Historical Events In January - 28

1965  Jef van Durme, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1967  On January - 28 rolling Stones release "Let's Spend the Night Together"   

1967  Stanley Coen, cricket (2 Tests for S Af, hs 41 not out, avg 50), dies on this day in history.   

1970  On January - 28 lubomír Strougal succeeds Cernik as premier of Czechoslovakia   

1970  Tommy Andrews (Aust) 16 Tests 1921-26, cricketer (592 runs), dies on January - 28.   

1972  On this day in history adriaan B "Jaap" Wagemaker, Dutch sculptor, dies at 66   

1973  "Barnaby Jones" premieres on CBS TV on this day in history.   

1973  Ron Howard appears on M*AS*H in "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet" on this day in history.   

1973  John Banner, actor (Schultz-Hogan's Heroes), dies on 62nd birthday on this day in history.   

1974  Dino Buzzati, writer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history chris Kenner, rocker (I Like it Like That), dies   

1977  Burt Mustin, actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show), dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1978  "Fantasy Island" starring Ricardo Montalban premieres on ABC TV on January - 28.   

1978  Ted Nugent autographs a fan's arm with his knife on January - 28.   

1980  On January - 28 37th Golden Globes Dustin Hoffman &Sally Field wins   

1980  Jimmy Durante, NYC, comedian (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1981  On January - 28 olympic Glory tanker at Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 1 million gallons of oil in a ship collision   

1981  On January - 28 william J Casey becomes the 13th director of CIA (until 1987)   

1982  Italian special forces rescue U.S. Brigadier General James L. Dozier, who had been kidnapped by the Red Brigades on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1983  Billy Fury, actor (That'll Be the Day), dies at 42 of heart failure on January - 28.   

1984  Record 295,000 dominoes toppled, Fuerth, West Germany on January - 28.   

1984  On January - 28 john Macvane, newscaster (United or Not), dies at 71   

1986  On this day in history "Uptown... It's Hot!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City NY for 24 performances   

1986  25th Space Shuttle (51L)-Challenger 10 explodes 73 seconds after liftoff on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history angolan Unity Leader Jonas Savimbi visits Washington, DC   

1986  Challenger Space Shuttle explodes 53 seconds after liftoff on January - 28.   

1986  Christa McAuliffe, astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster on this day in history.   

1987  US Foreign minister George Shultz meets ANC-leader Oliver Tambo on this day in history.   

1988  On January - 28 canada's Supreme court declares anti-abortion law unconstitutional   

1989  46th Golden Globes Rain Man, Working Girl on this day in history.   

1990  On January - 28 "Independent on Sunday" begins publishing in London   

1990  East German agreement to form all-party government on this day in history.   

1991  On January - 28 "A Closer Look" with Faith Daniels premieres on NBC-TV   

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1225  On January - 28 birth of saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274)   

1312  On January - 28 birth of queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349)   

1457  Henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509) was born on this day in history.   

1540  On this day in history birth of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610)   

1578  Cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39) was born on January - 28.   

1582  John Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon) was born on January - 28.   

1600  Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69) was born on this day in history.   

1608  On January - 28 birth of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer   

0814  On January - 28 charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71   

1061  On January - 28 death of duke SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031)   

1119  On January - 28 gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies   

1256  On January - 28 willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22   

1271  Death of Isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247) on this day in history.   

1393  On January - 28 death of earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball   

1443  Death of Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France on January - 28.   

1528  Philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies on this day in history.