On This Day in History (January 28)
◦January 28, 1965 Number one hit on UK music charts - The Moody Blues - Go Now.
◦January 28, 1965 The Who make their first appearance on British TV.
◦January 28, 1970 Lubom¡r Strougal succeeds Cernik as premier of Czechoslovakia.
◦January 28, 1973 """Barnaby Jones"" premieres on CBS TV".
◦January 28, 1973 "Ron Howard appears on M*AS*H in ""Sometimes You Hear the Bullet"".
◦January 28, 1978 """Fantasy Island"" starring Ricardo Montalban premieres on ABC TV".
◦January 28, 1978 Ted Nugent autographs a fan's arm with his knife.
◦January 28, 1980 37th Golden Globes Dustin Hoffman & Sally Field wins.
◦January 28, 1980 USCGC Blackthorn (WLB-391) collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa Bay Florida and capsizes; killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.
◦January 28, 1981 "Olympic Glory tanker at Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 1 million gallons of oil in a ship collision".
◦January 28, 1981 William J Casey becomes the 13th director of CIA (until 1987).
◦January 28, 1982 "At the direction of Attorney General William French Smith, the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) began reporting to the Director of the FBI. The FBI and DEA were given concurrent jurisdiction over narcotics violations and have worked together on these matters since this time."
◦January 28, 1982 "Italian special forces rescue U.S. Brigadier General James L. Dozier, who had been kidnapped by the Red Brigades."
◦January 28, 1982 US Army general James L. Dozier is rescued by Italian anti-terrorism forces after 42 days of captivity under the Red Brigades.
◦January 28, 1984 Number one hit on UK music charts - Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax.
◦January 28, 1984 "Record 295,000 dominoes toppled, Fuerth, West Germany".
◦January 28, 1986 ""Uptown... It's Hot!"" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City NY for 24 performances".
◦January 28, 1986 25th Space Shuttle (51L)-Challenger 10 explodes 73 seconds after liftoff.
◦January 28, 1986 "Angolan Unity Leader Jonas Savimbi visits Washington, DC".
◦January 28, 1987 US Foreign minister George Shultz meets ANC-leader Oliver Tambo.
◦January 28, 1988 Canada's Supreme court declares anti-abortion law unconstitutional.
◦January 28, 1989 "46th Golden Globes Rain Man, Working Girl".
◦January 28, 1989 Number one hit on UK music charts - Marc Almond with Gene Pitney - Somethings Gotten Hold Of My Heart.
◦January 28, 1990 """Independent on Sunday"" begins publishing in London."
◦January 28, 1990 East German agreement to form all-party government.
◦January 28, 1991 """A Closer Look"" with Faith Daniels premieres on NBC-TV".
◦January 28, 1991 18th American Music Award M C Hammer & Janet Jackson
◦January 28, 1991 Dictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending 22 year rule
◦January 28, 1994 "Helicopter crashes into office building in San Jose CA, 1 dead."
◦January 28, 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.
◦January 28, 1997 "Pasadena, Texas is cleaning up after a tornado touched down on the city's main drag"
◦January 28, 1997 "The Monday afternoon rush hour turned into a demolition derby as freezing rain pelted streets from Vancouver to Hope. Hundreds of accidents were reported throughout the Lower Mainland. The most spectacular was a 15 vehicle, after it lost control on the slippery hill."
◦January 28, 1998 "Gunmen hold at least 400 children and teachers hostage for several hours at an elementary school in Manila, Philippines."
◦January 28, 1998 "Michelangelo, ""Christ & the Woman of Samaria,"" sold for $7.4 million"
◦January 28, 2002 "TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727-100 crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia killing 92."
◦January 28, 2004 Lord Hutton publishes his report into the death of UN weapons inspector Dr. David Kelly."
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