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==Images==
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File:Edward VI Scrots c1550 cropped.jpg|Edward VI of England
File:Challenger explosion.jpg|Space Shuttle Challenger explodes
File:Challenger - STS-51-L Explosion.ogg|''Challenger'' explodes
File:STS-51-L-patch-small.png|STS-51-L Insignia
File:CassandraAusten-JaneAusten(c.1810) hires.jpg|Jane Austen, {{circa|1810}}
File:KnickerbockerInterior.jpg|Aftermath of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapse
File:Lego Color Bricks.jpg|Lego bricks
File:Horace Walpole by John Giles Eccardt.jpg|Horace Walpole
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| [[661]] – [[Ali]], the fourth Islamic [[Caliphate|caliph]], '''[[Assassination of Ali|was assassinated]]''', effectively ending the [[Rashidun Caliphate]].
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| [[1077]] – [[Pope Gregory VII|Pope {{nowrap|Gregory VII}}]] lifted the [[excommunication]] of [[Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor|{{nowrap|Henry IV}}]] after the [[Holy Roman Emperor]] '''[[Road to Canossa|made his trek]]''' from [[Speyer]] to [[Canossa Castle]] to beg the pope for forgiveness for his actions in the [[Investiture Controversy]].
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| [[1521]] – Emperor [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|{{Nowrap|Charles V}}]] and the [[Estates of the realm|estates]] of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] convened at the '''[[Diet of Worms]]''' to discuss [[Martin Luther]] and the effects of the [[Protestant Reformation]].
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| [[1573]] – The '''[[Warsaw Confederation]]''' was signed, sanctioning [[Freedom of religion|religious freedom]] in the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]].
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| [[1724]] – The '''[[Russian Academy of Sciences]]''', the [[national academy]] of Russia, was established.
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| [[1846]] – The British led by [[Harry Smith (army)|Sir Harry Smith]] defeated the [[Sikh Khalsa Army]] led by [[Ranjodh Singh Majithia]] at the '''[[Battle of Aliwal]]''', sometimes regarded as the turning point of the [[First Anglo-Sikh War]].
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| [[1855]] – A train on the '''[[Panama Canal Railway|Panama Railway]]''' made the world's first [[transcontinental railroad|transcontinental]] crossing by rail, a {{convert|48|mi|adj=on}} trip from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific across the [[Isthmus of Panama]].
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| [[1871]] – French forces surrendered at the '''[[Siege of Paris (1870–1871)|Siege of Paris]]''', leading to the end of the [[Franco-Prussian War]] and the establishment of the [[German Empire]].
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| [[1896]] – Cited for travelling at {{convert|8|mph|km/h}}, Walter Arnold of [[East Peckham]], [[Kent]], England, became the first person ever convicted of exceeding the '''[[speed limit]]''', and was fined one [[shilling]].
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| [[1932]] – The '''[[January 28 incident]]''', a short war fought in and around [[Shanghai]] between the armies of the [[Republic of China]] and the [[Empire of Japan]], began.
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| [[1977]] – '''[[Blizzard of 1977|A deadly blizzard]]''' hit [[upstate New York]] and [[Southern Ontario]], creating [[snowdrift]]s of up to {{convert|30|ft|m|0|abbr=on}} in affected areas.
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| [[1981]] – U.S. president [[Ronald Reagan]] lifted [[price controls]] from petroleum products, contributing to the '''[[1980s oil glut]]'''.
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| [[1982]] – After having been kidnapped by the Italian [[Red Brigade]] 42 days earlier, General '''[[James L. Dozier]]''' of the [[United States Army]] was freed by the anti-terrorist force [[Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza|NOCS]].
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| [[2006]] – The roof of one of the buildings at the [[Katowice International Fair]] in [[Katowice]], Poland, '''[[Katowice Trade Hall roof collapse|collapsed]]''' due to the weight of snow, killing 65 visitors.
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| '''[[Yazid II|Yazid II]]''' |d|724|
| date not known for certain; see [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=NPA0DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA29&dq=Yazid+II+724+january]
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| '''[[Kathleen Lonsdale]]''' |b|1903
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==Eligible==
* [[1069]] – [[Robert de Comines|Robert de Comines, Earl of Northumbria]], was killed in [[Durham, England|Durham]], causing [[William the Conqueror]] to embark on '''[[Harrying of the North|a campaign to subjugate northern England]]'''.
* [[1142]] – Despite having saved the southern [[Song dynasty]] from attempts by the northern [[Jin dynasty (1115–1234)|Jin dynasty]] to conquer it, Chinese general '''[[Yue Fei]]''' was executed by the Song government.
* [[1547]] – Nine-year-old '''[[Edward VI|Edward VI]]''', the first English monarch to be raised as a [[Protestantism|Protestant]], became king.
* [[1754]] – The word '''''[[serendipity]]''''', derived from the Persian fairy tale ''[[The Three Princes of Serendip]]'', was coined by '''[[Horace Walpole]]''' ''(pictured)'' in a letter to a friend.
* [[1813]] – English author [[Jane Austen]]'s novel '''''[[Pride and Prejudice]]''''' was published, using material from an unpublished manuscript originally written between 1796 and 1797.
* [[1922]] – '''[[Knickerbocker storm|The largest recorded snowstorm]]''' in the history of [[Washington, D.C.]], collapsed the '''[[Knickerbocker Theatre (Washington, D.C.)|Knickerbocker Theatre]]''' ''(damage pictured)'', killing 98 people.
* [[1933]] – [[Choudhry Rahmat Ali]] published '''[[Pakistan Declaration|a pamphlet]]''' in which he called for the creation of a Muslim state in north-western [[British Raj|India]] that he termed "Pakstan".
* [[1941]] – The '''[[Uline Arena]]''' in Washington, D.C., opened to host the [[Ice Capades]].
* [[1958]] – [[The Lego Group]], a Danish toy company, filed a patent in Denmark for the design of '''[[Lego|Lego bricks]]''' ''(pictured)''.
* [[1964]] – Three U.S. Air Force pilots aboard an unarmed [[North American Sabreliner|{{nowrap|T-39}} Sabreliner]] were killed when '''[[1964 T-39 shootdown incident|the aircraft was shot down]]''' over [[Erfurt]], East Germany, by a Soviet [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19|{{nowrap|MiG-19}}]].
* [[1984]] – '''[[Tropical Storm Domoina]]''' made landfall in southern Mozambique, causing some of the most severe flooding recorded in the region.
* [[1986]] – The [[Space Shuttle Challenger|Space Shuttle ''Challenger'']] '''[[Space Shuttle Challenger disaster|disintegrated]]''' 73 seconds into its [[STS-51-L|tenth mission]], killing all seven crew members.
* Born/died: | '''[[Paul Luther]]''' |b|1533| '''[[Johannes Hevelius]]''' |bd|1611; 1687| '''[[Gregor Werner]]''' |b|1693| '''[[George S. Boutwell]]''' |b|1818| '''[[William H. Prescott]]''' |d|1859| '''[[Monty Noble]]''' |b|1873| '''[[Jasraj]]''' |b|1930| '''[[Alan Alda]]''' |b|1936| '''[[W. B. Yeats]]''' |d|1939| '''[[Paul Henderson]]''' |b|1943| '''[[Reynaldo Hahn]]''' |d|1947| '''[[Eddie Buczynski]]''' |b|1947| '''[[Bobbi Campbell]]''' |b|1952| '''[[Nick Carter]]''' |b|1980| '''[[Helen Sawyer Hogg]]''' |d|1993| '''[[Astrid Lindgren]]''' |d|2002| '''[[Yelena Romanova]]''' |d|2007|
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'''[[January 28]]'''
{{main page image/OTD|File:Charles VI Bal des Ardents detail.jpg|Charles VI after the ''Bal des Ardents''}}
* [[1393]] – [[Charles VI of France|King Charles VI of France]] ''(pictured)'' was nearly killed when '''[[Bal des Ardents|several other dancers' costumes caught fire]]''' during a [[masquerade ball]] in Paris.
* [[1568]] – Delegates of the [[Unio Trium Nationum|Three Nations of Transylvania]] adopted the '''[[Edict of Torda]]''', allowing local communities to elect their preachers freely, in an unprecedented act of religious tolerance.
* [[1671]] – [[Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660)|Anglo-Spanish War]]: In pursuit of retreating Spanish troops, English soldiers '''[[Henry Morgan's Panama expedition|sacked the city of Panama]]'''.
* [[1916]] – The province of [[Manitoba]] passed a law that first granted '''[[Women's suffrage in Canada|some Canadian women the right to vote]]'''. 
* [[1941]] – About three hours after Thai [[bomber]]s raided [[Serei Saophoan (city)|Sisophon]], a [[ceasefire]] paused hostilities in the '''[[Franco-Thai War]]'''.
{{Born and died list| '''[[Joan II of Navarre|Joan II of Navarre]]''' |b|1312| '''[[Agnes Sampson]]'''  |d|1591| '''[[Colette]]''' |b|1873| '''[[Cicely Tyson]]''' |d|2021|}}
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