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.