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  • 28 Jan 2017

    Tennis sisters went head-to-head when Serena Williams beat Venus Williams 6-4, 6-4 at the Australian Open Women's Tennis.

  • 28 Jan 2011

    The Egyptian government shut down 88% of the internet across the country.

  • 28 Jan 1998

    Michelangelo's famous painting 'Christ of the Woman of Samaria' was sold for a staggering $7.4 million.

  • 28 Jan 1986

    Space Shuttle Challenger exploded just 73 seconds after takeoff, killing all seven crew members.

  • 28 Jan 1985

    USA for Africa record 'We Are the World'.

  • 28 Jan 1973

    Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather won five Golden Globe awards.

  • 28 Jan 1962

    Honeybees stung Johannes Relleke a world record 2,443 times in Zimbabwe.

  • 28 Jan 1958

    A patent was received for Ole Kirk Christiansen's LEGO plastic bricks.

  • 28 Jan 1935

    Law No. 38 in Iceland was approved, making abortion legal.

  • 28 Jan 1920

    Spain founded the Spanish Legion; an army unit made up of foreign soldiers.

  • 28 Jan 1915

    The United States Coast Guard was formed by an act passed by the US Congress.

  • 28 Jan 1887

    Digging began to make way for the construction of the Eiffel Tower, Paris.

  • 28 Jan 1887

    The world's largest snowflake measuring 15 inches wide by 8 inches thick, was discovered in a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana.

  • 28 Jan 1820

    Fabian von Bellinghausen discovers the Antarctic.

  • 28 Jan 1813

    Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen was first published in the UK.

  • 28 Jan 1547

    Edward VI was crowned King of England after Henry VIII died.