013

   Twenty-one people died when SCAT Airlines Flight 760 crashed near Almaty, Kazakhstan.

7. 2017

   A lone gunman carried out a mass shooting at a mosque in Quebec City, Canada, killing six people and injuring up to nineteen others.

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