Historical Events and Current Affairs on January 28

1077: German king Henry IV petitions Pope Gregory VII for forgiveness
1077: Pope Gregory VII pardons German emperor Heinrich IV
1099: 1st Crusaders begins siege of Hosn-el-Akrad Syria
1262: Flemish/Dutch coast ravaged by north western storm
1393: Fire during Royal Ball at Paris, 4 die (Ball of the Ardents)
1495: Pope gives his son Cesare Borgia as hostage to Charles VIII of France
1547: 9-year-old Edward VI succeeds Henry VIII as king of England
1561: By Edict of Orleans persecution of French Huguenots is suspended
1581: James VI signs 2nd Confession of Faith in Scotland
1613: Galileo may have unknowingly viewed undiscovered planet Neptune
1689: English parliament ends king Charles II reign
1787: Philadelphia's Free Africa Society organizes
1788: Capt Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Sydney, Botany Bay NSW
1788: Lord Gordon found guilty of libel of queen of France
1807: London's Pall Mall is 1st street lit by gaslight
1814: Stendahl's 1st book is published
1819: Sir Stamford Raffles 1st lands in Singapore
1821: Bellingshausen discovers Alexander Island off Antarctica
1824: William Kneass becomes 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40)
1830: Opera "Fra Diavolo," premieres in Paris
1846: Battle of Allwal, Brits beat Sikhs in Punjab (India)
1848: King of Naples grants his subjects a constitution
1851: Northwestern University (Chicago) chartered
1858: John Brown organized raid on Arsenal at Harper's Ferry
1860: Britain formally returns Mosquito Coast to Nicaragua
1864: Battle of New Bern, NC
1865: Pres Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners
1871: Paris surrenders to Prussians
1878: 1st telephone exchange (New Haven, CT)
1878: George W Coy hired as 1st full-time telephone operator
1878: Yale Daily News published, 1st college daily newspaper
1881: Battle at Laing's Neck Natal: Boers beat superior powered British
1887: England all out for 45 v Aust SCG, their lowest total ever
1893: Edward Mcdowell's "Hamlet & Ophelia," premieres in Boston
1899: American Social Science Association incorporated by Congress
1902: Carnegie Institute founded in Wash DC
1904: 1st college sports letters given to Seniors who played on U of
1904: Chicago's football team are awarded blankets with letter "C" on them
1909: US milt forces leave Cuba for 2nd time
1911: Frenchman Henri Rougier wins 1st Rally of Monte Carlo
1914: 1st Millrose Games (athletics) held (NYC)
1914: Beverly Hills, Ca, is incorporated
1915: 1st US ship lost in WW I, William P Frye (carrying wheat to UK)
1915: US Coast Guard created from Life Saving & Revenue Cutter services
1915: US Pres Wilson refuses to prohibit immigration of illiterates
1916: 1st Jewish Supreme Court justice, Louis Brandeis, appointed by Wilson
1916: German colony of Cameroon surrenders to Britain & France
1916: Opera "Goyescas," premieres (NYC)
1918: Strike on Berlin ammunition's factory
1918: Trotsky becomes leader of Reds
1922: American Pro Football Association renamed "National Football League"
1922: J E Clair turns Green Bay franchise back to NFL
1923: 1st "Reichs Party" (NSDAP) forms in Munich
1923: Demonstration against a Dutch University in Ghent
1923: NSDAP 1st election in Munich
1925: -46øF (-43øC), Pittsburgh, New Hampshire (state record)
1927: Serbian-Croatian-Slavic govt of Oezonowitsj falls
1928: Christopher Hornsrud chosen PM of Norway at age 101
1931: Bradman scores 220 NSW v Victoria, 308 mins, 13 fours
1932: 1st US state unemployment insurance act enacted (Wisconsin)
1932: Japan occupies Shanghai
1933: French govt of Paul Boncour falls
1933: German govt of Von Schleicher falls
1934: 1st US ski tow (rope) begins operation (Woodstock Vermont)
1935: Iceland becomes 1st country to legalize abortion
1936: Pravda criticizes Sjostakovitsj' "Lady Macbeth" opera
1942: General Timoshenko's troops move into Ukraine
1942: German troops occupy Benghazi Libya
1943: Chic Blackhawks beats NY Rangers 10-1, Max Bentley scores 4 goals
1944: 683 British bombers attack Berlin
1944: Leonard Bernstein's "Jeremiah," premieres in Pittsburgh
1944: U-271 & U-571 sunk off Ireland
1945: Dutch airplanes dump pamphlets on Java
1945: Gen "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell & truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China
1945: Swedish ships bring food to starving Netherlands
1947: "Bay Psalm" book auctioned for a record $151,000
1949: NY Giants sign their 1st black players, Monte Irvin & Ford Smith
1949: UN Security council convicts Dutch aggression in Indonesia
1950: Preston Tucker, auto maker, found not guilty of mail fraud
1951: "La Vie Commence Demain," which depicted artificial insemination &
1951: is the 1st X-rated movie, opened in London
1951: US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1953: J Fred Muggs (the chimp) joins NBC's "Today Show"
1953: WJTV TV channel 12 in Jackson, MS (CBS) begins broadcasting
1956: Elvis Presley's 1st TV appearance (Dorsey Bros Stage Show)
1957: "Tonight! America After Dark" premieres, with Jack Lescoulie & Al
1957: (Jazzbo) Collins on NBC (between Steve Allen & Jack Paar)
1958: Construction began on 1st private thorium-uranium nuclear reactor
1958: Dodger catcher Roy Campanella is paralyzed in an automobile wreck
1959: Soviet Union wins 62-37 for 1st international basketball loss by US
1960: 1st photograph bounced off Moon, Washington DC
1960: Goon Show's final episode on BBC
1960: NFL announces Dallas Cowboys (1960) & Minn Vikings (1961) franchises
1961: Republic of Rwanda proclaimed
1962: Johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2,443 times in Rhodesia & survives
1963: -34øF (-37øC), Cynthiana, Kentucky (state record)
1965: The Who make their 1st appearance on British TV
1967: Rolling Stones release "Let's Spend the Night Together"
1968: Goose Goslin & Kiki Cuyler elected to baseball Hall of Fame
1969: 2nd ABA All-Star Game: West 133 beats East 127 at Louisville
1969: Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st woman jockey to win in N America
1970: Lubom¡r Strougal succeeds Cernik as premier of Czechoslovakia
1972: Oral Roberts' Eddie Woods grabs 30 rebounds for 2nd consecutive game
1973: "Barnaby Jones" premieres on CBS TV
1973: Henry Boucha, Detroit Red Wings, scores 6 sec into a game vs Mont
1973: Mickey Welch, George Kelly & Billy Evans elected to Hall of Fame
1973: Ron Howard appears on M*A*S*H in "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet"
1974: Sam Thompson, Jim Bottomley, & Jocko Conlan elected to Hall of Fame
1975: 8th ABA All-Star Game: East 151 beats West 124 at San Antonio
1976: Erapalli Prasanna takes 8-76 to rip through NZ at Eden Park
1976: NBA Atlanta Hawks begin a 28 game road losing streak
1978: "Fantasy Island" starring Ricardo Montalban premieres on ABC TV
1978: "We Are the World" is recorded
1978: Ranger's Don Murdoch failed on 4th penalty shot against Islanders
1978: Ted Nugent autographs a fan's arm with his knife
1979: "Wiz" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 1672 performances
1979: Arthur Kopit's "Wings," premieres in NYC
1980: 37th Golden Globes: Dustin Hoffman & Sally Field wins
1981: "5 O'Clock Girl" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 12 performances
1981: gallons of oil in a ship collision
1981: Olympic Glory tanker at Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 1 million
1981: William J Casey becomes 13th director of CIA (until 1987)
1982: US Gen Dozier freed from Red Brigade of Padua Italy
1982: US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1984: 41th Golden Globes: Thornbirds wins
1984: LA Kings stop Wayne Gretzky 51 game scoring streak
1984: Mr Glynn Wolfe marries for non-bigamous record 26th time, Las Vegas
1984: Record 295,000 dominoes toppled, Fuerth, W Germany
1985: 12th American Music Award
1986: "Uptown... It's Hot!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 24 perfs
1986: 25th Space Shuttle (51L)-Challenger 10 explodes 73 sec after liftoff
1986: Angolan Unity Leader Jonas Savimbi visits Washington, DC
1987: US Foreign minister George Shultz meets ANC-leader Oliver Tambo
1987: Wrestler Jim Neidhart indicted for assaulting a flight attendant
1988: "Saratina!" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 597 performances
1988: Canada's Supreme court declares anti-abortion law unconstitutional
1989: 46th Golden Globes: Rainman, Working Girl
1989: 63rd Australian Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Helena Sukova (64 64)
1990: "Independent on Sunday" begins publishing in London
1990: 78th Australian Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats S Edberg (46 76 52-ret)
1990: Superbowl MVP: Joe Montana, San Francisco, QB
1990: Superbowl XXIV: SF 49ers beat Denver Broncos, 55-10 in New Orleans
1991: "A Closer Look" with Faith Daniels premieres on NBC-TV
1991: 18th American Music Award: M C Hammer & Janet Jackson
1991: Dictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending 22 year rule
1992: Stan Hansen beats Jumbo Tsuruta to win All Japan Triple Crown
1994: Actress Lorraine Bracco (39) weds actor Edward James Olmos (46)
1994: Helicopter crashes into office building in San Jose Calif, 1 dead
1995: 69th Australian Women's Tennis Open: Mary Pierce beats Vicario (63 62)
1995: 83rd Australian Mens Tennis: Andre Agassi beats Sampras (46 61 76 64)
1995: Memphis Mad Dogs granted CFL's 13th franchise
1996: "Hello Dolly!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 118 perfs
1996: 84th Australian Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats M Chang (62 64 26 62)
1996: Superbowl MVP:
1996: Superbowl XXX: Dallas Cowboys beat Pitts Steelers, 27-17 in Tempe
1998: Michelangelo, "Christ & the Woman of Samaria," sold for $7.4 million

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