Page 8: Historical Events In January - 28

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

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

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

1970  On this day in history lubomír Strougal succeeds Cernik as premier of Czechoslovakia   

1970  On this day in history tommy Andrews (Aust) 16 Tests 1921-26, cricketer (592 runs), dies   

1972  Adriaan B "Jaap" Wagemaker, Dutch sculptor, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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 January - 28.   

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

1977  On this day in history burt Mustin, actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show), dies at 92   

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

1978  On this day in history ted Nugent autographs a fan's arm with his knife   

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

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

1982  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1984  On this day in history john Macvane, newscaster (United or Not), dies at 71   

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

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

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

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

1988  On this day in history canada's Supreme court declares anti-abortion law unconstitutional   

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 this day in history "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  On January - 28 birth of henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509)   

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 this day in history.   

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 January - 28.   

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

0814  On January - 28 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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.