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Looking out at the icy waters of the Hudson, with Manhattan in the background, January 29, 1936.
Photo: Associated Press
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Looking out at the icy waters of the Hudson, with Manhattan in the background, January 29, 1936.
Photo: Associated Press
Carol Channing and Tallulah Bankhead were both born on January 31—Channing in 1921 in Seattle, Bankhead in 1903 in Huntsville, Alabama. Cyril Ritchard decided to give both actresses a slightly premature birthday party at midnight on January 29, 1959.
Photo: Marty Lederhandler for the AP
The January 29, 1928 issue of the Metropolitan Guide, the official organ of the Hotel Association. It compiled all the events to tempt a visitor for that week.
Photo: Museum of the City of New York (MCNY)