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What happend on 28. January in History
In our data base we found 329 events happened on 28. January:
• 98: Trajan succeeded his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire would reach its maximum extent. [category: Events]
• 814: Charlemagne (b. 742) [category: Deaths]
• 1061: Duke Spytihněv II of Bohemia (b. 1031) [category: Deaths]
• 1077: Walk to Canossa: The excommunication of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor is lifted. [category: Events]
• 1225: Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) [category: Births]
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• 1271: Isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247) [category: Deaths]
• 1312: Queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349) [category: Births]
• 1393: King Charles VI of France is nearly killed when several dancers' costumes catch fire during a masquerade ball. [category: Events]
• 1443: Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France [category: Deaths]
• 1457: King Henry VII of England (d. 1509) [category: Births]
• 1521: The Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25. [category: Events]
• 1540: Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610) [category: Births]
• 1547: King Henry VIII of England (b. 1491) [category: Deaths]
• 1547: Henry VIII dies. His nine year old son, Edward VI becomes King, and the first Protestant ruler of England. [category: Events]
• 1573: Articles of the Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning freedom of religion in Poland. [category: Events]
• 1578: Cornelius Haga, the first ambassador of the Dutch Republic to the Ottoman Empire (d. 1654) [category: Births]
• 1582: John Barclay, Scottish writer (d. 1621) [category: Births]
• 1600: Pope Clement IX (d. 1669) [category: Births]
• 1608: Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (d. 1679) [category: Births]
• 1611: Johannes Hevelius, Polish-born astronomer (d. 1687) [category: Births]
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• 1613: Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and library founder (b. 1545) [category: Deaths]
• 1621: Pope Paul V (b. 1550) [category: Deaths]
• 1622: Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (d. 1691) [category: Births]
• 1624: Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on the island of Saint Kitts. [category: Events]
• 1672: Pierre Séguier, Chancellor of France (b. 1588) [category: Deaths]
• 1681: Richard Allestree, English royalist churchman (b. 1619) [category: Deaths]
• 1687: Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer (b. 1611) [category: Deaths]
• 1693: Gregor Werner, Austrian composer (d. 1766) [category: Births]
• 1697: John Fenwick, English conspirator [category: Deaths]
• 1701: Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (d. 1774) [category: Births]
• 1701: The Chinese storm Dartsedo. [category: Events]
• 1706: John Baskerville, English printer (d. 1775) [category: Births]
• 1712: Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (d. 1761) [category: Births]
• 1717: Mustafa III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1774) [category: Births]
• 1719: Johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet (d. 1749) [category: Births]
• 1724: The Russian Academy of Sciences is founded in St. Petersburg by Peter the Great, and implemented by Senate decree. It is called the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917. [category: Events]
• 1754: Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian historian and writer (b. 1684) [category: Deaths]
• 1754: Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to Horace Mann. [category: Events]
• 1755: Samuel Thomas von Sömmering, German physician (d. 1830) [category: Births]
• 1760: Pownal, Vermont is created by Benning Wentworth as one of the New Hampshire Grants. [category: Events]
• 1784: George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Prime Minister of the UK (d. 1860) [category: Births]
• 1813: Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1818: George S. Boutwell, American politician, 20th Governor of Massachusetts and later the 28th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1905) [category: Births]
• 1820: A Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovers the Antarctic continent approaching the Antarctic coast. [category: Events]
• 1821: Alexander Island is first discovered by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen. [category: Events]
• 1822: Alexander Mackenzie, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1892) [category: Births]
• 1832: Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (b. 1769) [category: Deaths]
• 1833: Charles George 'Chinese' Gordon, British soldier and administrator (d. 1885) [category: Births]
• 1841: Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh-born explorer and journalist (d. 1904) [category: Births]
• 1846: The Battle of Aliwal, India, is won by British troops commanded by Sir Harry Smith. [category: Events]
• 1851: Northwestern University becomes the first chartered university in Illinois. [category: Events]
• 1853: José Martí, Cuban revolutionary (d. 1895) [category: Births]
• 1855: A locomotive, on the Panama Railway, runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean for the first time. [category: Events]
• 1857: William Seward Burroughs I, American inventor (d. 1898) [category: Births]
• 1858: Tannatt William Edgeworth David, KBE, DSO, FRS, Welsh-born Australian geologist and Antarctic explorer (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1859: Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782) [category: Deaths]
• 1861: Julián Felipe, Filipino musician (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1863: Ernest William Christmas, Australian painter (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1864: Charles W. Nash, American automobile entrepreneur (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1864: Herbert Akroyd Stuart, English inventor (d. 1927) [category: Births]
• 1864: Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (b. 1799) [category: Deaths]
• 1865: Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, 1st President of Finland (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1865: Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1928) [category: Births]
• 1871: Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice. [category: Events]
• 1873: Colette, French writer (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1874: Vsevolod Meyerhold, Russian theatre director (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1878: Yale Daily News becomes the first daily college newspaper in the United States. [category: Events]
• 1880: Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1884: Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1885: Vahan Terian, Armenian poet, lyricist and public activist (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1886: Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese electrical engineer (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1886: Marthe Bibesco, Romanian writer (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1887: Arthur Rubinstein, Polish pianist (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1887: In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the world's largest snowflakes are reported, 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) thick. [category: Events]
• 1890: Robert Stroud, American convict, the Birdman of Alcatraz (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1891: Bill Doak, American baseball player (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1892: Ernst Lubitsch, German-born film director (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1896: Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent became the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined 1 shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8 mph (13 km/h), thus exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2 mph (3.2 km/h). [category: Events]
• 1897: Valentin Kataev, Russian writer (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1899: Elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1900: Alice Neel, American artist (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1902: The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie. [category: Events]
• 1903: Aleksander Kamiński, Polish writer (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1903: Augusta Holmès, French composer (b. 1847) [category: Deaths]
• 1904: Canuplin, Filipino magician and bodabil entertainer (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1908: Paul Misraki, French composer and songwriter (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1908: Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco. [category: Events]
• 1909: John Thomson, Scottish footballer (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1909: United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish-American War. [category: Events]
• 1910: Arnold Moss, American actor (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1910: John Banner, Austrian actor (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1911: Johan van Hulst, Dutch politician [category: Births]
• 1912: Jackson Pollock, American painter (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1912: Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist (b. 1819) [category: Deaths]
• 1913: Maurice Gosfield, American actor (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1915: Nien Cheng, Chinese-born American writer (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1915: Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist (b. 1846) [category: Deaths]
• 1915: An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard. [category: Events]
• 1917: Municipally owned streetcars take to the streets of San Francisco, California. [category: Events]
• 1918: Harry Corbett, English puppeteer (Sooty) (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1918: Trevor Skeet, New Zealand-born British politician (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1918: John McCrae, Canadian poet (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: Finnish Civil War: Rebels seized control of the capital, Helsinki, and members of the Senate of Finland go underground. [category: Events]
• 1919: Francis Gabreski, American fighter pilot (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1922: Robert W. Holley, American biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1922: Knickerbocker Storm, Washington D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes the city's greatest loss of life when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapses. [category: Events]
• 1924: Marcel Broodthaers, Belgian painter (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1925: Scotty Bloch, American stage and television actress [category: Births]
• 1927: Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japanese director (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1927: Per Oscarsson, Swedish actor (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1927: Ronnie Scott, British tenor saxophonist and club owner (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1929: Acker Bilk, English clarinetist [category: Births]
• 1929: Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-born artist [category: Births]
• 1929: Nikolai Parshin, Russian footballer and manager (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1930: Kurt Biedenkopf, German politician [category: Births]
• 1930: Ema Destinnová, Czech opera singer (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1932: Japanese forces attack Shanghai. [category: Events]
• 1933: Jack Hill, American film director [category: Births]
• 1933: The name Pakistan is coined by Choudhary Rehmat Ali Khan and is accepted by the Indian Muslims who then thereby adopted it further for the Pakistan Movement seeking independence. [category: Events]
• 1934: Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentine racing driver (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1934: Mitr Chaibancha, Thai actor (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1934: The first ski tow in the United States begins operation in Vermont. [category: Events]
• 1935: David Lodge, English author [category: Births]
• 1935: Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer (b. 1859) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion. [category: Events]
• 1936: Alan Alda, American actor, screenwriter, and director [category: Births]
• 1936: Ismail Kadare, Albanian writer [category: Births]
• 1937: Karel Čáslavský, Czech historian and television host (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1937: Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and shooter (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: Leonid Zhabotynsky, Ukrainian weightlifter [category: Births]
• 1938: Bernd Rosemeyer, German racecar driver (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by driver Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9 mph). [category: Events]
• 1939: John M. Fabian, NASA astronaut [category: Births]
• 1939: William Butler Yeats, Irish writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1865) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Carlos Slim, Mexican businessman [category: Births]
• 1941: Joel Crothers, American actor (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1941: Osbourne 'King Tubby' Ruddock, Jamaican musician and sound engineer (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1941: French-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day. [category: Events]
• 1942: Sjoukje Dijkstra, Dutch figure skater [category: Births]
• 1942: Edward Siegler, American gymnast (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: Dick Taylor, English musician (The Rolling Stones and The Pretty Things) [category: Births]
• 1943: John Beck, American actor [category: Births]
• 1943: Paul Henderson, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1944: John Tavener, English composer [category: Births]
• 1944: Susan Howard, American actress [category: Births]
• 1945: John Perkins, American author and activist [category: Births]
• 1945: Karen Lynn Gorney, American actress [category: Births]
• 1945: Marthe Keller, Swiss actress [category: Births]
• 1945: Robert Wyatt, English musician (Soft Machine) [category: Births]
• 1945: World War II: Supplies begin to reach the Republic of China over the newly reopened Burma Road. [category: Events]
• 1947: Jeanne Shaheen, American politician, senior senator of New Hampshire [category: Births]
• 1947: Reynaldo Hahn, French composer (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Charles Taylor, 22nd President of Liberia [category: Births]
• 1948: Arthur Liebehenschel, Commandant at Auschwitz concentration camp (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Hans Aumeier, German Nazi official and concentration camp commandant (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Therese Brandl, Nazi concentration camp guard (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: Gregg Popovich, American basketball coach [category: Births]
• 1949: Thomas Downey, American politician [category: Births]
• 1949: Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Barbi Benton, American actress [category: Births]
• 1950: Bob Hay, American songwriter and musician (Supercluster) [category: Births]
• 1950: David C. Hilmers, NASA astronaut [category: Births]
• 1950: Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah, King of Bahrain [category: Births]
• 1950: Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: Brian Bilbray, American politician [category: Births]
• 1951: Leonid Kadeniuk, Ukrainian cosmonaut [category: Births]
• 1951: Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Marshal and President of Finland (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Chris Carter, English musician (Throbbing Gristle, Chris & Cosey) [category: Births]
• 1953: Colin Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player and executive [category: Births]
• 1953: Derek Bentley, British criminal (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: James Scullin, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Rick Warren, American pastor and author [category: Births]
• 1955: Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France [category: Births]
• 1956: Elvis Presley made his first US TV appearance [category: Events]
• 1957: Frank Skinner, British comedian [category: Births]
• 1957: Mark Napier, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1957: Nick Price, Zimbabwean golfer [category: Births]
• 1958: The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today. [category: Events]
• 1958: The last episode of the British radio comedy programme Goon Show was broadcast. [category: Events]
• 1959: Burkhard Dallwitz, German-born composer [category: Births]
• 1959: Dave Sharp, Welsh guitarist (The Alarm) [category: Births]
• 1959: Frank Darabont, American filmmaker [category: Births]
• 1959: Megan McDonald, American children's literature author [category: Births]
• 1959: Randi Rhodes, radio personality [category: Births]
• 1959: Walter Beall, American baseball player (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Robert von Dassanowsky, American historian, writer, and producer [category: Births]
• 1960: Zora Neale Hurston, American author (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: Arnaldur Indridason, Icelandic writer [category: Births]
• 1961: Normand Rochefort, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1962: Creflo Dollar, American televangelist [category: Births]
• 1962: Keith Hamilton Cobb, American actor [category: Births]
• 1962: Sam Phillips, American singer [category: Births]
• 1963: Dan Spitz, American musician, guitarist (Anthrax) [category: Births]
• 1963: Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: An unarmed USAF T-39 Sabreliner on a training mission is shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19. [category: Events]
• 1965: Lynda Boyd, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1965: Maxime Weygand, French soldier (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Tich Freeman, English cricketer (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: The current design of the Flag of Canada is chosen by an act of Parliament. [category: Events]
• 1967: Jan Lamb, Chinese disc jockey & comedian [category: Births]
• 1967: Ruut Tarmo, Estonian actor (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: DJ Muggs, American musician (Cypress Hill) [category: Births]
• 1968: Rakim (William Michael Griffin Jr.), American rapper (Eric B. & Rakim) [category: Births]
• 1968: Sarah McLachlan, Canadian singer and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1969: Kathryn Morris, American actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Linda Sanchez, American politician [category: Births]
• 1969: Mo Rocca, American writer and comedian [category: Births]
• 1971: Anthony Hamilton, American soul singer [category: Births]
• 1971: Donald Winnicott, British psychoanalyst (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Léon van Bon, Dutch road racing cyclist [category: Births]
• 1972: Nicky Southall, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: John Banner, Austrian actor (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Jermaine Dye, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1974: Magglio Ordóñez, Venezuelan baseball player [category: Births]
• 1974: Ramsey Nasr, Dutch author and poet [category: Births]
• 1974: Tony Delk, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Anne Montminy, Canadian diver [category: Births]
• 1975: Junior Spivey, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Lee Latchford-Evans, English singer (Steps) [category: Births]
• 1975: Tanya Chua, Singaporean singer [category: Births]
• 1975: Terri Colombino, American actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Emiko Kado, Japanese wrestler (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1976: Jarrod Montague, American drummer (Taproot) [category: Births]
• 1976: Lee Ingleby, British actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Mark Madsen, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Miltiadis Sapanis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Rick Ross, American rapper [category: Births]
• 1976: Marcel Broodthaers, Belgian painter (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Daunte Culpepper, American football player [category: Births]
• 1977: Joey Fatone, American singer (*NSYNC) [category: Births]
• 1977: Lyle Overbay, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Matt DeVries, American guitarist (Chimaira, Ringworm, Six Feet Under, and Fear Factory) [category: Births]
• 1977: Takuma Sato, Japanese racing driver [category: Births]
• 1977: The first day of the Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977, which severely affects and cripples much of Upstate New York, but Buffalo, NY and surrounding areas are most affected, each area accumulating close to 10 feet (3.0 m) of snow on this one day. [category: Events]
• 1978: Gianluigi Buffon, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Jamie Carragher, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Sheamus, Irish wrestler and actor [category: Births]
• 1979: Ali Boulala, Swedish skateboarder [category: Births]
• 1979: Eileen Shanahan, Irish poet (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Jesse James Hollywood, American drug dealer and fugitive [category: Births]
• 1980: Nick Carter, American singer (Backstreet Boys) [category: Births]
• 1980: Yasuhito Endō, Japanese footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: USCGC Blackthorn collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa Florida and capsizes killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers. [category: Events]
• 1981: Elijah Wood, American actor [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1982: US Army general James L. Dozier is rescued by Italian anti-terrorism forces from captivity by the Red Brigades. [category: Events]
• 1983: Billy Fury, British singer (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Frank Forde, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Andre Iguodala, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Stephen Gostkowski, American football player [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1985: Arnold Mvuemba, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Daniel Carcillo, Canadian hockey player [category: Births]
• 1985: J. Cole, American rapper [category: Births]
• 1985: Libby Trickett, Australian swimmer [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1986: Antonis Petropoulos, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Asad Shafiq, Pakistani Cricketer [category: Births]
• 1986: Jessica Ennis, British athlete [category: Births]
• 1986: Nathan Outteridge, Australian sailor [category: Births]
• 1986: Shruti Haasan, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Christa McAuliffe – American teacher, member of the crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Ellison Onizuka – crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Francis Richard "Dick" Scobee – commander of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Gregory Jarvis – crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Judith Resnik – crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Michael J. Smith – crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Ronald McNair – crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission – Space Shuttle Challenger breaks apart after liftoff killing all seven astronauts on board. [category: Events]
• 1987: Chelsea Brummet, American actress [category: Births]
• 1988: Paul Henry, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Klaus Fuchs, German physicist (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: The Surpreme Court of Canada struck down all abortion laws which mean abortions where allowed in Canada in all 9 months of pregnancy. [category: Events]
• 1989: Ronny Philp, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Siem de Jong, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama, Tibetan religious figure (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Alexandra Krosney, American actress [category: Births]
• 1990: Kalifa Fai-Fai Loa, New Zealand rugby league footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Puma Jones, American singer (Black Uhuru) (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Calum Worthy, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1991: Carl Klingberg, Swedish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1992: Andrei Savchenko, Russian footballer [category: Births]
• 1992: Sergio Araujo, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1993: Richmond Boakye, Ghanaian footballer [category: Births]
• 1993: Will Poulter, English actor [category: Births]
• 1994: Hal Smith, American actor (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Burne Hogarth, American cartoonist (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Jerry Siegel, American cartoonist (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Joseph Brodsky, Russian-born poet, Nobel Laureate (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Ariel Winter, American actress [category: Births]
• 1999: Markey Robinson, Irish painter (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Torgny Torgnysson Segerstedt, Swedish sociologist and philosopher (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Curt Blefary, American baseball player (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Ayşe Nur Zarakolu, Turkish author and activist (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Gustaaf Deloor, Belgian cyclist (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727-100 crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia killing 92. [category: Events]
• 2003: Mieke Pullen, Dutch long-distance runner (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Don Cholito, Puerto Rican radio host (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Don Stansauk, American professional wrestler (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Elroy Hirsch, American football player (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Joe Viterelli, American actor (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Lloyd M. Bucher, U.S. Navy officer (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Mel Pritchard, British Musician (Barclay James Harvest) (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Jacques Villeret, French actor (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Jim Capaldi, English singer and songwriter (Traffic) (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Karen Lancaume, French actress (b. 1973) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Ronnie Paris, child abuse victim (b. 2001) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Henry McGee, English comedian (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Yitzchak Kaduri, rabbi [category: Deaths]
• 2006: The roof of one of the buildings at the Katowice International Fair in Chorzów / Katowice, Poland, collapses due to the weight of snow, killing 65 and injuring more than 170 others. [category: Events]
• 2007: Carlo Clerici, Swiss road racing cyclist (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Father Robert Drinan, Roman Catholic priest and American politician (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Hsu Wei Lun, Taiwanese actress (b. 1978) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Karel Svoboda, Czech composer of popular music (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Yelena Romanova, Russian athlete (b. 1963) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens and All Greece (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Ginty Vrede, Dutch kickboxer (b. 1985) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Billy Powell, American musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Five murderers of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman of Bangladesh: Lieutenant Colonel Syed Faruq Rahman, Lieutenant Colonel Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan, Major AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed, Major Bazlul Huda and Lieutenant Colonel Mohiuddin Ahmed are hanged. [category: Events]
• 2011: Hundreds of thousands of protesters filled up the Egyptian's streets in demonstrations referred to as "Friday of Anger" against the Mubarak regime. [category: Events]
• _: Army Day (Armenia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Data Privacy Day [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: January 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Julian of Cuenca [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Thomas Aquinas [category: Holidays and observances]