1649 - Sobornoye Ulozheniye of 1649: Russia adopts new code of laws‚ consolidating serfdom (OS 29 Jan) 1750 - Minor earthquake in London 1924 - 1st US coast-to-coast radio hookup: General John Joseph Carty speech in Chicago 1929 - KOY-AM in Phoenix Arizona begins radio transmissions 1936 - German alpine skier Christi Cranz wins the inaugural Olympic women’s combined gold medal at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games ahead of teammate Käthe Grasegger 1943 - Red Army recaptures Kursk on the eastern front 1945 - Paul Brown agrees to coach the new American football expansion team in Cleveland‚ which would later be named the Cleveland Browns after their coach 1975 - Caps only got one shot in a period against Islanders 1990 - "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney suspended by CBS for racial remarks attributed to him by a gay magazine 2009 - 51st Grammy Awards: Best Album "Raising Sand" and Record of the Year "Please Read The Letter"‚ both by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss win More Historical Events »