28TH
JANUARY
FEAST DAY OF
"ST THOMAS AQUINAS; ST AMADEUS OF
LAUSANNE; ST PETER NOLASCO; ST PETER THOMAS; & ST PAULINUS OF AQUILEIA." |
| 28TH |
1521 |
THE DIET OF WORMS BEGAN, AT WHICH PROTESTANT REFORMER,
"LUTHER" WAS DECLARED AN OUTLAW BY THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. |
| 28TH |
1547 |
ENGLAND’S "KING HENRY
VIII" DIED; HE WAS SUCCEEDED BY HIS NINE YEAR OLD SON, "EDWARD VI" |
| 28TH |
1596 |
"SIR FRANCIS DRAKE" DIED OFF THE COAST OF PANAMA;
HE WAS BURIED AT SEA. |
| 28TH |
1689 |
ENGLISH PARLIAMENT ENDS KING
"CHARLES II" REIGN. |
| 28TH |
1807 |
LONDON BECOMES FIRST CITY IN THE WORLD TO BE LIT BY GAS. |
| 28TH |
1878 |
THE FIRST COMMERCIAL TELEPHONE
SWITCHBOARD BEGAN OPERATING IN NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT. |
| 28TH |
1887 |
THE ENLISH CRICKET TEAM IS ALL OUT FOR 45 AGAINST AUSTRALIA
AT THE SYDNEY CRICKET GROUND. |
| 28TH |
1911 |
THE FIRST MONTE CARLO CAR RALLY IS WON
BY FRENCHMAN, "HENRI ROUGIER." |
| 28TH |
1928 |
"CHRISTOPHER HORNSRUD" 101, IS CHOSEN AS PRIME
MINISTER OF NORWAY. |
| 28TH |
1935 |
ICELAND BECOMES THE FIRST COUNTRY TO
LEGALISE ABORTION. |
| 28TH |
1936 |
"KING GEORGE V" OF ENGLAND WAS LAID TO REST IN ST.
GEORGES CHAPEL IN WINDSOR.
HE WAS 70 YEARS OLD. |
| 28TH |
1945 |
DUTCH PLANES DROP PAMPHLETS ON JAVA. |
| 28TH |
1945 |
SWEDISH SHIPS BRING FOOD TO THE STARVING NETHERLANDS. |
| 28TH |
1953 |
ENGLISH TEENAGER "DEREK
BENTLEY" HANGS AT WADSWORTH PRISON FOR THE MURDER OF A POLICEMAN IN A FAILED ROBBERY.
HE RECIEVED A POSTHUMOUS PARDON IN 1998. |
| 28TH |
1956 |
"ELVIS PRESLEY" MAKES HIS FIRST TELEVISION
APPEARANCE.
IT WAS ON "THE DORSEY BROTHERS STAGE SHOW." |
| 28TH |
1962 |
"JOHANNE RELLEKE" IS STUNG BY
BEES, 2,443 TIMES IN RHODESIA & SURVIVES. |
| 28TH |
1965 |
"THE WHO" MAKE THEIR FIRST APPEARANCE ON BRITISH
TELEVISION. |
| 28TH |
1967 |
THREE U.S. ASTRONAUTS, "ED WHITE,
36; VIRGIL GRISSOM, 40; AND ROGER B. CHAFFEE, 31;" ARE KILLED ALMOST INSTANTLY BY
FIRE IN AN OXYGEN FILLED CAPSULE ON THE LAUNCHPAD DURING REHEARSAL FOR APOLLO SPACE FLIGHT
ON FEBRUARY 21st. |
| 28TH |
1974 |
8 PEOPLE DROWN IN FLOODWATERS IN BRISBANE CAUSED BY CYCLONE
WANDA. |
| 28TH |
1978 |
"TED NUGENT" AUTOGRAPHS A
FAN’S ARM WITH HIS KNIFE. |
| 28TH |
1984 |
"MR. GLYNN WOLFE" LEGALLY MARRIES FOR THE 26TH
TIME, IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. |
| 28TH |
1986 |
THE U.S. SPACE SHUTTLE
"CHALLENGER" EXPLODES 73 SECONDS AFTER LIFT-OFF, KILLING ALL SEVEN ASTRONAUTS:
"FRANCIS ‘DICK’ SCOBIE; MICHAEL SMITH; ELLISON ONIZUKA; RONALD McNAIR;
GREGORY DAVIS; CHRISTA McAULIFFE; JUDITH ARLENE RESNICK." |
| 28TH |
1994 |
ACTRESS, "LORRAINE BRACCO" 39, MARRIES ACTOR,
"EDWARD JAMES OLMOS" 46. |
| 28TH |
1998 |
"MICHELANGELO," ‘CHRIST
& THE WOMAN OF SAMARIA,’ SOLD FOR $7.4 MILLION. |
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