January 28

Events on January 28 in history

• 1813 – Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice was first published in London.
• 1871 – France signed an armistice with Prussia, ending the four-month Siege of Paris.
• 1887 – Work began on the foundations of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
• 1915 – President Woodrow Wilson signed the act that created the US Coast Guard.
• 1932 – Japanese forces attacked Shanghai, starting a weeks-long battle with Chinese troops.
• 1956 – Elvis Presley made his first national television appearance on CBS's Stage Show.
• 1958 – The LEGO Group filed the patent application for its interlocking plastic brick in Denmark.
• 1981 – Convention 108, the first binding international treaty on data protection, opened for signature at the Council of Europe.
• 1985 – Dozens of leading artists recorded the charity single We Are the World in Los Angeles.
• 1986 – Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds after launch, killing all seven crew members, including teacher Christa McAuliffe.

Famous birthdays on January 28

• 1841 – Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh-American explorer of Africa
• 1853 – José Martí, Cuban poet and independence leader
• 1873 – Colette, French novelist, author of Gigi
• 1887 – Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American concert pianist
• 1912 – Jackson Pollock, American abstract expressionist painter
• 1929 – Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-American pop art sculptor
• 1936 – Alan Alda, American actor, star of M*A*S*H
• 1955 – Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France, 2007–2012
• 1968 – Sarah McLachlan, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1981 – Elijah Wood, American actor

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