The January 29, 1997 was a Wednesday under the star sign of ♒. It was the 28 day of the year. President of the United States was William J. (Bill) Clinton.
If you were born on this day, you are 29 years old. Your last birthday was on the Thursday, January 29, 2026, 157 days ago. Your next birthday is on Friday, January 29, 2027, in 207 days. You have lived for 10,749 days, or about 257,987 hours, or about 15,479,224 minutes, or about 928,753,440 seconds.
Date: 29 January 1997
By Richard Sandomir
Richard Sandomir
Hilton Hotels Corp bid for ITT Corp, half owner of Madison Square Garden, could give Garden yet another new parent; Hilton might seek to sell stake; possible buyers include Fox Sports unit of News Corp (M)
Date: 29 January 1997
By Kevin Sack
Kevin Sack
Richard A Jewell files libel suit against Atlanta Journal and Atlanta Constitution for proclaiming him suspect in last summer's bombing in Centennial Olympic Park; Jewell's lawyers announce that Cable News Network has agreed to pay Jewell undisclosed amount to forestall lawsuit; NBC in Dec 1996 reached out-of-court settlement with Jewell, reportedly paying him over $500,000 (M)
Date: 29 January 1997
By Brett Pulley
Brett Pulley
Man in the News column profiles career of Robert E Boyle following his being named chief executive of Jacob K Javits Convention Center; full name is Robert Eugene Boyle; photo (M)
Date: 29 January 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Citizens Banking Corp to acquire CB Financial Corp for $130 million in stock (S)
Date: 29 January 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
British Airways PLC to sell its ground fleet services unit to Ryder Systems Inc; unit provides specialized ground equipment and leases vehicles to airlines at London's Heathrow and Gatwick airports (S)
Date: 29 January 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Energy Group says it plans to buy American power generator after it is spun off from Hanson PLC in Feb (S)
Date: 29 January 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Monsanto Co, which owns 54.6 percent of Calgene Inc stock, offers $218 million for remaining shares (S)
Date: 29 January 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Wisconsin Central Transportation Co's Sault Ste Marie Bridge Co unit buys 220 miles of track in northern Wisconsin and Michigan from Union Pacific Corp for about $85 million (S)
Date: 30 January 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Total SA posts 1996 net income of 5.6 billion francs ($1 billion), up from 3.7 billion francs after taxes and before one-time charges in 1995 (S)
Date: 30 January 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Tele Danmark AS plans to reorganize and dismiss 2,500 workers by mid-1998; plans to recruit 500 other workers, for total cut of about 12 percent of work force (S)