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

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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

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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