"On Jan. 29, 2002, in his first State of the Union address, President George W. Bush said terrorists were still threatening America and warned of an axis of evil consisting of North Korea, Iran and Iraq. Also on this date: In 1891, following the death of her brother Kalakaua, Liliuokalani was sworn in as the first and only queen of the Hawaiian Kingdom."
"In 1936, the first five inductees of baseball's Hall of Fame Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson were elected in Cooperstown, New York. In 1979, President Jimmy Carter formally welcomed Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping (dung shah-oh-ping) to the White House, following the establishment of full diplomatic relations. In 1995, the San Francisco 49ers became the first team in NFL history to win five Super Bowl titles, beating the San Diego Chargers, 49-26, in Super Bowl XXIX."
On Jan. 29, 2002 President George W. Bush said terrorists were still threatening America and warned of an axis of evil of North Korea, Iran and Iraq. In 1891 Liliuokalani was sworn in as the Hawaiian Kingdom's only queen after Kalakaua's death; the monarchy was abolished two years later following a U.S. military-supported coup. In 1936 Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson were elected to baseball's Hall of Fame. In 1979 President Jimmy Carter welcomed Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping to the White House after diplomatic relations were established. In 1995 the San Francisco 49ers won a fifth Super Bowl. In 1998 a bomb at an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Alabama killed a security guard and critically injured a nurse; the attacker, Eric Rudolph, later admitted other attacks and is serving multiple life sentences. In 2013 BP pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the deaths of 11 rig workers in the Deepwater Horizon disaster and agreed to pay $4 billion in penalties. In 2017 six people were killed in a Quebec City mosque shooting during evening prayers; the shooter pleaded guilty and received a life sentence.
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