January 28

Today's Events

  • 1613
    Galileo may have unknowingly viewed undiscovered planet Neptune
  • 1687
    Johannes Hevelius dies
  • 1807
    London's Pall Mall is 1st st lit by gaslight
  • 1821
    Bellingshausen discovers Alexander Island off Antarctica
  • 1860
    Britain formally returns Mosquito Coast to Nicaragua
  • 1871
    Paris surrenders to Germans
  • 1878
    1st telephone exchange New Haven Connecticut George W Coy hired as 1st full-time telephone operator
  • 1878
    Yale Daily News published - 1st college daily newspaper
  • 1909
    US milt forces leave Cuba for 2nd time
  • 1915
    US Coast Guard established
  • 1932
    1st US state unemployment insurance act enacted - Wisconsin
  • 1938
    1st Ski Tow starts running (in Vermont)
  • 1953
    J Fred Muggs (the chimp) joins Today show
  • 1956
    Elvis Presley's 1st TV appearance (Dorsey Bros Stage Show)
  • 1958
    Construction began on 1st private thorium-uranium nuclear reactor
  • 1960
    1st photograph bounced off moon Washington DC
  • 1978
    Ranger's Don Murdoch failed on 4th penalty shot against Islanders
  • 1986
    25th Space Shuttle - Challenger 10 explodes 73 sec after liftoff
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