Page 8: Historical Events In January - 28

1965  Jef van Durme, composer, dies at 57 on January - 28.   

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

1967  Stanley Coen, cricket (2 Tests for S Af, hs 41 not out, avg 50), dies on January - 28.   

1970  Lubomír Strougal succeeds Cernik as premier of Czechoslovakia on this day in history.   

1970  Tommy Andrews (Aust) 16 Tests 1921-26, cricketer (592 runs), dies on this day in history.   

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

1973  "Barnaby Jones" premieres on CBS TV on this day in history.   

1973  Ron Howard appears on M*AS*H in "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet" on this day in history.   

1973  On January - 28 john Banner, actor (Schultz-Hogan's Heroes), dies on 62nd birthday   

1974  Dino Buzzati, writer, dies at 67 on January - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

1978  Ted Nugent autographs a fan's arm with his knife on January - 28.   

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

1980  Jimmy Durante, NYC, comedian (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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

1981  On this day in history william J Casey becomes the 13th director of CIA (until 1987)   

1982  On January - 28 italian special forces rescue U.S. Brigadier General James L. Dozier, who had been kidnapped by the Red Brigades.   

1982  On this day in history 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 January - 28.   

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  On this day in history 25th Space Shuttle (51L)-Challenger 10 explodes 73 seconds after liftoff   

1986  Angolan Unity Leader Jonas Savimbi visits Washington, DC on January - 28.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1989  46th Golden Globes Rain Man, Working Girl on this day in history.   

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

1990  On January - 28 east German agreement to form all-party government   

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

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1225  On this day in history birth of saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274)   

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 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  On this day in history birth of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer   

0814  Charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71 on January - 28.   

1061  Death of Duke SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031) on January - 28.   

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  On January - 28 death of earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball   

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.