January 28

January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 337 days remaining (338 in leap years).

Events

• 1521 - Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25.
• 1547 - Edward VI becomes King of England .
• 1788 - The first penal colony is founded at Botany Bay[?], Australia.
• 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.
• 1932 - World War II: Japan occupies Shanghai.
• 1935 - Iceland becomes the first country to legalize abortion.
• 1938 - The first ski tow[?] begins operation (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.
• 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.
• 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.

Births

• 1784 - George Hamilton Gordon Aberdeen, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1841 - Henry Morton Stanley, explorer, journalist (+ 1904)
• 1853 - Jose Marti, revolutionary (+ 1895)
• 1855 - William Seward Burroughs, inventor of the calculator (+ 1898)
• 1873 - Colette, writer (+ 1954)
• 1879 - Francis Picabia, painter, poet (+ 1953)
• 1884 - Auguste Piccard, physicist (+ 1962)
• 1887 - Artur Rubinstein[?], musician, conductor (+ 1982)
• 1891 - Alexander Mackenzie, second Prime Minister of Canada
• 1892 - Ernst Lubitsch, film director (+ 1947)
• 1900 - Heinrich Kesten[?], author (+ 1996)
• 1912 - Jackson Pollock, painter, initiator of Dripping painting[?] (+ 1956)
• 1927 - Hiroshi Teshigahara[?], director
• 1929 - Claes Oldenbourg, artist
• 1929 - Acker Bilk, musician
• 1933 - Susan Sontag[?], novelist, philosopher, essayist, director, playwright
• 1936 - Alan Alda, actor
• 1945 - Marthe Keller[?], actress
• 1968 - Sarah McLachlan, singer
• 1977 - Joey Fatone[?], musician
• 1980 - Nick Carter, musician
• 1981 - Elijah Wood, actor

Deaths

• 814 - Charlemagne
• 1547 - King Henry VIII of England
• 1596 - Sir Francis Drake, explorer, soldier
• 1939 - William Butler Yeats, writer
• 1949 - Jean-Pierre Wimille[?], race car driver
• 1965 - Maxime Weygand, soldier
• 1977 - Freddie Prinze, actor
• 1986 - Crew of Space Shuttle Challenger: Francis R. Scobee, Michael J. Smith, Judith Resnik, Ellison Onizuka, Ronald McNair, Greg Jarvis, Christa McAuliffe
• 1996 - Jerry Seigel[?], cartoonist, creator of "Superman"
• 2002 - Astrid Lindgren, author

Holidays and observances

• Catholicism - Feast day of St. Thomas Aquinas[?].

January 27 - January 29 - December 28 - February 28 - Historical anniversaries