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What Happened on January 28th This Day in History

Year	Name
2021	A nitrogen leak at a poultry food processing facility in Gainesville, Georgia kills six and injures at least ten.
2006	The roof of one of the buildings at the Katowice International Fair in Poland collapses due to the weight of snow, killing 65 and injuring more than 170 others.
2002	TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727-100, crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia, killing 94.
1988	In R v Morgentaler the Supreme Court of Canada strikes down all anti-abortion laws.
1986	Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission: Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates after liftoff, killing all seven astronauts on board.
1985	Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief.
1984	Tropical Storm Domoina makes landfall in southern Mozambique, eventually causing 214 deaths and some of the most severe flooding so far recorded in the region.
1982	US Army general James L. Dozier is rescued by Italian anti-terrorism forces from captivity by the Red Brigades.
1981	Ronald Reagan lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States, helping to end the 1979 energy crisis and begin the 1980s oil glut.
1980	USCGC Blackthorn collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa, Florida and capsizes, killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.
1977	The first day of the Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977, which dumps 3 metres (10 ft) of snow in one day in Upstate New York. Buffalo, Syracuse, Watertown, and surrounding areas are most affected.
1965	The current design of the Flag of Canada is chosen by an act of Parliament.
1964	An unarmed United States Air Force T-39 Sabreliner on a training mission is shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19.
1960	The National Football League announces expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for the 1961 NFL season.
1958	The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.
1956	Elvis Presley makes his first national television appearance.
1945	World War II: Supplies begin to reach the Republic of China over the newly reopened Burma Road.
1941	Franco-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. A Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day.
1938	The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W125 Rekordwagen at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9 mph).
1935	Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.
1933	The name Pakistan is coined by Choudhry Rahmat Ali Khan and is accepted by Indian Muslims who then thereby adopted it further for the Pakistan Movement seeking independence.
1932	Japanese forces attack Shanghai.
1922	Knickerbocker Storm: Washington, D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes a disaster when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapses, killing over 100 people.
1920	Foundation of the Spanish Legion.
1919	The Order of the White Rose of Finland is established by Baron Gustaf Mannerheim, the regent of the Kingdom of Finland.[11]
1918	Finnish Civil War: The Red Guard rebels seize control of the capital, Helsinki; members of the Senate of Finland go underground.
1916	The Canadian province of Manitoba grants women the right to vote and run for office in provincial elections (although still excluding women of Indigenous or Asian heritage), marking the first time women in Canada are granted voting rights.
1915	An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
1909	United States troops leave Cuba, with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, after being there since the Spanish–American War.
1908	Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
1902	The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
1896	Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8 mph (13 km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2 mph (3.2 km/h).
1878	Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
1871	Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice.
1855	A locomotive on the Panama Canal Railway runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean for the first time.
1851	Northwestern University becomes the first chartered university in Illinois.
1846	The Battle of Aliwal, India, is won by British troops commanded by Sir Harry Smith.
1813	Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.
1754	Sir Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to a friend.
1724	The Russian Academy of Sciences is founded in St. Petersburg, Russia, by Peter the Great, and implemented by Senate decree. It is called the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917.
1671	Original city of Panama (founded in 1519) is destroyed by a fire when privateer Henry Morgan sacks and sets fire to it. The site of the previously devastated city is still in ruins (see Panama Viejo).
1624	Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on the island of Saint Kitts.
1591	Execution of Agnes Sampson, accused of witchcraft in Edinburgh.
1573	Articles of the Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning freedom of religion in Poland.
1568	The Edict of Torda prohibits the persecution of individuals on religious grounds in John Sigismund Zápolya's Eastern Hungarian Kingdom.
1547	Edward VI, the nine-year-old son of Henry VIII, becomes King of England on his father's death.
1521	The Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25.
1077	Walk to Canossa: The excommunication of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, is lifted after he humbles himself before Pope Gregory VII at Canossa in Italy.
1069	Robert de Comines, appointed Earl of Northumbria by William the Conqueror, rides into Durham, England, where he is defeated and killed by rebels.
814	The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accession of his son Louis the Pious as ruler of the Frankish Empire.
98	On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany.

Famous People Born on January 28

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Year	Name
1929	Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-American sculptor and illustrator (d. 2022)
1909	John Thomson, Scottish footballer (d. 1931)
1954	Rick Warren, American pastor and author
1833	Charles George Gordon, English general and politician (d. 1885)
1975	Pedro Pinto, Portuguese-American journalist
1949	Mike Moore, New Zealand union leader and politician, 34th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 2020)
1972	Amy Coney Barrett, American jurist, academic, attorney, and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
1887	Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American pianist and educator (d. 1982)
1873	Monty Noble, Australian cricketer (d. 1940)
1972	Mark Regan, English rugby player

Famous People Deaths On January 28

Here is a list of some famous peope who died on January 28. For full list please click on the link above.

Date	Name
1912	Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist and theorist (b. 1819).
1960	Zora Neale Hurston, American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist (b. 1891)
1983	Billy Fury. English pop star (b. 1940)
2002	Gustaaf Deloor, Belgian cyclist and soldier (b. 1913)
1864	Émile Clapeyron, French physicist and engineer (b. 1799)
1918	John McCrae, Canadian soldier, physician, and author (b. 1872)
1547	Henry VIII, king of England (b. 1491)
1271	Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France (b. 1247)
1945	Roza Shanina, Russian sergeant and sniper (b. 1924)
1832	Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (b. 1769)