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 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 January - 28.   

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

1972  Adriaan B "Jaap" Wagemaker, Dutch sculptor, dies at 66 on January - 28.   

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

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

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

1974  On this day in history dino Buzzati, writer, dies at 67   

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

1977  Burt Mustin, actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show), dies at 92 on January - 28.   

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  On this day in history jimmy Durante, NYC, comedian (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 86   

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 this day in history.   

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  On January - 28 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

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

1984  Record 295,000 dominoes toppled, Fuerth, West Germany on this day in history.   

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 this day in history angolan Unity Leader Jonas Savimbi visits Washington, DC   

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

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

1987  On this day in history 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  46th Golden Globes Rain Man, Working Girl on January - 28.   

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

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

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 January - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

1540  On this day in history birth of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610)   

1578  Cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39) was born on this day in history.   

1582  John Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon) was born on January - 28.   

1600  On this day in history 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 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  On January - 28 death of earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball   

1443  On January - 28 death of robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France   

1528  Philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies on January - 28.