28 January
Notable Births
Emoni Bates
b. 2004
American basketball player (born 2004)
Yoo Seon-ho
b. 2002
South Korean actor (born 2002)
Abel Ruiz
b. 2000
Spanish footballer (born 2000)
Dušan Vlahović
b. 2000
Serbian footballer (born 2000)
Payton Pritchard
b. 1998
American basketball player (born 1998)
Ariel Winter
b. 1998
American actress (born 1998)
Mimi-Isabella Cesar
b. 1995
British rhythmic gymnast (born 1995)
Joel Bolomboy
b. 1994
Russian basketball player
Zhu Lin (tennis)
b. 1994
Chinese tennis player (born 1994)
Maluma
b. 1994
Colombian rapper, singer, songwriter and actor (born 1994)
Will Poulter
b. 1993
English actor (born 1993)
Alan Williams (basketball)
b. 1993
American basketball player (born 1993)
Sergio Araujo
b. 1992
Argentine footballer
Carl Klingberg
b. 1991
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1991)
Siem de Jong
b. 1989
Dutch footballer (born 1989)
Alexandra Krosney
b. 1988
American actress
Sanada (wrestler)
b. 1988
Japanese professional wrestler
Jessica Ennis-Hill
b. 1986
British track and field athlete (born 1986)
Asad Shafiq
b. 1986
Pakistani cricketer
José Martí
b. 1853
Cuban national hero (1853–1895)
Notable Deaths
Ajit Pawar
d. 2026
Indian politician (1959–2026)
Cicely Tyson
d. 2021
American actress (1924–2021)
Pepe Smith
d. 2019
Filipino-American musical artist (1947–2019)
Geoff Nicholls
d. 2017
British guitarist and keyboardist (1944–2017)
Signe Toly Anderson
d. 2016
American singer (1941–2016)
Paul Kantner
d. 2016
American rock musician (1941–2016)
Buddy Cianci
d. 2016
American politician and radio host (1941–2016)
Bob Tizard
d. 2016
New Zealand politician
Suraj Abdurrahman
d. 2015
Nigerian general (1954–2015)
Yves Chauvin
d. 2015
French chemist and Nobel Prize laureate
Lionel Gilbert
d. 2015
Australian historian
Harry Gamble
d. 2014
American football coach and executive
Dwight Gustafson
d. 2014
American classical composer
Nigel Jenkins
d. 2014
Anglo-Welsh poet (1949–2014)
Jorge Obeid
d. 2014
Argentine politician
Florentino Fernández (boxer)
d. 2013
Cuban boxer
Hattie N. Harrison
d. 2013
American politician (1928–2013)
Oldřich Kulhánek
d. 2013
Roman Juszkiewicz
d. 2012
Polish astrophysicist
W. B. Yeats
d. 1939
Irish poet and playwright (1865–1939)
On This Day in History
All 56 ›2026
A Learjet 45 crashes on approach to Baramati Airport in Maharashtra, killing all six occupants including the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Ajit Pawar.
Learjet 45
2026
The Rubaya mine collapse at Rubaya mines in DR Congo causes at least 400 deaths and injured several others.
2026 Rubaya mines collapses
2026
Storm Kristin causes a catastrophic impact in Portugal and Spain with €6 billion in damage in the central region of Portugal, 15 deaths and 2,000 injuries.
Storm Kristin
2023
Protests begin in the United States after police beat and kill Tyre Nichols.
Tyre Nichols protests
2021
A nitrogen leak at a poultry food processing facility in Gainesville, Georgia kills six and injures at least ten.
2021 Georgia poultry plant accident
2006
The roof of one of the buildings at the Katowice International Fair in Poland collapses due to the weight of snow, killing 65 and injuring more than 170 others.
Katowice International Fair
2002
TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727-100, crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia, killing 94.
TAME Flight 120
1988
In R v Morgentaler the Supreme Court of Canada strikes down all anti-abortion laws.
R v Morgentaler
1986
Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission: Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates after liftoff, killing all seven astronauts on board.
Space Shuttle program
1985
Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief.
We Are the World
1984
Tropical Storm Domoina makes landfall in southern Mozambique, eventually causing 214 deaths and some of the most severe flooding so far recorded in the region.
Tropical Storm Domoina
1982
US Army General James L. Dozier is rescued by Italian anti-terrorism forces from captivity by the Red Brigades.
United States Army
1981
Ronald Reagan lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States, helping to end the 1979 energy crisis and begin the 1980s oil glut.
Ronald Reagan
1980
USCGC Blackthorn collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa, Florida and capsizes, killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.
USCGC Blackthorn
1977
The first day of the Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977, which dumps 3 metres (10 ft) of snow in one day in Upstate New York. Buffalo, Syracuse, Watertown, and surrounding areas are most affected.
Blizzard of 1977
1965
The current design of the Flag of Canada is chosen by an act of Parliament.
Flag of Canada
1964
An unarmed United States Air Force T-39 Sabreliner on a training mission is shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19.
United States Air Force
1960
The National Football League announces expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for the 1961 NFL season.
National Football League
1958
The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.
Lego
1956
Elvis Presley makes his first national television appearance.
Elvis Presley