On this day: January 29

POSTED: 09:33 PM PST Jan 27, 2013    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Jan 28, 2013 

"The Raven" is first published, baseball and football induct their first hall of fame classes, the Gulf War fighting takes to the ground, and President George W. Bush coins the phrase "Axis of Evil," all on this day.

OTD January 29 - WC Fields
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Universal Pictures

1880: Comedian and actor W. C. Fields, known for his comic persona as a misanthropic and hard-drinking egotist, is born William Claude Dukenfield in Darby, Pa.

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