Historical Events In January - 28

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

1967  On January - 28 rolling Stones release "Let's Spend the Night Together"  

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

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

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  On this day in history 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 January - 28.  

1974  Dino Buzzati, writer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1976  Chris Kenner, rocker (I Like it Like That), dies on this day in history.  

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  Jimmy Durante, NYC, comedian (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 86 on January - 28.  

1981  Olympic Glory tanker at Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 1 million gallons of oil in a ship collision on January - 28.  

1981  William J Casey becomes the 13th director of CIA (until 1987) on January - 28.  

1982  Italian special forces rescue U.S. Brigadier General James L. Dozier, who had been kidnapped by the Red Brigades on this day in history.  

1982  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.  

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  On January - 28 john Macvane, newscaster (United or Not), dies at 71  

1986  On January - 28 "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  On this day in history angolan Unity Leader Jonas Savimbi visits Washington, DC  

1986  Challenger Space Shuttle explodes 53 seconds after liftoff on January - 28.  

1986  Christa McAuliffe, astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster on this day in history.  

1987  US Foreign minister George Shultz meets ANC-leader Oliver Tambo on January - 28.  

1988  Canada's Supreme court declares anti-abortion law unconstitutional on January - 28.  

1989  46th Golden Globes Rain Man, Working Girl on January - 28.  

1990  "Independent on Sunday" begins publishing in London on this day in history.  

1990  On this day in history east German agreement to form all-party government  

1991  "A Closer Look" with Faith Daniels premieres on NBC-TV on this day in history.  

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1225  Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) was born on January - 28.  

1312  On this day in history 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  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  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 January - 28.  

1119  On this day in history gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies  

1256  On this day in history willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22  

1271  On January - 28 death of isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247)  

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  Philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies on this day in history.