January 29th in history:
In 1845, readers of the New York Evening Mirror got their first look at a new poem by Edgar Allan Poe, called “The Raven” — published in the January 29th edition. Because Poe lived for many years in Baltimore and is buried there, the Baltimore Ravens football team was named in honor of the poem.
Two halls of fame for sports heroes announced their first members on January 29th, in different years. The Pro Football Hall of Fame inducted its first class of 17 legends in 1963…27 years after the Baseball Hall of Fame announced its initial group of five honorees in 1936. Baltimore-born Babe Ruth tied for second place with Honus Wagner in that first baseball hall of fame election, behind long-time Detroit Tigers star Ty Cobb.
And January 29th is the birthday of the actor who often wore a Tigers baseball cap in his TV role as “Magnum, P.I.,” Detroit native Tom Selleck (1945).
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