WHAT HAPPENED ON 28. JANUARY
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The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie. (28. January 1902)

Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco. (28. January 1908)

United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War. (28. January 1909)

An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces. (28. January 1915)

Municipally-owned streetcars take to the streets of San Francisco. (28. January 1917)

Finnish Civil War: Rebels seize control of the capital, Helsinki, and members of the Senate of Finland go underground. (28. January 1918)

Knickerbocker Storm, Washington D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes the city's greatest loss of life when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapses. (28. January 1922)

Japanese forces attack Shanghai. (28. January 1932)

The name Pakistan is coined by Choudhry Rahmat Ali Khan and is accepted by the Indian Muslims who then thereby adopted it further for the Pakistan Movement seeking independence. (28. January 1933)

The first ski tow in the United States begins operation in Vermont. (28. January 1934)

Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion. (28. January 1935)

The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9 mph). (28. January 1938)

Franco-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. A Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day. (28. January 1941)

World War II: Supplies begin to reach the Republic of China over the newly reopened Burma Road. (28. January 1945)

Elvis Presley makes his first US television appearance (28. January 1956)

The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today. (28. January 1958)

The last episode of the British radio comedy programme The Goon Show is broadcast. (28. January 1958)

The National Football League announced expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for 1961 NFL season. (28. January 1960)

An unarmed USAF T-39 Sabreliner on a training mission is shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19. (28. January 1964)

The current design of the Flag of Canada is chosen by an act of Parliament. (28. January 1965)