TODAY IN HISTORY

Cover of Edgar Allan Poe

JANUARY 29

1802:John Beckley became the first Librarian of Congress. He was paid $2 a day.

1845:Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven was published.

1861:Kansas became the 34th state in the United States.

1886:Karl Benz received a patent for the first successful gasoline-driven car.

1936:Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson, and Walter Johnson were the first players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

1963:Poet Robert Frost died in Boston.

2002:In his State of the Union address, President Bush labels Iraq, Iran, and North Korea an "axis of evil."