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Information about 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.

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