WHAT HAPPENED ON 28. JANUARY
Want to find out what all happened on 28. January

The first day of the Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977 which dumps 10 feet (3.0 m) of snow in one-day in Upstate New York, with Buffalo, Syracuse, Watertown, and surrounding areas most affected. Disintegration of the Space Shuttle Challenger. (28. January 1977)

CBS News Sunday Morning debuts with original host and cocreator Charles Kuralt. (28. January 1979)

Pope John Paul II starts his first pastoral visit to Mexico. (28. January 1979)

USCGC Blackthorn collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa Florida and capsizes killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers. (28. January 1980)

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. (28. January 1981)

US Army general James L. Dozier is rescued by Italian anti-terrorism forces from captivity by the Red Brigades. (28. January 1982)

Tropical Storm Domoina makes landfall in southern Mozambique, eventually causing 214 deaths and some of the most severe flooding so far recorded in the region. (28. January 1984)

Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief. (28. January 1985)

Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission – Space Shuttle Challenger explodes after liftoff killing all seven astronauts on board. (28. January 1986)

In R. v. Morgentaler the Supreme Court of Canada strikes down all anti-abortion laws, effectively allowing abortions in Canada in all 9 months of pregnancy. (28. January 1988)

TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727-100 crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia killing 92. (28. January 2002)

The roof of one of the buildings at the Katowice International Fair in Chorzów/Katowice, Poland, collapses due to the weight of snow, killing 65 and injuring more than 170 others. (28. January 2006)

Five murderers of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman of Bangladesh are hanged. (28. January 2010)