28 January - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, January 28 is the day number 28 in a given year. January 28 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
January 28 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 98 | Trajan, namesake of a forum, a market and a column in Rome, succeeded his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor. |
| 1077 | Pope Gregory VII lifted the excommunication of Henry IV after the Holy Roman Emperor made his trek from Speyer to Canossa Castle tobeg the pope for forgiveness for his actions in the Investiture Controversy. |
| 1393 | King Charles VI of France was nearly killed when severaldancers' costumes caught fire during a masquerade ball. |
| 1547 | Nine-year-old Edward VI became the first Protestant ruler of England, during whose reign Protestantism was established for the first time in the country with reforms that included the abolition of clericalcelibacy and the mass. |
| 1725 | Peter Mahan, the third king of the Romanoff family in Russia, died at the age of 53. He ascended the throne in 1696 AD. |
| 1754 | Horace Walpole coined the word 'serendipity' in a letter he wrote to a friend, saying that he derived the term from the Persian fairy tale The Three Princes of Serendip. |
| 1770 | Frederick North Augustus became Prime Minister of Great Britain following the resignation of Fitz Roy. |
| 1813 | The novel Pride and Prejudice by English author Jane Austen was published, using material from an unpublished manuscript that she originally wrote between 1796 and 1797. |
| 1819 | Sir Stamford Raffles discovered Singapore. |
| 1821 | Alexander Island, the largest island of Antarctica, was discovered by Russian explorer Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen. |
| 1846 | In the Battle of Aliwal, the British army defeated Ranjodh Singh's army. |
| 1846 | The British defeated the Sikhs of Punjab at the Battle of Allwal. |
| 1851 | Northwestern University was established in Illinois. |
| 1859 | The city of Olympia was incorporated into the state of Washington, United States. |
| 1865 | Lala Lajpat Rai, a freedom fighter popularly known as Punjab Kesari, was born in Punjab. |
| 1871 | The Purishis surrendered before Paris. |
| 1878 | First telephone exchange formed in New Haven, USA. |
| 1899 | Field Marshal K.M., the first Indian Army Chief of the Indian Army. Cariappa was born. |
| 1902 | Washington dc Carnegie Institution was established in. |
| 1922 | Snowfall from the biggest recorded snowstorm in Washington, D.C. history caused the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre to collapse, killing 98 people. |
| 1928 | Raja Ramanna, the country's leading physicist, was born. |
| 1933 | Choudhry Rahmat Ali published a pamphlet entitled 'Now or Never' in which he called for the creation of a Muslim state in northwest India that he termed 'Pakstan'. |
| 1935 | Iceland became the first Western country to legalize abortion. |
| 1950 | Hiralal J. Kania became the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of independent India. |
| 1958 | The Danish toy company Lego Group patented their design of Lego bricks. |
| 1960 | China and Burma (now Myanmar) signed an agreement specifying the border between the two countries. |
| 1961 | The foundation of the first factory of HMT watches was laid in Bangalore. |
| 1964 | An unarmed US Air Force T-39 Sabreliner on a training missionwas shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19, killing allthree aboard. |
| 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. |
| 1982 | After having been kidnapped by the Italian Red Brigade 42 daysearlier, General James L. Dozier of the United States Army was freed by the anti-terrorist force NOCS. |
| 1984 | Tropical Storm Domoina made land fall in southern Mozambique, causing some of the most severe flooding recorded in the region. |
| 1986 | Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission – Space Shuttle Challenger explodes after lift off, killing all seven astronauts on board. |
| 1986 | The spacecraft Challenger was destroyed in an explosion 73 seconds after its 10th flight, killing all 7 astronauts on board. |
| 1990 | London started publishing the magazine “Independent on Sunday” in the year 1990. |
| 1991 | The 18th American music award announced HC Hammer and Janet Jackson lacked the award. |
| 1994 | 39 years old actress Lorraine Braco weds 46 years old actor Edward James Olmas. |
| 1994 | 4 died due to helicopter crash in the office building of in San Jose, California. |
| 1999 | The lamb was born from a protected embryo for the first time in India. |
| 2003 | President George W. Bush in his state of the union address stated that Saddam Hussian had tried to acquire significant quantities of uranium from Africa. |
| 2007 | Famous musician O.P. Nayyar died. |
| 2010 | The five convicts were hanged for the assassination of Bangladesh President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. |
| 2011 | In 2011 (January 28) President Mubarak asks his government to resign because of the some problem in management. |
| 2012 | The protest run for occupying Oakland in Oakland city turning into a violent movement in California and approximately 300 people were arrested. |
| 2012 | The bombings in Kano, Nigeria killed 185 people. |
| 2014 | The company Apple releases the earning of the fourth quarter of 2013 and this year it has faced a deficit in it's around because of the decrease of its stock price by 8% as they sold 51 million iPhones, falling short of analyst expectations that they would sell 55 million iPhones. |
Famous Birthdays of January 28:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1940 | Carlos Slim / Business Man / Mexico |
| 1938 | Tomas Lindahl / Academic / United Kingdom |
| 1818 | George S. Boutwell / Politician / United States of America |
| 1939 | Pratap Singh Rane / Politician / India |
| 1980 | Yasuhito Endō / Footballer / Japan |
| 1925 | Raja Ramanna / Politician / India |
| 1719 | Johann Elias Schlegel / Poet / Germany |
| 1873 | Monty Noble / Cricketer / Australia |
| 1874 | Alex Smith / Golfer / Scotland |
| 1910 | John Banner / Actor / Austria |
| 1608 | Giovanni Alfonso Borelli / Physicist / Italy |
| 1986 | Antonis Petropoulos / Footballer / Greece |
| 1972 | Mark Regan / Rugby Player / United Kingdom |
| 1884 | Auguste Piccard / Physicist / Switzerland |
| 1985 | Lauris Dārziņš / Ice Hockey Player / Latvia |
| 1540 | Ludolph van Ceulen / Academic / Germany |
| 1968 | Sarah McLachlan / Singer / Canada |
| 1978 | Gianluigi Buffon / Footballer / Italy |
| 1864 | Herbert Akroyd Stuart / Engineer / United Kingdom |
| 1875 | Julián Carrillo / Violinist / Mexico |
| 1929 | Claes Oldenburg / Sculptor / United States of America |
| 1578 | Cornelius Haga / Diplomat / Netherlands |
| 1959 | Frank Darabont / Producer / United States of America |
| 1943 | Dick Taylor / Writer / United Kingdom |
| 1942 | Sjoukje Dijkstra / Skater / Netherlands |
| 1956 | Richard Danielpour / Educator / United States of America |
| 1976 | Mark Madsen / Basketball Player / United States of America |
| 1911 | Johan van Hulst / Politician / Netherlands |
| 1992 | Andrei Savchenko / Fooballer / Russia |
| 1977 | Daunte Culpepper / Footballer / United States of America |
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Read in Hindi : 28 जनवरी की प्रमुख ऐतिहासिक घटनाएं