Historical Events In January - 28

1991  On January - 28 18th American Music Award M C Hammer &Janet Jackson  

1991  Dictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending 22 year rule on January - 28.  

1991  Dale Long, hit HRs in 8 consecutive games, dies at 66 on January - 28.  

1992  Clark Tippet, dancer/choreographer, dies at 37 on January - 28.  

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 January - 28.  

1997  Pasadena, Texas is cleaning up after a tornado touched down on the city's main drag on this day in history.  

1997  On this day in history 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.  

1998  On this day in history michelangelo, "Christ &the Woman of Samaria," sold for $7.4 million  

1999  The Ford Motor Company announces that it is buying the automobile division of Sweden's Volvo manufacturing company for $6.45 billion on this day in history.  

2006  A trade hall roof collapses in Katowice, Poland, killing 65 people on January - 28.  

2007  On January - 28 a battle between insurgents and U.S.-backed Iraqi troops kills 300 suspected terrorists in Najaf, Iraq.  

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

2013  10 people are killed and 11 are injured in after a freight train collides with a bus in Heihe City, China on this day in history.  

2014  On this day in history peter Cosgrove is named the next Governor-General of Australia  

2017  On this day in history 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  US President Donald Trump and Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull have a contentious phone call over deal for US to take 1,250 refugees on this day in history.  

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

2018  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 on this day in history.  

2018  On January - 28 seven survivors from missing Kiribati ferry carrying 100 people rescued after week at sea  

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

2019  The U.S. Justice Department charges Chinese tech firm Huawei with multiple counts of fraud, raising U.S.–China tensions on January - 28.  

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

2021  Bernie Sanders mittens worn to the inauguration raise $1.8 million for Vermont charities after images go viral on January - 28.  

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

1312  Queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349) was born on January - 28.  

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  John Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon) was born on this day in history.  

1600  On this day in history birth of clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69)  

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

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 this day in history.  

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