January 28
January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 337 days remaining (338 in leap years).
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Events
- 1521 - Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25.
- 1547 - Edward VI becomes King of England.
- 1573 - articles of Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning religious freedom in Poland
- 1788 - The first penal colony is founded at Botany Bay, Australia.
- 1855 - first locomotive runs from the Atlantic to the Pacific on the Panama Railway
- 1871 - France surrenders to end the Franco-Prussian War.
- 1878 - The Yale News becomes the first daily, college newspaper in the United States.
- 1902 - The Carnegie Institution is founded in Washington, DC with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
- 1909 - United States troops leave Cuba after being there since the Spanish-American War.
- 1915 - An act of the United States Congress creates the United States Coast Guard.
- 1916 - Louis D. Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
- 1917 - United States ends search for Pancho Villa.
- 1918 - Civil War in Finland begins.
- 1932 - World War II: Japan occupies Shanghai.
- 1935 - Iceland becomes the first country to legalize abortion.
- 1938 - The first ski tow in America begins operation in Vermont.
- 1945 - World War II: Supplies begin to reach China over the newly reopened Burma Road.
- 1946 - Bluenose founders on a Haitian reef.
- 1958 - Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate begin their murder spree with the killings of her parents and infant sister.
- 1973 - Barnaby Jones premieres on CBS.
- 1982 - James L. Dozier is rescued by Italian anti-terrorism forces after 42 days of captivity under the Red Brigades.
- 1986 - Space Shuttle Challenger explodes just after takeoff killing all seven astronauts onboard.
- 1990 - Super Bowl XXIV: The San Francisco 49ers are crowned "Team of the 1980s" by defeating the Denver Broncos, 55-10.
- 1994 - The first trial of accused murderer Lyle Menendez ends in a mistrial. He and his brother Erik are later found guilty and sentenced to life in prison without parole.
- 1996 - Super Bowl XXX: The Dallas Cowboys win their fifth Super Bowl title by defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers, 27-17.
- 1997 - Clive Davis receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- 1998 - Ford Motor Company announces the buyout of Volvo for $6.45 billion.
- 1998 - Gunmen hold at least 400 children and teachers hostage for several hours at an elementary school in Manila, Philippines.
- 2001 - Super Bowl XXXV: The Baltimore Ravens defeat the New York Giants, 34-7.
- 2002 - An Ecuadoran airline Boeing 727-100 crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia killing 92
- 2004 - September Dossier: Lord Hutton publishes his report into the death of UN weapons inspector Dr David Kelly
Births
- 1706 - John Baskerville, printer, typefounder, (d. 1775)
- 1784 - George Hamilton Gordon Aberdeen, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, (d. 1860)
- 1822 - Alexander Mackenzie, second Prime Minister of Canada, (d. 1892)
- 1833 - Charles George 'Chinese' Gordon, British soldier and administrator, (d. 1885)
- 1841 - Henry Morton Stanley, explorer, journalist, (d. 1904)
- 1853 - Jose Marti, revolutionary, (d. 1895)
- 1855 - William Seward Burroughs, inventor of the calculator, (d. 1898)
- 1873 - Colette, writer, (d. 1954)
- 1879 - Francis Picabia, painter, poet, (d. 1953)
- 1884 - Auguste Piccard, physicist, (d. 1962)
- 1887 - Artur Rubinstein, musician, conductor, (d. 1982)
- 1892 - Ernst Lubitsch, film director, (d. 1947)
- 1900 - Heinrich Kesten, author, (d. 1996)
- 1912 - Jackson Pollock, painter, initiator of Dripping painting, (d. 1956)
- 1923 - Ivo Robić, singer - Croatia, Mister Morgen, (d. 2001)
- 1927 - Hiroshi Teshigahara, director, (d. 2001)
- 1929 - Claes Oldenbourg, artist
- 1929 - Acker Bilk, musician
- 1933 - Susan Sontag, novelist, philosopher, essayist, director, playwright
- 1935 - David Lodge, author
- 1936 - Alan Alda, actor
- 1945 - Marthe Keller, actress
- 1968 - Sarah McLachlan, singer
- 1977 - Joey Fatone, performer
- 1980 - Nick Carter, performer
- 1981 - Elijah Wood, actor
Deaths
- 814 - Charlemagne, (b. 742)
- 1547 - King Henry VIII of England, (b. 1491)
- 1596 - Sir Francis Drake, explorer, soldier, (b. c. 1540)
- 1939 - William Butler Yeats, writer, (b. 1865)
- 1949 - Jean-Pierre Wimille, race car driver, (b. 1908)
- 1960 - Zora Neale Hurston, author (b. 1891)
- 1965 - Maxime Weygand, soldier, (b. 1867)
- 1971 - Donald Winnicott, British psychoanalyst, (b. 1896)
- 1977 - Freddie Prinze, actor, (b. 1954)
- 1986 - Crew of Space Shuttle Challenger: Francis R. Scobee (b. 1939), Michael J. Smith (b. 1945), Judith Resnik (b. 1949), Ellison Onizuka (b. 1946), Ronald McNair (b. 1950), Greg Jarvis (b. 1944), Christa McAuliffe (b. 1948)
- 1996 - Jerry Siegel, cartoonist, creator of "Superman", (b. 1914)
- 1996 - Joseph Brodsky, poet (d. 1996)
- 2002 - Astrid Lindgren, author, (b. 1907)
Holidays and observances
- Catholicism - Feast day of St. Thomas Aquinas.
See Also:
January 27 - January 29 - December 28 - February 28 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
