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28 January, 2004
Lord Hutton publishes his report into the death of U.N. weapons inspector Dr. David Kelly.
28 January, 2002
TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727-100 crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia killing 92.
28 January, 1998
Gunmen hold at least 400 children and teachers hostage for several hours at an elementary school in Manila, Philippines.
28 January, 1996
Super Bowl XXX: The Dallas Cowboys defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers 27-17 to win their fifth Super Bowl.
28 January, 1994
The first trial of accused murderer Lyle Menendez ends in a mistrial. He and his brother Erik are later found guilty and sentenced to life in prison without parole.
28 January, 1990
Super Bowl XXIV: The San Francisco 49ers defeat the Denver Broncos 55-10 to win their fourth Super Bowl. Joe Montana was named MVP.
28 January, 1982
US Army general James L. Dozier was rescued by Italian anti-terrorism forces from captivity under the Red Brigades.
28 January, 1981
Ronald 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.
28 January, 1980
USCGC Blackthorn (WLB-391) collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa, Florida and capsizes. The accident killed 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.
28 January, 1958
Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate begin their murder spree with the killings of her parents and infant sister.
28 January, 1958
The Lego company patented their design of Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.
28 January, 1953
Derek Bentley was hanged for a murder carried out by Christopher Craig.
28 January, 1945
World War II: Supplies begin to reach the Republic of China over the newly reopened Burma Road.
28 January, 1938
The World Land Speed Record on a public road was broken by driver Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195.
28 January, 1935
Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.
28 January, 1934
The first ski tow in the United States begins operation in Vermont.
28 January, 1933
The name Pakistan is coined by Choudhary Rehmat Ali Khan and is accepted by the Indian Muslims who then thereby adopted it further for the Pakistan Movement seeking independence.
28 January, 1932
Japanese forces attack Shanghai.
28 January, 1922
The Knickerbocker Storm, Washington D.C.s biggest snowfall, causes the greatest loss of life when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theater collapses.
28 January, 1921
A symbolic Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was installed beneath the Arc de Triomphe in Paris to honor the unknown dead of World War I.
28 January, 1918
Finnish Civil War: Rebels seized control of Helsinki, and members of the Senate of Finland go underground.
28 January, 1917
Municipally owned streetcars take to the streets of San Francisco, California.
28 January, 1916
Louis D. Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
28 January, 1915
An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard.
28 January, 1909
United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish-American War.
28 January, 1902
The Carnegie Institution was founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
28 January, 1887
In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the worlds largest snowflakes are reported, being 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) thick.
28 January, 1878
Yale Daily News becomes the first daily, college newspaper in the United States.
28 January, 1871
Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice.
28 January, 1855
The first locomotive runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific on the Panama Railway.
28 January, 1846
Battle of Aliwal, India won by British troops commanded by Sir Harry Smith.
28 January, 1820
The Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovered the Antarctic continent approaching the Antarctic coast.
28 January, 1813
Pride and Prejudice was first published in the United Kingdom.
28 January, 1760
Pownal, Vermont was created by Benning Wentworth as one of the New Hampshire Grants.
28 January, 1754
Horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word serendipity.
28 January, 1724
The Russian Academy of Sciences was founded in St. Petersburg by Peter the Great, and implemented in the Senate decree. It was called St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917.
28 January, 1624
Sir Thomas Warner establishes the first British colony in the Caribbean, on Saint Kitts.
28 January, 1573
Articles of Warsaw Confederation were signed, sanctioning freedom of religion in Poland.
28 January, 1547
Henry VIII dies. His nine year old son, Edward VI becomes King, and the first Protestant ruler of England.
28 January, 1521
The Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25.
28 January, 1077
Walk to Canossa: The excommunication of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor was lifted.

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