Notable Historical Events on January 28th
January 28th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1077 |
German King Henry IV is absolved by Holy Roman Emperor Pope Gregory VII after his penitent Walk to Canossa. |
1099 |
1st Crusaders begins siege of Hosn-el-Akrad Syria |
1262 |
Flemish/Dutch coast ravaged by north westerly storm |
1393 |
Fire during Royal Ball at Paris, 4 die (Ball of the Ardents) |
1495 |
Pope Alexander VI (Roderic Llançol i de Borgia) gives his son Cesare as hostage to Charles VIII of France |
1521 |
Emperor Charles V opens the Diet of Worms in Worms Germany (until May 25). Produced 'Edit of Worms' dennoucing Martin Luther |
1547 |
9-year-old Edward VI succeeds Henry VIII as king of England |
1561 |
By Edict of Orleans persecution of French Huguenots is suspended |
1573 |
Articles of Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning freedom of religion in Poland. |
1581 |
James VI signs 2nd Confession of Faith in Scotland |
1624 |
Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on Saint Kitts. |
1689 |
English parliament resolved that the throne is vacant |
1724 |
The Russian Academy of Sciences was founded in St. Petersburg by Peter the Great, and implemented in the Senate decree. It was called St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917. |
1754 |
Horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word serendipity |
1760 |
Pownal, Vermont created by Benning Wentworth as one of the New Hampshire Grants. |
1787 |
Philadelphia's Free Africa Society organizes |
1788 |
Lord Gordon found guilty of libel of queen of France |
1807 |
London's Pall Mall is 1st street lit by gaslight |
1813 |
Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" is published by Thomas Egerton in the United Kingdom. |
1814 |
Stendahl's 1st book is published |
1819 |
Sir Stamford Raffles 1st lands in Singapore |
1820 |
Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev thought to be first to sight mainland Antarctica |
1820 |
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellinghausen and his expedition become the first people to sight the Antarctic mainland (continental Antarctic mountains) |
1824 |
William Kneass becomes 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40) |
1830 |
Opera "Fra Diavolo," premieres in Paris |
1846 |
Battle of Allwal, British beat Sikhs in Punjab (India) |
1848 |
King of Naples grants his subjects a constitution |
1851 |
Northwestern University (Chicago) chartered |
1855 |
The first locomotive runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean on the Panama Railway. |
1860 |
Britain formally returns Mosquito Coast to Nicaragua |
1864 |
Battle of New Bern, NC |
1865 |
Confederate President Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners |
1871 |
Paris surrenders to Prussians |
1878 |
1st telephone exchange (New Haven, CT) |
1878 |
George W Coy hired as 1st full-time telephone operator |
1878 |
Yale Daily News published, 1st college daily newspaper |
1881 |
Battle at Laing's Neck Natal: Boers beat superior powered British |
1887 |
England all out for 45 v Aust SCG, their lowest total ever |
1887 |
In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the world's largest snowflakes are reported, being 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) thick. |
1893 |
Edward Mcdowell's "Hamlet & Ophelia," premieres in Boston |
1899 |
American Social Science Association incorporated by Congress |
1902 |
Carnegie Institute founded in Wash DC |
1904 |
1st college sports letters given to Seniors who played on University of Chicago's football team are awarded blankets with letter "C" on them |
1909 |
US military forces leave Cuba for 2nd time |
1911 |
Frenchman Henri Rougier wins 1st Rally of Monte Carlo |
1914 |
1st Millrose Games (athletics) held (NYC) |
1914 |
Beverly Hills, Ca, is incorporated |
1915 |
1st US ship lost in WW I, William P Frye (carrying wheat to UK) |
1915 |
US Coast Guard created from Life Saving & Revenue Cutter services |
1915 |
US Pres Wilson refuses to prohibit immigration of illiterates |
1916 |
1st Jewish Supreme Court justice, Louis Brandeis, appointed by Wilson |
1916 |
German colony of Cameroon surrenders to Britain & France |
1916 |
Opera "Goyescas," premieres (NYC) |
1917 |
Municipally owned streetcars take to the streets of San Francisco, California. |
1918 |
Strike on Berlin ammunition factory |
1918 |
Finnish Civil War: Rebels seized control of the capital, Helsinki, and members of the Senate of Finland go underground. |
1922 |
American Pro Football Association renamed "National Football League" |
1922 |
J E Clair turns Green Bay franchise back to NFL |
1922 |
Knickerbocker Storm, Washington D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes the city's greatest loss of life when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theater collapses. |
1923 |
1st "Reichs Party" (NSDAP) forms in Munich |
1923 |
Demonstration against a Dutch University in Ghent |
1923 |
NSDAP 1st election in Munich |
1925 |
-46°F (-43°C), Pittsburgh, New Hampshire (state record) |
1927 |
Serbian-Croatian-Slavic government of Oezonowitsj falls |
1928 |
Christopher Hornsrud chosen PM of Norway |
1931 |
Bradman scores 220 NSW v Victoria, 308 mins, 13 fours |
1932 |
1st US state unemployment insurance act enacted (Wisconsin) |
1932 |
Japanese forces attack Shanghai. |
1933 |
French government of Paul Boncour falls |
1933 |
German government of Von Schleicher falls |
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. |
1934 |
1st US ski tow (rope) begins operation (Woodstock Vermont) |
1935 |
Iceland becomes 1st western country to legalize abortion |
1936 |
Pravda criticizes Sjostakovitsj' "Lady Macbeth" opera |
1941 |
French-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day. |
1942 |
Soviet troops under General Timoshenko's troops move into Ukraine |
1942 |
German troops occupy Benghazi Libya |
1943 |
Chic Blackhawks beats NY Rangers 10-1, Max Bentley scores 4 goals |
1943 |
Forward Doug Bentley sets NHL record with 5 points in a game |
1944 |
683 British bombers attack Berlin |
1944 |
Leonard Bernstein's "Jeremiah," premieres in Pittsburgh |
1944 |
U-271 & U-571 sunk off Ireland |
1945 |
Dutch airplanes dump pamphlets on Java |
1945 |
Gen "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell & truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China |
1945 |
Swedish ships bring food to starving Netherlands |
1947 |
"Bay Psalm" book auctioned for a record $151,000 |
1948 |
President Manuel Roxas granted full amnesty to all so-called Philippine collaborators. |
1949 |
NY Giants sign their 1st black players, Monte Irvin & Ford Smith |
1949 |
UN Security council convicts Dutch aggression in Indonesia |
1950 |
Preston Tucker, auto maker, found not guilty of mail fraud |
1951 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1951 |
"La Vie Commence Demain," which depicted artificial insemination & is the 1st X-rated movie, opened in London |
1953 |
J Fred Muggs (the chimp) joins NBC's "Today Show" |
1953 |
WJTV TV channel 12 in Jackson, MS (CBS) begins broadcasting |
1956 |
Elvis Presley's 1st appearance on National TV (Dorsey Bros Stage Show) |
1957 |
"Tonight! America After Dark" premieres, with Jack Lescoulie & Al (Jazzbo) Collins on NBC (between Steve Allen & Jack Paar) |
1958 |
Construction began on 1st private thorium-uranium nuclear reactor |
1958 |
Dodger catcher Roy Campanella is paralyzed in an automobile wreck |
1958 |
The Lego company patented their design of Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today. |
1959 |
Soviet Union wins 62-37 for 1st international basketball loss by US |
1960 |
1st photograph bounced off Moon, Washington DC |
1960 |
Goon Show's final episode on BBC |
1960 |
NFL announces Dallas Cowboys (1960) & Minnesota Vikings (1961) franchises |
1961 |
Republic of Rwanda proclaimed |
1962 |
Johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2,443 times in Rhodesia & survives |
1963 |
-34°F (-37°C), Cynthiana, Kentucky (state record) |
1965 |
The Who make their 1st appearance on British TV |
1967 |
Rolling Stones release "Let's Spend the Night Together" |
1968 |
29th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Chandler Harper |
1968 |
Goose Goslin & Kiki Cuyler elected to baseball Hall of Fame |
1969 |
2nd ABA All-Star Game: West 133 beats East 127 at Louisville |
1969 |
Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st woman jockey to win in North America |
1970 |
Lubomír Strougal succeeds Cernik as premier of Czechoslovakia |
1972 |
Oral Roberts' Eddie Woods grabs 30 rebounds for 2nd consecutive game |
1972 |
The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association place "special emphasis on the necessity for a peaceful incident-free day" at the next march on 30 January in an effort to avoid violence |
1973 |
"Barnaby Jones" premieres on CBS TV |
1973 |
Henry Boucha, Detroit Red Wings, scores 6 sec into a game vs Mont |
1973 |
Mickey Welch, George Kelly & Billy Evans elected to Hall of Fame |
1973 |
Ron Howard appears on M*A*S*H in "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet" |
1973 |
In the run up to the first anniversary of 'Bloody Sunday' there is serious rioting in Derry, North Ireland |
1974 |
Sam Thompson, Jim Bottomley, & Jocko Conlan elected to Hall of Fame |
1975 |
8th ABA All-Star Game: East 151 beats West 124 at San Antonio |
1976 |
Erapalli Prasanna takes 8-76 to rip through NZ at Eden Park |
1976 |
NBA Atlanta Hawks begin a 28 game road losing streak |
1978 |
"Fantasy Island" starring Ricardo Montalban premieres on ABC TV |
1978 |
Ranger's Don Murdoch failed on 4th penalty shot against Islanders |
1978 |
Ted Nugent autographs a fan's arm with his knife |
1979 |
"Wiz" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 1672 performances |
1979 |
Arthur Kopit's "Wings," premieres in NYC |
1980 |
37th Golden Globes: Dustin Hoffman & Sally Field wins |
1980 |
USCGC Blackthorn (WLB-391) collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa Florida and capsizes killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers. |
1980 |
US President Ronald Reagan lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls originally scheduled to expire in September 1981 |
1981 |
"5 O'Clock Girl" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 12 performances |
1981 |
William J Casey becomes 13th director of CIA (until 1987) |
1981 |
Olympic Glory tanker at Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 1 million gallons of oil in a ship collision |
1982 |
US Gen Dozier freed from Red Brigade of Padua Italy |
1982 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1984 |
41th Golden Globes: Thornbirds wins |
1984 |
LA Kings stop Wayne Gretzky 51 game scoring streak |
1984 |
Record 295,000 dominoes toppled, Fuerth, West Germany |
1985 |
Charity single "We Are the World" is recorded by supergroup USA for Africa (Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie and other pop stars) |
1985 |
12th American Music Award: Cyndi Lauper & Lionel Richie win |
1986 |
"Uptown... It's Hot!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 24 perfs |
1986 |
25th Space Shuttle (51L)-Challenger 10 explodes 73 sec after liftoff |
1986 |
Angolan Unity Leader Jonas Savimbi visits Washington, DC |
1987 |
US Foreign minister George Shultz meets ANC-leader Oliver Tambo |
1987 |
Wrestler Jim Neidhart indicted for assaulting a flight attendant |
1988 |
"Saratina!" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 597 performances |
1988 |
Canada's Supreme court declares anti-abortion law unconstitutional |
1989 |
46th Golden Globes: Rainman, Working Girl |
1989 |
63rd Australian Womens Tennis Open: Steffi Graf beats Helena Sukova (6-4 6-4) |
1989 |
Boon completes 7th Test century, 149 v WI at SCG |
1990 |
"Independent on Sunday" begins publishing in London |
1990 |
78th Australian Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats S Edberg (46 76 52-ret) |
1990 |
Super Bowl XXIV: SF 49ers beat Denver Broncos, 55-10 in New Orleans Super Bowl MVP: Joe Montana, San Francisco, QB |
1991 |
"A Closer Look" with Faith Daniels premieres on NBC-TV |
1991 |
18th American Music Award: M C Hammer & Janet Jackson |
1991 |
Boon completes ninth Test century, 121 v England at Adelaide |
1991 |
Dictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending 22 year rule |
1992 |
Boon completes twelfth Test century, 135 v India at Adelaide |
1992 |
Stan Hansen beats Jumbo Tsuruta to win All Japan Triple Crown |
1994 |
Helicopter crashes into office building in San Jose California, 1 dead |
1994 |
Inna Lassovskaja jumps ladies world record (14.78m) |
1995 |
Memphis Mad Dogs granted CFL's 13th franchise |
1996 |
"Hello Dolly!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 118 perfs |
1996 |
84th Australian Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats M Chang (62 64 26 62) |
1996 |
Super Bowl XXX: Dallas Cowboys beat Pittsburgh Steelers, 27-17 in Tempe Super Bowl MVP: |
1998 |
Michelangelo, "Christ & the Woman of Samaria," sold for $7.4 million |
2001 |
Super Bowl XXXV: Baltimore Ravens beat New York Giants, 34-7 at the Raymond James Stadium MVP: Ray Lewis, Baltimore, LB |
2002 |
TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727-100 crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia killing 92. |
2010 |
Five murderers of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman of Bangladesh hanged: Lieutenant Colonel Syed Faruq Rahman, Lieutenant Colonel Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan, Major AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed, Major Bazlul Huda and Lieutenant Colonel Mohiuddin Ahmed. |
2011 |
Hundreds of thousands of protesters fill the Egyptian's streets against the Mubarak regime in demonstrations referred to as the "Friday of Anger" |
2012 |
Death toll from coordinated bombing attacks in Kano, Nigeria, reaches 185 |
2013 |
10 people are killed and 11 are injured in after a freight train collides with a bus in Heihe City, China |
2013 |
Iran's Pishgam rocket successfully completes a return trip of sending a monkey into space |
2013 |
20 people are killed after a Bombardier CRJ200 airliner crashes outside Almaty, Kazakhstan |
2013 |
John Kerry is voted to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton as the United States Secretary of State |
2014 |
Peter Cosgrove is named the next Governor-General of Australia |
2014 |
DNA analysis confirms that the 6th C Plague of Justinian was caused by a variant of Yersinia pestis (the same bacteria for the Black Death) |
2016 |
Zika Virus 'Spreading Explosively' in Americas, WHO Says |
2016 |
Rihanna releases 'Anti' album |
2017 |
Trump signs executive order to keep 'Islamic terrorists' out of US |
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