January 28th in History
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
