Today in History : January 28
1547 : Henry VIII of England dies and is succeeded by his nine-year-old son Edward VI.
1757 : Ahmed Shah, the first King of Afghanistan, occupies Delhi and annexes the Punjab.
1792 : Rebellious slaves in Santo Domingo launch an attack on the city of Cap.
1871 : Surrounded by Prussian troops and suffering from famine, the French army in Paris surrenders. During the siege, balloons were used to keep contact with the outside world.
1915 : The U.S. Coast Guard is founded to fight contraband trade and aid distressed vessels at sea.
1915 : The German navy attacks the U.S. freighter William P. Frye, loaded with wheat for Britain.
1921 : Albert Einstein startles Berlin by suggesting the possibility of measuring the universe.
1932 : The Japanese attack Shanghai, China, and declare martial law.
1936 : A fellow prison inmate slashes infamous kidnapper, Richard Loeb, to death.
1941 : French General Charles DeGaulle‘s Free French forces sack south Libya oasis.
1945 : Chiang Kai-shek renames the Ledo-Burma Road the Stilwell Road, in honor of General Joseph Stilwell.
1955 : The U.S. Congress passes a bill allowing mobilization of troops if China should attack Taiwan.
1964 : The Soviets down a U.S. jet over East Germany killing three.
1970 : Israeli fighter jets attack the suburbs of Cairo.
1986 : The space shuttle Challenger explodes just after liftoff.
Born on January 28
1693 : Anna “Ivanovna”, Tsarina of Russia.
1706 : John Baskerville, inventor of the “hot-pressing” method of printing.
1853 : Jose Marti, Cuban poet and journalist, known as the “Apostle of the Cuban Revolution.”
1912 : Jackson Pollock, influential abstract expressionist painter.
1547 : Henry VIII of England dies and is succeeded by his nine-year-old son Edward VI.
1757 : Ahmed Shah, the first King of Afghanistan, occupies Delhi and annexes the Punjab.
1792 : Rebellious slaves in Santo Domingo launch an attack on the city of Cap.
1871 : Surrounded by Prussian troops and suffering from famine, the French army in Paris surrenders. During the siege, balloons were used to keep contact with the outside world.
1915 : The U.S. Coast Guard is founded to fight contraband trade and aid distressed vessels at sea.
1915 : The German navy attacks the U.S. freighter William P. Frye, loaded with wheat for Britain.
1921 : Albert Einstein startles Berlin by suggesting the possibility of measuring the universe.
1932 : The Japanese attack Shanghai, China, and declare martial law.
1936 : A fellow prison inmate slashes infamous kidnapper, Richard Loeb, to death.
1941 : French General Charles DeGaulle‘s Free French forces sack south Libya oasis.
1945 : Chiang Kai-shek renames the Ledo-Burma Road the Stilwell Road, in honor of General Joseph Stilwell.
1955 : The U.S. Congress passes a bill allowing mobilization of troops if China should attack Taiwan.
1964 : The Soviets down a U.S. jet over East Germany killing three.
1970 : Israeli fighter jets attack the suburbs of Cairo.
1986 : The space shuttle Challenger explodes just after liftoff.
Born on January 28
1693 : Anna “Ivanovna”, Tsarina of Russia.
1706 : John Baskerville, inventor of the “hot-pressing” method of printing.
1853 : Jose Marti, Cuban poet and journalist, known as the “Apostle of the Cuban Revolution.”
1912 : Jackson Pollock, influential abstract expressionist painter.
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