This Day, That Year – January 29

Born on this day in 1860, Anton Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short-story writer, considered to be one of the greatest writers in the world.

Did you know that:

• Edgar Allan Poe’s poem, “The Raven”, was first published in The Evening Mirror newspaper on this day in 1845
• Charles Steinmetz patented a system of distribution by alternating current (A/C) on this day in 1895
• Carl Taylor patented a machine that made ice cream cones on this day in 1924