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28 January is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar . There are 337 days remaining (338 in Leap Year s).
Events
- of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor is lifted.
- 1521 - Diet Of Worms begins, lasting until May 25 .
- 1547 - Edward VI becomes King, and the first Protestant ruler of England .
- 1573 - Articles of Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning Religious Freedom in Poland .
- 1754 - Horace Walpole , in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word '' Serendipity ''.
- 1788 - The first penal colony is founded at Botany Bay , Australia .
- 1813 - Pride And Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom .
- 1820 - Russia n expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb Von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovered the Antarctic continent approaching the Antarctic Coast .
- 1846 - Battle Of Aliwal , India won by British troops commanded by Sir Harry Smith .
- 1855 - The first Locomotive runs from the Atlantic to the Pacific on the Panama Railway .
- surrenders, ending the war.
- 1878 - '' The Yale News '' becomes the first daily, college Newspaper in the United States .
- 1887 - In a Snowstorm at Fort Keogh , Montana , the world's largest Snowflake s are reported, being 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) thick.
- 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 U.S. 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 .
- 1917 - Municipally owned Streetcars take to the streets of San Francisco .
- --> Rebels seized control of the capital, Helsinki , and members of the Senate Of Finland go underground.
- 1921 - A symbolic Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier is installed beneath the Arc De Triomphe in Paris to honour the unknown dead of World War I .
- 1932 - Japan occupies Shanghai .
- 1935 - Iceland becomes the first country to legalize Abortion .
- 1938 - The first Ski Tow in America begins operation in Vermont .
- 1938 - The World Land Speed Record on a Public Road is broken by driver Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 .
- over the newly reopened Burma Road .
- 1946 - '' Bluenose '', Canada 's greatest sailing Ship , 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 - US Army general James L. Dozier is rescued by Italian anti- Terrorism forces after 42 days of captivity under the Red Brigades .
- 1986 - Space Shuttle Challenger breaks apart 73 seconds after liftoff killing all seven Astronaut s onboard. Failure blamed on leaking Solid Rocket Booster .
- 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.
- , Dallas Cowboys; Tempe , Arizona .
- 1997 - Arista Records founder Clive Davis receives a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame .
- 1998 - Gunmen hold at least 400 children and teachers hostage for several hours at an elementary school in Manila , Philippines .
- 1999 - Ford Motor Company announces the buyout of Volvo 's passenger-vehicle business for $6.45 billion.
- 1999 - '' The Washington Post '' becomes one of the last widely-circulated American daily newspapers to transition to color printing, with its first-ever color photograph on the front page.
- 2002 - An Ecuador an airline Boeing 727 -100 crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia killing 92.
- publishes his Report into the death of UN weapons inspector Dr. David Kelly .
Births
- 1457 - King Henry VII Of England (d. 1509 )
- 1540 - Ludolph Van Ceulen , German mathematician (d. 1610 )
- 1582 - John Barclay , Scottish writer (d. 1621 )
- 1600 - Pope Clement IX (d. 1669 )
- 1608 - Giovanni Alfonso Borelli , Italian physiologist and physicist (d. 1679 )
- 1611 - Johannes Hevelius , astronomer (d. 1687 )
- 1622 - Adrien Auzout , French astronomer (d. 1691 )
- 1701 - Charles Marie De La Condamine , French mathematician and geographer (d. 1774 )
- 1706 - John Baskerville , English printer (d. 1775 )
- 1712 - Tokugawa Ieshige , Japanese shogun (d. 1761 )
- 1717 - Mustafa III , Ottoman Sultan (d. 1774 )
- 1719 - Johann Elias Schlegel , German critic and poet (d. 1749 )
- 1755 - Samuel Thomas Von Sömmering , German physician (d. 1830 )
- 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 , Welsh-born explorer and journalist (d. 1904 )
- 1853 - José Martí , Cuban revolutionary (d. 1895 )
- 1857 - William Seward Burroughs , American inventor (d. 1898 )
- 1873 - Colette , French writer (d. 1954 )
- 1874 - Vsevolod Meyerhold , Russian theatre director (d. 1940 )
- 1879 - Francis Picabia , French-born painter and poet (d. 1953 )
- 1880 - Herbert Strudwick , English cricketer (d. 1970 )
- 1884 - Auguste Piccard , Swiss physicist (d. 1962 )
- 1886 - Marthe Bibesco , Romanian writer (d. 1973 )
- 1887 - Arthur Rubinstein , Polish pianist and conductor (d. 1982 )
- 1890 - Robert Stroud , American convict, the Birdman of Alcatraz (d. 1963 )
- 1892 - Ernst Lubitsch , German-born film director (d. 1947 )
- 1897 - Valentin Kataev , Russian writer (d. 1986 )
- 1910 - John Banner , Austrian actor (d. 1973 )
- 1910 - Arnold Moss , American character actor (d. 1989 )
- 1912 - Jackson Pollock , American painter (d. 1956 )
- 1922 - Robert W. Holley , American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (d. 1993 )
- 1923 - Ivo Robić , Croatian singer (d. 2001 )
- 1927 - Ronnie Scott , British jazz tenor saxophonist and jazz club owner (d. 1996 )
- 1927 - Hiroshi Teshigahara , Japanese director (d. 2001 )
- 1929 - Acker Bilk , English jazz clarinetist
- 1929 - Claes Oldenburg , Swedish-American artist
- 1934 - Mitr Chaibancha , Thai actor (d. 1970 )
- 1935 - David Lodge , English author
- 1936 - Ismail Kadare , Albanian writer
- 1936 - Alan Alda , American actor, writer, and director
- 1938 - Leonid Zhabotinsky , Russian weightlifter
- 1941 - Joel Crothers , American actor (d. 1985 )
- 1944 - John Tavener , English composer
- 1945 - Robert Wyatt , English musician
- 1948 - Mikhail Baryshnikov , Russian dancer
- 1948 - Charles Taylor , leader of Liberia
- 1950 - Barbi Benton , American actress
- 1951 - Leonid Kadeniuk , Ukrainian cosmonaut
- 1954 - Rick Warren , Pastor, Author of The Purpose Driven Life
- 1959 - Randi Rhodes , American Radio Talk Show host
- 1959 - Dave Sharp , Welsh guitarist ( The Alarm )
- 1960 - Robert Von Dassanowsky , American cultural historian, writer, and producer
- 1962 - Sam Phillips , American singer
- 1968 - Sarah McLachlan , Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1968 - DJ Muggs , American musician ( Cypress Hill )
- 1968 - Rakim , American rapper
- 1969 - Kathryn Morris , American actress
- 1969 - Linda Sanchez , American politician
- 1974 - Tony Delk , American basketball player
- 1974 - Jermaine Dye , American baseball player
- 1975 - David Zingler , American writer
- 1976 - Mark Madsen , American basketball player
- 1976 - Jarrod Montague , American drummer ( Taproot )
- 1977 - Daunte Culpepper , American football player
- 1977 - Joey Fatone , American singer ( ---NSYNC )
- 1978 - Gianluigi Buffon , Italian footballer
- 1978 - Jamie Carragher , English footballer
- 1978 - Papa Bouba Diop , Senegalese footballer
- 1979 - Pixie , English model
- 1980 - Nick Carter , American singer ( Backstreet Boys )
- 1981 - Rick Razzano , American football player
- 1981 - Elijah Wood , American actor
- 1984 - Andre Iguodala , American basketball player
Deaths
- 814 - Charlemagne (b. 742 )
- 1061 - Duke Spytihněv II Of Bohemia (b. 1031 )
- 1271 - Isabella Of Aragon , queen of Philip III Of France (b. 1247 )
- 1443 - Robert Le Maçon , Chancellor of France
- 1547 - King Henry VIII Of England (b. 1491 )
- 1596 - Sir Francis Drake , English explorer and soldier (b. ca. 1540 )
- 1599 - Cristofano Malvezzi , Italian composer (b. 1547 )
- 1613 - Thomas Bodley , English diplomat and library founder (b. 1545 )
- 1621 - Pope Paul V (b. 1550 )
- 1681 - Richard Allestree , English royalist churchman (b. 1619 )
- 1672 - Pierre Séguier , Chancellor of France (b. 1588 )
- 1687 - Johannes Hevelius , astronomer (b. 1611 )
- 1697 - John Fenwick , English conspirator
- 1725 (O.S.) - Tsar Peter I Of Russia , (b. 1672 )
- 1754 - Ludvig Holberg , Norwegian historian and writer (b. 1684 )
- 1864 - Émile Clapeyron , French engineer and physicist (b. 1799 )
- 1903 - Augusta Holmès , French composer (b. 1847 )
- 1912 - Gustave De Molinari , Belgian economist (b. 1819 )
- 1915 - Nikolay Umov , Russian physicist (b. 1846 )
- 1935 - Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov , Russian composer (b. 1859 )
- 1939 - William Butler Yeats , Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865 )
- 1949 - Jean-Pierre Wimille , French race car driver (b. 1908 )
- 1953 - James Scullin , ninth Prime Minister Of Australia (b. 1876 )
- 1960 - Zora Neale Hurston , American author (b. 1891 )
- 1965 - Tich Freeman , English cricketer (b. 1888 )
- 1965 - Maxime Weygand , French soldier (b. 1867 )
- 1971 - Donald Winnicott , British psychoanalyst (b. 1896 )
- 1973 - John Banner , Austrian actor (b. 1910 )
- 1983 - Frank Forde , fifteenth Prime Minister Of Australia (b. 1890 )
- 1986 - Crew of Space Shuttle Challenger :
- --- Greg Jarvis (b. 1944 )
- --- Christa McAuliffe (b. 1948 )
- --- Ronald McNair (b. 1950 )
- --- Ellison Onizuka (b. 1946 )
- --- Judith Resnik (b. 1949 )
- --- Francis R. Scobee (b. 1939 )
- --- Michael J. Smith (b. 1945 )
- 1988 - Klaus Fuchs , German physicist (b. 1911 )
- 1991 - Red Grange , American football player (b. 1903 )
- 1994 - Hal Smith , American actor (b. 1916 )
- 1996 - Joseph Brodsky , Russian-born poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1940 )
- 1996 - Jerry Siegel , American cartoonist (b. 1914 )
- 1999 - Markey Robinson , Northern Irish painter (b. 1918 )
- 1999 - , Swedish sociologist and philosopher (b. 1908 )
- 2001 - Curt Blefary , baseball player (b. 1943 )
- 2002 - Astrid Lindgren , Swedish author (b. 1907 )
- 2004 - Lloyd M. Bucher , US Navy officer (b. 1927 )
- 2004 - Don Cholito , Puerto Rican radio host (b. 1923 )
- 2004 - Elroy Hirsch , American football player (b. 1923 )
- 2005 - Jim Capaldi , English singer and songwriter (b. 1944 )
- 2005 - Karen Lancaume , French actress (suicide) (b. 1973 )
- 2006 - Yitzchak Kadouri , Jewish Orthodox rabbi (b. around 1900)
- 2006 - Henry McGee , English Comedian (b. 1929 )
Holidays and observances
External links
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