Page 8: Historical Events In January - 28

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

1967  Rolling Stones release "Let's Spend the Night Together" on January - 28.   

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

1970  Lubomír Strougal succeeds Cernik as premier of Czechoslovakia on January - 28.   

1970  Tommy Andrews (Aust) 16 Tests 1921-26, cricketer (592 runs), dies on this day in history.   

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

1973  On January - 28 "Barnaby Jones" premieres on CBS TV   

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

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

1974  On January - 28 dino Buzzati, writer, dies at 67   

1976  Chris Kenner, rocker (I Like it Like That), dies on January - 28.   

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

1978  On this day in history "Fantasy Island" starring Ricardo Montalban premieres on ABC TV   

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

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

1980  On this day in history 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  On January - 28 william J Casey becomes the 13th director of CIA (until 1987)   

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

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  John Macvane, newscaster (United or Not), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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 January - 28.   

1986  Angolan Unity Leader Jonas Savimbi visits Washington, DC on this day in history.   

1986  Challenger Space Shuttle explodes 53 seconds after liftoff on this day in history.   

1986  Christa McAuliffe, astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster on January - 28.   

1987  On January - 28 uS Foreign minister George Shultz meets ANC-leader Oliver Tambo   

1988  Canada's Supreme court declares anti-abortion law unconstitutional on this day in history.   

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

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

1990  East German agreement to form all-party government on January - 28.   

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

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1225  Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) was born on this day in history.   

1312  On this day in history 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  Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610) was born on January - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

1600  Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69) was born on January - 28.   

1608  Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer was born on this day in history.   

0814  On this day in history charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71   

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

1119  Gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies on January - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1528  On this day in history philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies