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This day in history: 28 January

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373 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 28 January.
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2026: A Learjet 45 crashes on approach to Baramati Airport in Maharashtra, killing all six occupants including the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Ajit Pawar.

Holidays and observances

Army Day (Armenia)

Christian feast day: January 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Joseph Freinademetz

Christian feast day: Julian of Cuenca

Christian feast day: Thomas Aquinas

Data Privacy Day

Events

2026A Learjet 45 crashes on approach to Baramati Airport in Maharashtra, killing all six occupants including the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Ajit Pawar.

2026Storm Kristin causes a catastrophic impact in Portugal and Spain with €6 billion in damage in the central region of Portugal, 15 deaths and 2,000 injuries.

2026The Rubaya mine collapse at Rubaya mines in DR Congo causes at least 400 deaths and injured several others.

2023Protests begin in the United States after police beat and kill Tyre Nichols.

2021A nitrogen leak at a poultry food processing facility in Gainesville, Georgia kills six and injures at least ten.

2006The roof of one of the buildings at the Katowice International Fair in Poland collapses due to the weight of snow, killing 65 and injuring more than 170 others.

2002TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727-100, crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia, killing 94.

1988In R v Morgentaler the Supreme Court of Canada strikes down all anti-abortion laws.

1986Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission: Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates after liftoff, killing all seven astronauts on board.

1985Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief.

1984Tropical Storm Domoina makes landfall in southern Mozambique, eventually causing 214 deaths and some of the most severe flooding so far recorded in the region.

1982US Army General James L. Dozier is rescued by Italian anti-terrorism forces from captivity by the Red Brigades.

1981Ronald Reagan lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States, helping to end the 1979 energy crisis and begin the 1980s oil glut.

1980USCGC Blackthorn collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa, Florida and capsizes, killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.

1977The first day of the Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977, which dumps 3 metres (10 ft) of snow in one day in Upstate New York. Buffalo, Syracuse, Watertown, and surrounding areas are most affected.

1977The Shining, the horror novel and the first hardcover bestseller by Stephen King, is published.

1965The current design of the Flag of Canada is chosen by an act of Parliament.

1964An unarmed United States Air Force T-39 Sabreliner on a training mission is shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19.

1960The National Football League announces expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for the 1961 NFL season.

1958The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.

1956Elvis Presley makes his first national television appearance.

1945World War II: Supplies begin to reach the Republic of China over the newly reopened Burma Road.

1941Franco-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. A Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day.

1938The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W125 Rekordwagen at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9 mph).

1935Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.

1933The name Pakistan is coined by Choudhry Rahmat Ali Khan and is accepted by Indian Muslims who then thereby adopted it further for the Pakistan Movement seeking independence.

1932Japanese forces attack Shanghai.

1922Knickerbocker Storm: Washington, D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes a disaster when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapses, killing over 100 people.

1920Foundation of the Spanish Legion.

1919The Order of the White Rose of Finland is established by Baron Gustaf Mannerheim, the regent of Finland.

1918Finnish Civil War: The Red Guard rebels seize control of the capital, Helsinki; members of the Senate of Finland go underground.

1916The Canadian province of Manitoba grants women the right to vote and run for office in provincial elections (although still excluding women of Indigenous or Asian heritage), marking the first time women in Canada are granted voting rights.

1915An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.

1909United States troops leave Cuba, with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, after being there since the Spanish–American War.

1908Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.

1902The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C., with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.

1896Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8 mph (13 km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2 mph (3.2 km/h).

1878Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.

1871Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice.

1855A locomotive on the Panama Canal Railway runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean for the first time.

Born on this day

2007That Girl Lay Lay, American rapper

2006Beckett Sennecke, Canadian ice hockey player

2004Emoni Bates, American basketball player

2004Liam Öhgren, Swedish ice hockey player

2003Carson Hocevar, American professional stock car racing driver

2003Whitney Peak, Ugandan-Canadian actress

2002Tabyana Ali, American actress and author

2002Yoo Seon-ho, South Korean actor

2000Abel Ruiz, Spanish footballer

2000Dušan Vlahović, Serbian footballer

1998Ariel Winter, American actress

1998Payton Pritchard, American basketball player

1995Mimi-Isabella Cesar, British rhythmic gymnast

1994Joel Bolomboy, Russian-American basketball player

1994Lin Zhu, Chinese tennis player

1994Maluma, Colombian singer-songwriter, rapper, and actor

1993Alan Williams, American basketball player

1993Will Poulter, English actor

1992Sergio Araujo, Argentinian footballer

1991Calum Worthy, Canadian actor

1991Carl Klingberg, Swedish ice hockey player

1989Siem de Jong, Dutch footballer

1988Alexandra Krosney, American actress

1988Paul Henry, English footballer

1988Sanada, Japanese wrestler

1986Asad Shafiq, Pakistani cricketer

1986Jessica Ennis-Hill, English heptathlete and hurdler

1986Nathan Outteridge, Australian sailor

1985Arnold Mvuemba, French footballer

1985Daniel Carcillo, Canadian ice hockey player

1985J. Cole, American rapper

1985Lauris Dārziņš, Latvian ice hockey player

1985Libby Trickett, Australian swimmer

1985Tom Hopper, English actor

1984Andre Iguodala, American basketball player

1984Anne Panter, English field hockey player

1984Ben Clucas, English race car driver

1984Stephen Gostkowski, American football player

1982Chad Aull, American politician

1982Omar Cook, American-Montenegrin basketball player and coach

Died on this day

2026Ajit Pawar, Indian politician, former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra (born 1959)

2021Cicely Tyson, American actress (born 1924)

2019Pepe Smith, Filipino rock musician (born 1947)

2017Alexander Chancellor, British journalist (born 1940)

2017Geoff Nicholls, British musician (born 1948)

2016Bob Tizard, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 6th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1924)

2016Buddy Cianci, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Mayor of Providence (born 1941)

2016Franklin Gene Bissell, American football player and coach (born 1926)

2016Paul Kantner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1941)

2016Signe Toly Anderson, American singer (born 1941)

2015Lionel Gilbert, Australian historian, author, and academic (born 1924)

2015Suraj Abdurrahman, Nigerian general, architect, and engineer (born 1954)

2015Yves Chauvin, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1930)

2014Dwight Gustafson, American composer and conductor (born 1930)

2014Harry Gamble, American football player, coach, and manager (born 1930)

2014John Cacavas, American composer and conductor (born 1930)

2014Jorge Obeid, Argentinian engineer and politician, Governor of Santa Fe (born 1947)

2014Nigel Jenkins, Welsh poet, journalist, and geographer (born 1949)

2013Florentino Fernández, Cuban-American boxer and coach (born 1936)

2013Hattie N. Harrison, American educator and politician (born 1928)

2013Oldřich Kulhánek, Czech painter, illustrator, and stage designer (born 1940)

2012Don Starkell, Canadian adventurer and author (born 1932)

2012Roman Juszkiewicz, Polish astronomer and astrophysicist (born 1952)

2009Billy Powell, American keyboard player and songwriter (born 1952)

2009Werner Flume, German jurist (born 1908)

2007Carlo Clerici, Swiss cyclist (born 1929)

2007Karel Svoboda, Czech composer (born 1938)

2007Robert Drinan, American priest, lawyer, and politician (born 1920)

2007Yelena Romanova, Russian runner (born 1963)

2005Jim Capaldi, English singer-songwriter and drummer (born 1944)

Quote of the day

“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”

Marcus Aurelius

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