Historical Events In January - 28

1991  On this day in history 18th American Music Award M C Hammer &Janet Jackson  

1991  On January - 28 dictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending 22 year rule  

1991  Dale Long, hit HRs in 8 consecutive games, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1992  On this day in history clark Tippet, dancer/choreographer, dies at 37  

1993  Aben Kandel, screenwriter (Dinner at 8), dies of heart failure at 96 on January - 28.  

1994  Helicopter crashes into office building in San Jose CA, 1 dead on this day in history.  

1997  Pasadena, Texas is cleaning up after a tornado touched down on the city's main drag on January - 28.  

1997  The Monday afternoon rush hour turned into a demolition derby as freezing rain pelted streets from Vancouver to Hope. Hundreds of accidents were reported throughout the LowerMainland. The most spectacular was a 15 vehicle, after it lost control on the slippery hill on this day in history.  

1998  Michelangelo, "Christ &the Woman of Samaria," sold for $7.4 million on January - 28.  

1999  The Ford Motor Company announces that it is buying the automobile division of Sweden's Volvo manufacturing company for $6.45 billion on January - 28.  

2006  A trade hall roof collapses in Katowice, Poland, killing 65 people on this day in history.  

2007  A battle between insurgents and U.S.-backed Iraqi troops kills 300 suspected terrorists in Najaf, Iraq on this day in history.  

2007  feb 4 - The 2007 Asian Winter Games are held in Changchun, China on this day in history.  

2013  On January - 28 10 people are killed and 11 are injured in after a freight train collides with a bus in Heihe City, China  

2014  Peter Cosgrove is named the next Governor-General of Australia on this day in history.  

2017  On January - 28 105th Women's Australian Open: Serena Williams defeats Venus Williams 6–4, 6–4, becomes player with most wins in major tournaments (39) in open era  

2017  On January - 28 uS President Donald Trump and Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull have a contentious phone call over deal for US to take 1,250 refugees  

2018  60th Grammy Awards: Bruno Mars wins Best Song "That's What I Like," and Best Album "24K Magic" on January - 28.  

2018  On January - 28 australian Open Men's Tennis: Roger Federer beats Marin ÄŒilic 6-2, 6-7, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 to win his record 20th Grand Slam title  

2018  Seven survivors from missing Kiribati ferry carrying 100 people rescued after week at sea on January - 28.  

2018  French drivers Sebastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia win their 6th Monte Carlo Rally in an M-Sport Ford WRT on January - 28.  

2019  On this day in history the U.S. Justice Department charges Chinese tech firm Huawei with multiple counts of fraud, raising U.S.–China tensions.  

2020  On January - 28 uS President Donald Trump releases his Middle East peace plan alongside Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House  

2021  On this day in history bernie Sanders mittens worn to the inauguration raise $1.8 million for Vermont charities after images go viral  

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1225  On this day in history 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 January - 28.  

1540  On January - 28 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  On January - 28 birth of john Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon)  

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  Charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71 on January - 28.  

1061  On this day in history death of duke SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031)  

1119  On January - 28 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  Death of Isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247) on January - 28.  

1393  Death of Earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball on January - 28.  

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

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