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January 28th in History

1918: Leon Trotsky becomes leader of red army
1932: Japanese forces occupy Shanghai, and then goes on to invade the rest of China
1935: Iceland is the first country to legalise abortion
1986: Challenger Space Shuttle explodes 53 seconds after liftoff

January 28th birthdays

1841: Sir Henry Morton Stanley, Sent to find the missing Dr Livingstone
1892: Ernst Lubitsch, German actor
1912: Jackson Pollock, American painter
1936: Alan Alda, American actor
1948: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Soviet ballet dancer