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What happened in history on this day: January 28?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On January 28 in ...
- 1986 - PC magazine changes name to PC Magazine.
- 2002 - Apple Computer begins shipping a Power Mac with two 1 GHz processors. It features 512 MB RAM, 80 GB hard drive. Price is US$2999.
- 2002 - Apple Computer begins shipping a Power Mac with a 933 MHz processor. It features 256 MB RAM, 60 GB hard drive, DVD recording drive, Nvidia GeForce 4 MX graphics card. Price is US$2299.
- 2002 - Apple Computer begins shipping a Power Mac with a 800 MHz PowerPC processor. It features 256 MB RAM, 40 GB hard drive, CD-RW drive, ATI Radeon 7500 graphics card. Price is US$1599.
- 2003 - Apple Computer announces a new high-end Power Mac. It features dual 1.42 GHz PowerPC G4 processors, 512 MB RAM, 120 GB hard drive, 4X DVD SuperDrive, ATI Radeon 9000 Pro graphics card, 56 kbps modem, USB 1.1, Ethernet, Mac OS 10.2.3, FireWire 800, and iLife digital media suite. Price is US$2699.
- 2003 - Apple Computer announces a new low-end Power Mac. It features 1 GHz PowerPC G4 processor, 256 MB RAM, 60 GB hard drive, CD-RW/DVD drive, 64 MB Nvidia GeForce 4MX graphics card, 56 kbps modem, USB 1.1, Ethernet, Mac OS 10.2.3, FireWire 800, and iLife digital media suite. Price is US$1499.
- 2003 - Apple Computer announces a new midrange Power Mac. It features dual 1.25 GHz PowerPC G4 processors, 256 MB RAM, 80 GB hard drive, CD-RW/DVD drive, ATI Radeon 9000 Pro graphics card, 56 kbps modem, USB 1.1, Ethernet, Mac OS 10.2.3, FireWire 800, and iLife digital media suite. Price is US$1999.
- 2009 - A Federal judge in Arizona rules that MDY Industries is guilty of copyright infringement for its Glider software which plays Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft online game unattended.
- 1932 - Disney releases the Mickey Mouse film The Duck Hunt to theaters.
- 1941 - The Cartoonists Federation holds an open meeting to discuss a plan to serve as the bargaining unit for workers.
- 1944 - The Goofy film How to Be a Sailor is released to theaters.
- 1946 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film The Three Caballeros for an Oscar Award in the category Sound Recording.
- 1946 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film The Three Caballeros for an Oscar Award in the category Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture.
- 1946 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Donald's Crime for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Cartoons.
- 1962 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Sancho the Homing Steer, part two.
- 1965 - Disney releases the live-action short film A Country Coyote Goes Hollywood to theaters.
- 1965 - Buena Vista releases Disney's live-action feature film Those Calloways to theaters. The film is based on the book Swiftwater by Paul Annixter.
- 1968 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Pablo and the Dancing Chihuahua, part one.
- 1979 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, featuring Shadow of Fear, part one.
- 1980 - The Industrial Bank of Japan announces it and nearly 30 other Japanese banks have agreed to loan money to the Oriental Land Company to build a US$300 million Disney theme park in Tokyo.
- 1982 - Wally Boag gives his last performance at the Golden Horseshoe Revue at Disneyland. He did the show almost continuously since its opening in 1955, putting him in the Guiness Book of Records for the most number of performances of a show, about 40,000.
- 1988 - Groundbreaking for the Dolphin Hotel and Swan Hotel complex begins in Walt Disney World.
- 1997 - The Gambia issues 16 postage stamps depicting scenes from Disney's Monkey King.
- 1997 - Zambia issues twelve postage stamps for the Year of the Ox, depicting Disney characters: Clarabelle Cow, Minnie Mouse, and Mickey Mouse.
- 2005 - The Walt Disney Pictures / Walden Media film Aliens of the Deep is released to large format / IMAX theaters in the USA.
- 2007 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A scene in a prison cell is similar to the one in Disney's Aladdin, where an old man helps a younger man escape out of a loose brick in the wall.
- 2006 - At the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, the Rolex 24 at Daytona 24 Hours race is held, round one of the Grand American Rolex Series.
- Finishing 15th in GT class and 28th overall is the Michael Baughman Racing #46 Corvette, driven by Ray Mason, Michael Baughman, John Connolly, Frank Del Vecchio, and Bryan Collyer.
- Finishing 18th in GT class and 33rd overall is the Banner Racing #6 1999 Corvette, driven by Tommy Archer, Leighton Reese, Russ Oasis, and Dino Crescentini.
- Finishing 26th in GT class and 49th overall is the Stevenson Motorsports #57 Corvette, driven by Vic Rice, Tommy Riggins, John Stevenson, Spencer Trenery, and Dominic Cicero II.
- Finishing 27th in GT class and 53rd overall is the WTF Engineering #48 Corvette, driven by Toni Seiler, Robert Dubler, Hans Hauser, Michael DeFontes, and Kurt Thiel.
- Finishing 31st in GT class and 60th overall is the WTF Engineering #55 Corvette, driven by Zach Arnold, Johnny Miller, Eric Koselke, Jay Poscente, and Mark Montgomery.
- 2017 - At the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Florida, USA, the Rolex 24 at Daytona race is held, round 1 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
- Finishing 4th in GT Le Mans class and 8th overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C7.R driven by Jan Magnussen, Mike Rockenfeller, and Antonio Garcia.
- Finishing 9th in GT Le Mans class and 16th overall is the Corvette Racing #4 Corvette C7.R driven by Tommy Milner, Marcel Fassler, and Oliver Gavin.
- 1941 - Vichy France ceases hostilities with Siam.
- 1942 - In Malaya, British troops begin a retreat from the mainland.
- 1945 - American troops regain the front lines against the Germans held on December 16. Allied armies suffered about 83,000 casualties, and lost about 800 tanks. Germany lost over 100,000 men, 800 tanks, and 1000 aircraft.
- 1988 - Hideyuki Nakajima of Atari Games/Tengen signs an agreement with Nintendo, to become a licensed producer of game cartridges for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
- 2007 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A man asks a boy wearing an electronic glove "What's the PowerGlove for?", a reference to the Mattel PowerGlove controller for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
- 2022 - Nintendo releases the Pokémon Legends: Arceus game for the Nintendo Switch.
- 1638 - In Stockholm Castle, French ballet master Antoine de Beaulieu produces the first ballet ever staged in Sweden, "Le Ballet des Plaisirs de la Vie des Enfants sans soucy".
- 1993 - The demilitarized zone between Norway and Sweden is agreed by the two countries to no longer be needed. It was initiated by the 1905 convention, at 15-km wide on both sides of the border.
- 2002 - Astrid Lindgren dies peacefully in her apartment in Stockholm at age 94. About 130 million of her books are in circulation, translated into 86 languages.
- 1987 - A Royal proclamation changes the reverse design of the new dollar coin to a common loon resting on a lake.
- 1791 - Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton delivers Report on the Establishment of the Mint to House of Representatives. Hamilton proposes bimetallic standard of both gold and silver coins, $2.50 to $10 coins being 11 parts gold to 1 part alloy.
- 1824 - William Kneass is appointed chief engraver of the US Mint.
- 1911 - The Denver Mint begins striking 1911-dated double eagles.
- 1913 - The Denver Mint begins striking 1913-dated double eagles.
- 1985 - Superior Galleries conducts the auction of The Dr. Jerry Buss Collection Sale. Some highlights:
- Aubrey and Adeline Bebee acquire the Idler specimen of the Class III 1804 Draped Bust dollar (MS-60+) for US$308,000;
- Reed Hawn acquires the Olsen specimen of the 1913 Liberty Head nickel (PR-63) for $385,000.
- 2008 - The US Mint launches the 2008 Oklahoma State quarter dollar in Oklahoma City, and releases the coin to circulation.
- 2010 - The US Mint releases the 2010 Millard Fillmore Presidential dollar to circulation.
- 2013 - The US Mint releases the 2013 America the Beautiful - White Mountain National Forest quarter dollar coin to circulation.
- 1887 - England all out for 45 versus Australia Sydney Cricket Ground, their lowest total ever.
- 1904 - First college sports letters: Seniors who played on University of Chicago's football team are awarded blankets with letter "C" on them.
- 1911 - Frenchman Henri Rougier wins first Rally of Monte Carlo.
- 1914 - First Millrose Games (athletics) held (New York City, New York).
- 1922 - American Pro Football Association renamed "National Football League".
- 1922 - J E Clair turns Green Bay franchise back to NFL.
- 1931 - Donald Bradman scores 220 New South Wales versus Victoria, 308 minutes, 13 fours.
- 1943 - Chicago Blackhawks beats New York Rangers 10-1, Max Bentley scores four goals.
- 1943 - Forward Doug Bentley sets NHL record with five points in a game.
- 1958 - Brooklyn Dodgers' catcher Roy Campanella is paralyzed in an automobile wreck.
- 1959 - Soviet Union wins 62-37 for first international basketball loss by US.
- 1960 - NFL announces Dallas Cowboys (1960) and Minnesota Vikings (1961) franchises.
- 1968 - 29th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Chandler Harper.
- 1968 - Goose Goslin and Kiki Cuyler elected to baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1969 - Second ABA All-Star Game: West 133 beats East 127 at Louisville.
- 1972 - Oral Roberts' Eddie Woods grabs 30 rebounds for second consecutive game.
- 1973 - Henry Boucha of the Detroit Red Wings, scores 6 seconds into a game versus Montreal Canadiens.
- 1973 - Mickey Welch, George Kelly, and Billy Evans elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1974 - Sam Thompson, Jim Bottomley, and Jocko Conlan elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1975 - 8th ABA All-Star Game: East 151 beats West 124 at San Antonio.
- 1976 - Erapalli Prasanna takes 8-76 to rip through New Zealand at Eden Park.
- 1984 - Los Angeles Kings stop Wayne Gretzky's 51-game scoring streak.
- 1986 - The Texas Rangers sign free-agent catcher Darrell Porter to a one-year contract.
- 1989 - 63rd Australian Open Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Helena Sukova (6-4, 6-4).
- 1989 - Boon completes 7th Test century, 149 versus West Indies at Sydney Cricket Ground.
- 1990 - 78th Australian Men's Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Stefan Edberg (4-6, 7-6, 5-2-retire).
- 1990 - The San Francisco 49ers defend their NFL Championship, winning their fourth Super Bowl overall with a 55-10 win over the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXIV at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. Most Valuable Player is quarterback Joe Montana of the 49ers.
- 1991 - Boon completes 9th Test century, 121 versus England at Adelaide.
- 1992 - Boon completes 12th Test century, 135 versus India at Adelaide.
- 1992 - Stan Hansen beats Jumbo Tsuruta to win All Japan Triple Crown.
- 1994 - Inna Lassovskaja jumps ladies world record (14.78m).
- 1995 - 69th Australian Open Women's Tennis: Mary Pierce beats Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (6-3, 6-2).
- 1995 - 83rd Australian Open Men's Tennis: Andre Agassi beats Pete Sampras (4-6, 6-1, 7-6, 6-4).
- 1995 - Memphis Mad Dogs granted Canadian Football League's 13th franchise.
- 1996 - 84th Australian Men's Tennis: Boris Becker beats Michael Chang (6-2, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2).
- 1996 - The Dallas Cowboys become the first NFL franchise to win three Super Bowls in a span of four seasons, as they defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers 27-17 in Super Bowl XXX at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. It is the Cowboys' 5th Super Bowl championship. Larry Brown, Defensive Back, is named Most Valuable Player.
- 2001 - Super Bowl XXXV: The Baltimore Ravens beat the New York Giants 34-7.
- 2007 - (to February 4) The 2007 Asian Winter Games are held in Changchun, China.
- 2009 - Detroit Red Wings' forward Henrik Zetterberg signs a contract extension worth US$73 million over 12 years.
- 2017 - At the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Florida, USA, the Rolex 24 at Daytona race is held, round 1 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
- Finishing 1st in Prototype class and 1st overall is the Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 #10 Cadillac DPi driven by Jeffrey Gordon, Max Angelelli, and Ricky Taylor, and Jordan Taylor.
- Finishing 1st in GT Le Mans class and 5th overall is the Ford Chip Ganassi Racing #66 Ford GT driven by Joey Hand, Sebastien Bourdais, and Dirk Mueller.
- Finishing 1st in Prototype Challenge class and 15th overall is the Performance Tech Motorsports #38 ORECA FLM09 driven by Kyle Masson, Nick Boulle, James French, and Patricio O'Ward.
- Finishing 1st in GT Daytona class and 18th overall is the Alegra Motorsports #28 Porsche 911 GT3 R driven by Jesse Lazare, Daniel Morad, Michael Christensen, Michaelde Quesada, and Carlos De Quesada.
- 2022 - At Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona, USA, NHL regular season game: Boston Bruins beats Arizona Coyotes by score 2-1.
- 2022 - At American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, USA, NHL regular season game: Washington Capitals beats Dallas Stars by score 5-0.
- 2022 - At United Center in Chicago, Illinois, USA, NHL regular season game: Colorado Avalanche beats Chicago Blackhawks by score 6-4.
- 2022 - At Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: Minnesota Wild beats New York Rangers by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, NHL regular season game: Detroit Red Wings beats Pittsburgh Penguins by score 3-2.
- 1960 - First photograph bounced off Moon, from Washington DC.
- 1986 - 25th Space Shuttle mission (51L) - Challenger 10 explodes 73 seconds after liftoff. Killed are: Christa McAuliffe (teacher), Dr Judith Arlene Resnik, US Air Force Major Ellison S Onizuka, US Air Force Francis R Scobee, payload specialist Gregory B. Jarvis, US Navy Commander Michael J Smith, Ronald E McNair.
- 1262 - Flemish/Dutch coast ravaged by north western storm.
- 1787 - Philadelphia's Free Africa Society organizes.
- 1791 - Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton delivers Report on the Establishment of the Mint to House of Representatives. Hamilton proposes bimetallic standard of both gold and silver coins, $2.50 to $10 coins being 11 parts gold to 1 part alloy.
- 1824 - William Kneass becomes third US chief engraver (1824-40).
- 1833 - The Bank of the United States reports to the House Committee of Ways and Means the names of foreign stockholders of the Bank of the United States.
- 1851 - Northwestern University (Chicago) chartered.
- 1864 - Battle of New Bern, North Carolina.
- 1878 - First telephone exchange (New Haven, Connecticut) begins operating.
- 1878 - Yale Daily News is first published, first college daily newspaper.
- 1899 - American Social Science Association incorporated by US Congress.
- 1902 - The Carnegie Institute is founded in Washington, D.C.
- 1909 - US military forces leave Cuba for second time.
- 1914 - Beverly Hills, California, is incorporated.
- 1915 - First US ship lost in Great War, William P Frye (carrying wheat to United Kingdom).
- 1915 - US Coast Guard is created from Life-Saving Service and Revenue Cutter Service.
- 1915 - US President Woodrow Wilson refuses to prohibit immigration of illiterates.
- 1925 - -46 degrees F (-43 degrees C), Pittsburgh, New Hampshire (state record).
- 1932 - First US state unemployment insurance act enacted, in Wisconsin.
- 1934 - First US ski tow (rope) begins operation (Woodstock, Vermont).
- 1945 - General "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell and truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China.
- 1945 - American troops regain the front lines against the Germans held on December 16. Allied armies suffered about 83,000 casualties, and lost about 800 tanks. Germany lost over 100,000 men, 800 tanks, and 1000 aircraft.
- 1951 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1958 - Construction begins on first private thorium-uranium nuclear reactor.
- 1960 - First photograph bounced off Moon, from Washington DC.
- 1963 - -34 degrees F (-37 degrees C) in Cynthiana, Kentucky, USA (state record).
- 1979 - Wiz closes at Majestic Theater New York City, New York after 1672 performances.
- 1980 - 37th Golden Globes: Dustin Hoffman and Sally Field win.
- 1981 - Olympic Glory oil tanker at Galveston Bay, Texas, spills one million gallons of oil in a ship collision.
- 1981 - William J Casey becomes the 13th director of US Central Intelligence Agency (until 1987).
- 1982 - US conducts nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1982 - Wally Boag gives his last performance at the Golden Horseshoe Revue at Disneyland. He performed in the show almost continuously since its opening in 1955, putting him in the Guiness Book of Records for the most number of performances of a show, about 40,000.
- 1982 - In Padua, Italy, U.S. Brigadier General James L. Dozier is rescued by Italian anti-terrorism forces after 42 days of captivity under the Red Brigades.
- 1985 - (to January 29) At the A&M studios in Los Angeles, California, 45 of the world's top recording artists create and record the song "We Are the World" under the project "USA for Africa", promoted by Ken Kragen, and conducted by Quincy Jones.
- 1986 - 25th Space Shuttle mission (51L) - Challenger 10 explodes 73 seconds after liftoff. Killed are: Christa McAuliffe (teacher), Dr Judith Arlene Resnik, US Air Force Major Ellison S Onizuka, US Air Force Francis R Scobee, payload specialist Gregory B. Jarvis, US Navy Commander Michael J Smith, Ronald E McNair.
- 1986 - Angolan Unity Leader Jonas Savimbi visits Washington, DC.
- 1987 - US Foreign minister George Shultz meets African National Congress-leader Oliver Tambo.
- 1991 - 18th American Music Awards: M C Hammer and Janet Jackson.
- 1994 - Helicopter crashes into office building in San Jose, California, one dead.
- 2007 - A battle between insurgents and U.S.-backed Iraqi troops kills 300 suspected terrorists in Najaf, Iraq.
- 2008 - In Florida, USA, the Rupublican caucuses choose John McCain as candidate for the presidential election on November. The Democratic caucuses choose Hillary Clinton.
- 2009 - The US House of Representatives passes President Barack Obama's US$819 billion economic stimulus package, voting 244 to 188.
- 2019 - The U.S. Justice Department charges Chinese tech firm Huawei with multiple counts of fraud.
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