January, 28th in History

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Events

Wednesday 28, 2004:
September Dossier: Lord Hutton publishes his report into the death of UN weapons inspector Dr. David Kelly.

Monday 28, 2002:
An Ecuadoran airline Boeing 727-100 crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia killing 92.

Sunday 28, 2001:
Super Bowl xxx: The Baltimore Ravens defeat the New York Giants, 34-7.

Wednesday 28, 1998:
Gunmen hold at least 400 children and teachers hostage for several hours at an elementary school in Manila, Philippines.

Tuesday 28, 1997:
Arista Records founder Clive Davis receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Sunday 28, 1996:
Super Bowl xxx: The Dallas Cowboys win their fifth Super Bowl title by defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers, 27-17.

Friday 28, 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.

Sunday 28, 1990:
Super Bowl XXIV: The San Francisco 49ers are crowned "Team of the 1980s" by defeating the Denver Broncos, 55-10.

Tuesday 28, 1986:
Space Shuttle Challenger explodes just after takeoff killing all seven astronauts onboard.

Thursday 28, 1982:
US Army general James L. Dozier is rescued by Italian anti-terrorism forces after 42 days of captivity under the Red Brigades.

Sunday 28, 1973:
Barnaby Jones premieres on CBS.

Tuesday 28, 1958:
Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate begin their murder spree with the killings of her parents and infant sister.

Monday 28, 1946:
Bluenose, Canada's greatest sailing ship, founders on a Haitian reef.

Sunday 28, 1945:
World War II: Supplies begin to reach China over the newly reopened Burma Road.

Friday 28, 1938:
The first ski tow in America begins operation in Vermont.

Monday 28, 1935:
Iceland becomes the first country to legalize abortion.

Thursday 28, 1932:
World War II: Japan occupies Shanghai.

Friday 28, 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.

Monday 28, 1918:
Finnish Civil War: <!--The Red Guards-->Rebels seized control of the capital, Helsinki, and members of the Senate of Finland go underground.

Sunday 28, 1917:
United States ends search for Pancho Villa.

Friday 28, 1916:
Louis D. Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.

Thursday 28, 1915:
An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard.

Thursday 28, 1909:
United States troops leave Cuba after being there since the Spanish-American War.

Tuesday 28, 1902:
The Carnegie Institution is founded in Washington, DC with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.

Friday 28, 1887:
In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, USA, the world's largest snowflakes are reported, being 15 inches (38cm) wide and 8 inches (20cm) thick.

Monday 28, 1878:
The Yale News becomes the first daily, college newspaper in the United States.

Saturday 28, 1871:
Franco-Prussian War: France surrenders, ending the war.

Sunday 28, 1855:
The first locomotive runs from the Atlantic to the Pacific on the Panama Railway.

Wednesday 28, 1846:
Battle of Aliwal, India won by British troops commanded by Sir Harry Smith.

Friday 28, 1820:
Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev approaches the Antarctic coast.

Monday 28, 1788:
The first penal colony is founded at Botany Bay, Australia.

Sunday 28, 1573:
Articles of Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning religious freedom in Poland

Tuesday 28, 1547:
Edward VI becomes King, and the first Protestant ruler of England.

Friday 28, 1521:
Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/28-january/on-this-day.html


People born on January 28

1981:
Elijah Wood, American actor (b: January 28, 1981) (Biography of Elijah Wood)
Rick Razzano, American football player (b: January 28, 1981) (Biography of Rick Razzano)

1980:
Nick Carter, American singer (Backstreet Boys) (b: January 28, 1980) (Biography of Nick Carter (singer))

1979:
Pixie, English model (b: January 28, 1979) (Biography of Pixie (glamour model))

1978:
Gianluigi Buffon, Italian footballer (b: January 28, 1978) (Biography of Gianluigi Buffon)
Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer (b: January 28, 1978) (Biography of Papa Bouba Diop)
Jamie Carragher, English footballer (b: January 28, 1978) (Biography of Jamie Carragher)

1977:
Daunte Culpepper, American football player (b: January 28, 1977) (Biography of Daunte Culpepper)
Joey Fatone, American singer (*NSYNC) (b: January 28, 1977) (Biography of Joey Fatone)

1976:
Mark Madsen, American basketball player (b: January 28, 1976) (Biography of Mark Madsen)
Jarrod Montague, American drummer (Taproot) (b: January 28, 1976) (Biography of Jarrod Montague)

1974:
Tony Delk, American basketball player (b: January 28, 1974) (Biography of Tony Delk)

1969:
Kathryn Morris, American actress (b: January 28, 1969) (Biography of Kathryn Morris)

1968:
Sarah McLachlan, Canadian singer and songwriter (b: January 28, 1968) (Biography of Sarah McLachlan)
Rakim, American rapper (b: January 28, 1968) (Biography of Rakim)
DJ Muggs, American musician (Cypress Hill) (b: January 28, 1968) (Biography of DJ Muggs)

1960:
Robert von Dassanowsky, American cultural historian, writer, and producer (b: January 28, 1960) (Biography of Robert von Dassanowsky)
Sam Phillips, American singer (b: January 28, 1960) (Biography of Sam Phillips (singer))

1951:
Leonid Kadeniuk, Ukrainian cosmonaut (b: January 28, 1951) (Biography of Leonid Kadeniuk)

1950:
Barbi Benton, American actress (b: January 28, 1950) (Biography of Barbi Benton)

1948:
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Russian dancer (b: January 28, 1948) (Biography of Mikhail Baryshnikov)
Charles Taylor, leader of Liberia (b: January 28, 1948) (Biography of Charles Taylor)

1945:
Robert Wyatt, English musician (b: January 28, 1945) (Biography of Robert Wyatt)

1944:
John Tavener, English composer (b: January 28, 1944) (Biography of John Tavener)

1936:
Alan Alda, American actor, writer, and director (b: January 28, 1936) (Biography of Alan Alda)
Ismail Kadare, Albanian writer (b: January 28, 1936) (Biography of Ismail Kadare)

1935:
David Lodge, English author (b: January 28, 1935) (Biography of David Lodge (author))

1933:
Susan Sontag, American writer and activist (b: January 28, 1933 ; d: December 28, 2004) (Biography of Susan Sontag)

1929:
Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-American artist (b: January 28, 1929) (Biography of Claes Oldenburg)
Acker Bilk, English jazz clarinetist (b: January 28, 1929) (Biography of Acker Bilk)

1927:
Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japanese director (b: January 28, 1927 ; d: April 14, 2001) (Biography of Hiroshi Teshigahara)

1923:
Ivo Robić, Croatian singer (b: January 28, 1923 ; d: March 9, 2000) (Biography of Ivo Robić)

1912:
Jackson Pollock, American painter (b: January 28, 1912 ; d: August 11, 1956) (Biography of Jackson Pollock)

1910:
John Banner, Austrian actor (b: January 28, 1910 ; d: January 28, 1973) (Biography of John Banner)
Arnold Moss, American character actor (b: January 28, 1910 ; d: December 15, 1989) (Biography of Arnold Moss)

1892:
Ernst Lubitsch, German-born film director (b: January 28, 1892) (Biography of Ernst Lubitsch)

1890:
Robert Stroud, American convict, the Birdman of Alcatraz (b: January 28, 1890) (Biography of Robert Stroud)

1887:
Arthur Rubinstein, Polish pianist and conductor (b: January 28, 1887 ; d: December 20, 1982) (Biography of Arthur Rubinstein)

1884:
Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist (b: January 28, 1884 ; d: March 24, 1962) (Biography of Auguste Piccard)

1880:
Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer (b: January 28, 1880 ; d: February 14, 1970) (Biography of Herbert Strudwick)

1879:
Francis Picabia, French-born painter and poet (b: January 28, 1879 ; d: November 30, 1953) (Biography of Francis Picabia)

1873:
Colette, French writer (b: January 28, 1873 ; d: August 3, 1954) (Biography of Colette)

1857:
William Seward Burroughs, American inventor (b: January 28, 1857 ; d: September 14, 1898) (Biography of William Seward Burroughs)

1853:
José Martí, Cuban revolutionary (b: January 28, 1853 ; d: May 19, 1895) (Biography of José Martí)

1841:
Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh-born explorer and journalist (b: January 28, 1841) (Biography of Henry Morton Stanley)

1833:
Charles George 'Chinese' Gordon, British soldier and administrator (b: January 28, 1833 ; d: January 26, 1885) (Biography of Charles George Gordon)

1822:
Alexander Mackenzie, second Prime Minister of Canada (b: January 28, 1822 ; d: April 17, 1891) (Biography of Alexander Mackenzie)

1784:
George Hamilton Gordon Aberdeen, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b: January 28, 1784) (Biography of George Hamilton Gordon Aberdeen)

1706:
John Baskerville, English printer (b: January 28, 1706 ; d: January 8, 1775) (Biography of John Baskerville)

1701:
Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b: January 28, 1701 ; d: February 4, 1774) (Biography of Charles Marie de La Condamine)

1622:
Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (b: January 28, 1622 ; d: May 23, 1691) (Biography of Adrien Auzout)

1611:
Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer (b: January 28, 1611 ; d: January 28, 1687) (Biography of Johannes Hevelius)

1608:
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (b: January 28, 1608 ; d: December 31, 1679) (Biography of Giovanni Alfonso Borelli)

1600:
Pope Clement IX (b: January 28, 1600 ; d: December 9, 1669) (Biography of Pope Clement IX)

1582:
John Barclay, Scottish writer (b: January 28, 1582 ; d: August 15, 1621) (Biography of John Barclay (1582-1621))

1540:
Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (b: January 28, 1540 ; d: December 31, 1610) (Biography of Ludolph van Ceulen)

1457:
King Henry VII of England (b: January 28, 1457 ; d: April 21, 1509) (Biography of Henry VII of England)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/28-january/births.html

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People who died on January 28

2005:
Karen Lancaume, French actress (b: January 19, 1973 ; d: January 28, 2005) (Biography of Karen Lancaume)
Jim Capaldi, British drummer, singer, and songwriter (Traffic) (b: August 2, 1944 ; d: January 28, 2005) (Biography of Jim Capaldi)

2004:
Don Cholito (d: January 28, 2004) (Biography of Don Cholito)
Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch, American football player (b: June 17, 1923 ; d: January 28, 2004) (Biography of Elroy Hirsch)
Lloyd M. Bucher (d: January 28, 2004) (Biography of Lloyd M. Bucher)

2002:
Astrid Lindgren, Swedish writer (b: November 14, 1907 ; d: January 28, 2002) (Biography of Astrid Lindgren)

2001:
Curt Blefary, baseball player (b: July 5, 1943 ; d: January 28, 2001) (Biography of Curt Blefary)

1996:
Jerry Siegel, American cartoonist (b: October 17, 1914 ; d: January 28, 1996) (Biography of Jerry Siegel)
Joseph Brodsky, Russian-born poet (b: May 24, 1940 ; d: January 28, 1996) (Biography of Joseph Brodsky)

1994:
Hal Smith, American actor and voice actor (b: August 24, 1916 ; d: January 28, 1994) (Biography of Hal Smith (actor))

1991:
Red Grange (d: January 28, 1991) (Biography of Red Grange)

1988:
Klaus Fuchs (d: January 28, 1988) (Biography of Klaus Fuchs)

1986:
Space Shuttle Challenger (d: January 28, 1986) (Biography of Space Shuttle Challenger)
Dick Scobee, astronaut (b: May 19, 1939 ; d: January 28, 1986) (Biography of Dick Scobee)
Michael J. Smith (d: January 28, 1986) (Biography of Michael J. Smith)
Judith Resnik, astronaut (b: April 5, 1949 ; d: January 28, 1986) (Biography of Judith Resnik)
Ellison Onizuka, astronaut (b: June 24, 1946 ; d: January 28, 1986) (Biography of Ellison Onizuka)
Ronald McNair (d: January 28, 1986) (Biography of Ronald McNair)
Greg Jarvis (d: January 28, 1986) (Biography of Greg Jarvis)
Christa McAuliffe, American schoolteacher and astronaut (b: September 2, 1948 ; d: January 28, 1986) (Biography of Christa McAuliffe)

1983:
Frank Forde, fifteenth Prime Minister of Australia (b: July 18, 1890 ; d: January 28, 1983) (Biography of Frank Forde)

1973:
John Banner, Austrian actor (b: January 28, 1910 ; d: January 28, 1973) (Biography of John Banner)

1971:
Donald Winnicott (d: January 28, 1971) (Biography of Donald Winnicott)

1965:
Maxime Weygand, French general (b: January 21, 1867 ; d: January 28, 1965) (Biography of Maxime Weygand)
Tich Freeman, English cricketer (b: May 17, 1888 ; d: January 28, 1965) (Biography of Tich Freeman)

1960:
Zora Neale Hurston, American author (b: January 7, 1891 ; d: January 28, 1960) (Biography of Zora Neale Hurston)

1953:
James Scullin, ninth Prime Minister of Australia (b: September 18, 1876 ; d: January 28, 1953) (Biography of James Scullin)

1949:
Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (b: February 26, 1908 ; d: January 28, 1949) (Biography of Jean-Pierre Wimille)

1939:
William Butler Yeats, Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b: June 13, 1865 ; d: January 28, 1939) (Biography of William Butler Yeats)

1935:
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer (b: November 19, 1859 ; d: January 28, 1935) (Biography of Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov)

1912:
Gustave de Molinari (d: January 28, 1912) (Biography of Gustave de Molinari)

1903:
Augusta Holmès, French composer (b: December 18, 1847 ; d: January 28, 1903) (Biography of Augusta Holmès)

1754:
Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian historian and writer (b: December 3, 1684 ; d: January 28, 1754) (Biography of Ludvig Holberg)

1697:
John Fenwick (d: January 28, 1697) (Biography of John Fenwick)

1687:
Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer (b: January 28, 1611 ; d: January 28, 1687) (Biography of Johannes Hevelius)

1681:
Richard Allestree (d: January 28, 1681) (Biography of Richard Allestree)

1672:
Pierre Seguier, Chancellor of France (b: May 28, 1588 ; d: January 28, 1672) (Biography of Pierre Séguier)

1621:
Pope Paul V (b: September 17, 1550 ; d: January 28, 1621) (Biography of Pope Paul V)

1613:
Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and library founder (b: March 2, 1545 ; d: January 28, 1613) (Biography of Thomas Bodley)

1599:
Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian composer (b: June 28, 1547 ; d: January 28, 1599) (Biography of Cristofano Malvezzi)

1596:
Francis Drake (d: January 28, 1596) (Biography of Francis Drake)

1547:
Henry VIII of England (d: January 28, 1547) (Biography of Henry VIII of England)

814:
Charlemagne (d: January 28, 814) (Biography of Charlemagne)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/28-january/deaths.html