Page 8: Historical Events In January - 28

1965  Jef van Durme, composer, dies at 57 on January - 28.   

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

1967  On January - 28 stanley Coen, cricket (2 Tests for S Af, hs 41 not out, avg 50), dies   

1970  Lubomír Strougal succeeds Cernik as premier of Czechoslovakia on this day in history.   

1970  On January - 28 tommy Andrews (Aust) 16 Tests 1921-26, cricketer (592 runs), dies   

1972  On January - 28 adriaan B "Jaap" Wagemaker, Dutch sculptor, dies at 66   

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

1973  On January - 28 ron Howard appears on M*AS*H in "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet"   

1973  On January - 28 john Banner, actor (Schultz-Hogan's Heroes), dies on 62nd birthday   

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

1976  On January - 28 chris Kenner, rocker (I Like it Like That), dies   

1977  On January - 28 burt Mustin, actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show), dies at 92   

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

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  On January - 28 jimmy Durante, NYC, comedian (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 86   

1981  Olympic Glory tanker at Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 1 million gallons of oil in a ship collision on this day in history.   

1981  William J Casey becomes the 13th director of CIA (until 1987) on January - 28.   

1982  Italian special forces rescue U.S. Brigadier General James L. Dozier, who had been kidnapped by the Red Brigades on January - 28.   

1982  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on January - 28.   

1983  Billy Fury, actor (That'll Be the Day), dies at 42 of heart failure on this day in history.   

1984  On January - 28 record 295,000 dominoes toppled, Fuerth, West Germany   

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

1986  On January - 28 "Uptown... It's Hot!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City NY for 24 performances   

1986  On January - 28 25th Space Shuttle (51L)-Challenger 10 explodes 73 seconds after liftoff   

1986  On January - 28 angolan Unity Leader Jonas Savimbi visits Washington, DC   

1986  On January - 28 challenger Space Shuttle explodes 53 seconds after liftoff   

1986  On January - 28 christa McAuliffe, astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster   

1987  US Foreign minister George Shultz meets ANC-leader Oliver Tambo on January - 28.   

1988  Canada's Supreme court declares anti-abortion law unconstitutional on January - 28.   

1989  46th Golden Globes Rain Man, Working Girl on January - 28.   

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

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

1991  On this day in history "A Closer Look" with Faith Daniels premieres on NBC-TV   

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1225  Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) was born on January - 28.   

1312  Queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349) was born on this day in history.   

1457  Henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509) was born on January - 28.   

1540  On January - 28 birth of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610)   

1578  On January - 28 birth of cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39)   

1582  On this day in history birth of john Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon)   

1600  On January - 28 birth of clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69)   

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  Death of Duke SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031) on this day in history.   

1119  On this day in history gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies   

1256  Willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22 on this day in history.   

1271  On January - 28 death of isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247)   

1393  Death of Earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball on this day in history.   

1443  On this day in history death of robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France   

1528  On January - 28 philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies