January 28 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for January 28
In the headlines today:

2005	Traffic drummer Jim Capaldi dies of stomach cancer at age 60.
1999	The Ford Motor Company announces that it is buying the automobile division of Sweden's Volvo manufacturing company for $6.45 billion.
1990	Super Bowl XXIV is played, with the San Francisco 49ers beating the Denver Broncos, 55-10.
1986	The space shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida, killing all seven crew members aboard. (photo credit: NASA)
1982	Italian special forces troops rescue US Brigadier General James L. Dozier, who had been kidnapped by the Red Brigades.
1916	Louis D. Brandeis becomes the first Jewish member of the US Supreme Court.
1915	The US Coast Guard is created by an act of Congress.
1914	Hollywood, California, is incorporated as a city.
1902	The Carnegie Institute is established in Washington, DC.
1807	The first gas street lights are lit in London.
1596	British admiral Sir Francis Drake dies off the Panama coast and is buried at sea.
1547	King Henry VIII of England dies and is succeeded by his nine-year-old son, Edward VI.