January 28: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

January 28th marks the 28th day of the Gregorian calendar year. There are 337 days remaining until the end of the year (or 338 days in case of leap years). People born on this day are under the sign of Aquarius. Famous birthdays on this day include Nicolas Sarkozy (1955), Elijah Wood (1981) and Elijah Wood (1981).
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2019 Boko Haram Insurgency: 60 people are killed in an attack on Rann by Boko Haram.
2018 Yemeni Crisis (2011-present: Battle of Aden (2018): United Arab Emirates-backed Southern Transitional Council fighters take control of government buildings in Aden, south Yemen after clashing with forces loyal President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi. At least 10 people have been reported killed and 30 others injured. Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr, Yemeni Prime Minister, accuses separatists for staging a coup.
2017 Iraqi Civil War (2014-2017). The World Food Programme reduces food aid for more than 1.4 million displaced Iraqis 50%. This is due to payment delays by donor countries.
2016 Yemeni Civil War (2015)-present: A suicide bomb attack on the presidential palace in Aden (Yemen) has claimed at least seven lives. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility for the attack.
2015 Conflict between Israel and Lebanon: Hezbollah attacks an Israeli military convoy at the Shebaa farm area. The attack was launched following a January 18 airstrike on a Hezbollah convoy. Two people were killed and seven others were injured in the airstrike. The Israeli military responds by firing artillery on several villages along the South Lebanon border and Shebaa Farms Farms. Hezbollah then responds with mortar shells. A Spanish UN peacekeeper killed in cross fire fighting in Ghajar.
2014 Carl Icahn announced that he purchased another block of stock in Apple Inc. as part of a ramping-up that has now seen him own Apple equity totaling more than $4Billion.
2013 Conflict in Northern Mali (2012-present).: French troops seize Timbuktu Airport and enter the city, without resistance from Islamists. According to residents, all access to the city is now controlled by the French. (BBC). The Timbuktu library, which contained the Timbuktu manuscripts, was set on fire by the Islamists fleeing. It is not yet known how much damage was caused.
2012 2011-2012 Syrian uprising. The Arab League suspends their observer mission, citing an increase in violence.
2011 In protest against Mubarak's regime, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators flooded the streets of Egypt.
2010 Five murderers of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman are Lieutenant Colonel Syed Faruq Rahman and Lieutenant Colonel Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan. Major AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed Major Bazlul Uda, Lieutenant Colonel Mohiuddin Ahmed and Major AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed were hanged.
2009 The US House of Representatives votes 244 to 181 in favor of President Barack Obama's US$819 Billion economic stimulus package.
2008 The Rupublican caucuses in Florida, USA choose John McCain to be the candidate for the November presidential election. Hillary Clinton was chosen by the Democratic caucuses.
2007 300 terrorist suspects are killed in a battle between U.S.-backed Iraqi troops and insurgents in Najaf (Iraq).
2006 One of the roofs of the Katowice International fair in Chorzow/ Katowice, Poland collapses from the weight of snow. 65 people were killed and more than 170 were injured.
2005 After pleading guilty, Riggs Bank agreed to pay $16 million in fines for violating the Bank Secrecy act by concealing millions of dollars in accounts owned by Augusto Pinochet (Chilean despot) and Equatorial Guinea's top officials.
2004 Milan Babic, the ex-leader of the separatist Republic of Serbian Krajina (now reincorporated into Croatia), pleads guilty at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia to crimes against humanity.
2003 A temporary, three-year income tax was passed in Oregon by 54% of voters. 44% voted for it. This resulted in the first state police layoffs since 1931. Other actions included cuts in many local school districts.
2001 Super Bowl XXXV, Tampa, Florida: The Baltimore Ravens defeats New York Giants 34-7
1998 Michelangelo, Christ & the Woman of Samaria, sold for $7.4 million
1996 Hello Dolly! closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 118 performances
1995 83rd Australian Open Men's Tennis: Andre Agassi beats Pete Sampras (4-6, 6-1, 7-6, 6-4).
1994 Actress Lorraine Bracco (39) weds actor Edward James Olmos (46)
1992 Stan Hansen beats Jumbo Tsuruta to win All Japan Triple Crown.
1991 A Closer Look with Faith Daniels premieres on NBC-TV
1990 Independent on Sunday begins publishing in London
1989 46th Golden Globes: Rain Man, Working Girl.
1988 Saratina! opens at Cort Theater NYC for 597 performances
1987 Wrestler Jim Neidhart indicted for assaulting a flight attendant
1986 25th Space Shuttle mission (51L) - Challenger 10 explodes 73 seconds after liftoff. Killed are: Christa McAuliffe (teacher), Dr Judith Arlene Resnik, US Air Force Major Ellison S Onizuka, US Air Force Francis R Scobee, payload specialist Gregory B. Jarvis, US Navy Commander Michael J Smith, Ronald E McNair.
1985 12th American Music Award
1984 Record 295,000 dominoes toppled, Fuerth, West Germany.
1982 US General Dozier freed from Red Brigade of Padua Italy
1981 Olympic Glory oil tanker at Galveston Bay, Texas, spills one million gallons of oil in a ship collision.
1980 37th Golden Globes: Dustin Hoffman and Sally Field win.
1979 Wiz closes at Majestic Theater New York City, New York after 1672 performances.
1978 Fantasy Island starring Ricardo Montalban premieres on ABC TV
1977 The first day of the Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977, which severely affects and cripples much of Upstate New York, but Buffalo, NY, Syracuse, NY, Watertown, NY, and surrounding areas are most affected, each area accumulating close to 10 feet (3.0 m) of snow on this one day.\ \ \ \ \ Disintegration of the Space Shuttle Challenger.
1976 NBA Atlanta Hawks begin a 28 game road losing streak
1975 8th ABA All-Star Game: East 151 beats West 124 at San Antonio.
1974 Sam Thompson, Jim Bottomley, and Jocko Conlan elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
1973 Barnaby Jones premieres on CBS TV
1972 Richard Chanfray claims he is the Count of St Germain on French television.
1969 Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st woman jockey to win in North America
1968 Goose Goslin and Kiki Cuyler elected to baseball Hall of Fame.
1965 The current design of the Flag of Canada is chosen by an act of Parliament.
1964 An unarmed USAF T-39 Sabreliner on a training mission is shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19.
1963 -34 degrees F (-37 degrees C) in Cynthiana, Kentucky, USA (state record).
1962 Johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2,443 times in Rhodesia and survives.
1961 Republic of Rwanda proclaimed.
1960 NFL announces Dallas Cowboys (1960) and Minnesota Vikings (1961) franchises.
1959 Soviet Union wins 62-37 for first international basketball loss by US.
1958 Construction begins on first private thorium-uranium nuclear reactor.
1957 Tonight! America After Dark premieres, with Jack Lescoulie and Al (Jazzbo) Collins on NBC
1956 Elvis Presley made his first US TV appearance
1955 United States Congress authorizes President Dwight D. Eisenhower to use force to protect Formosa from the People's Republic of China.
1953 WJTV TV channel 12 in Jackson, MS (CBS) begins broadcasting
1951 La Vie Commence Demain, which depicted artificial insemination and is the 1st X-rated movie, opened in London
1950 Preston Tucker, auto maker, found not guilty of mail fraud
1949 New York Giants sign their 1st black players, Monte Irvin and Ford Smith
1947 Bay Psalm book auctioned for a record $151,000
1945 Gen Vinegar Joe Stillwell and truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China
1944 U-271 and U-571 sunk off Ireland
1943 Forward Doug Bentley sets NHL record with five points in a game.
1942 German troops occupy Benghazi, Libya.
1941 French-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day.
1938 The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by driver Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9 mph).
1935 Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.
1934 First US ski tow (rope) begins operation (Woodstock, Vermont).
1933 French government of Paul Boncour falls.
1932 First US state unemployment insurance act enacted, in Wisconsin.
1931 Bradman scores 220 NSW vs. Victoria, 308 mins, 13 fours
1928 Christopher Hornsrud is chosen Prime Minister of Norway at age 101.
1927 Serbian-Croatian-Slavic government of Oezonowitsj falls.
1925 -46 degrees F (-43 degrees C), Pittsburgh, New Hampshire (state record).
1923 1st Reichs Party (NSDAP) forms in Munich
1922 J E Clair turns Green Bay franchise back to NFL.
1918 Trotsky becomes leader of Reds.
1917 Municipally owned streetcars take to the streets of San Francisco, California.
1916 1st Jewish Supreme Court Justice, Louis Brandeis, appointed by Wilson
1915 US Coast Guard created from Life Saving and Revenue Cutter services.
1914 1st Millrose Games (athletics) held
1911 Frenchman Henri Rougier wins first Rally of Monte Carlo.
1909 United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish-American War.
1908 Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'etat against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister Joao Franco.
1902 The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
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