History for January 28

History for January 28 - On-This-Day.com:
Sir Henry Morton Stanley 1841, William Seward Burroughs 1857, Jackson Pollock 1912 


Alan Alda 1936 - Actor ("M*A*S*H"), Barbi Benton 1950 - Actress, Elijah Wood 1981 


1871 - France surrendered in the Franco-Prussian War. 


1909 - The United States ended direct control over Cuba. 


1915 - The Coast Guard was created by an act of the U.S. Congress to fight contraband trade and aid distressed vessels at sea. 


1922 - The National Football League (NFL) franchise in Decatur, IL, transferred to Chicago. The team took the name Chicago Bears. 


1965 - General Motors reported the biggest profit of any U.S. company in history. 


1986 - The U.S. space shuttle Challenger exploded just after takeoff. All seven of its crewmembers were killed. 


1994 - In Los Angeles, Superior Court Judge Stanley Weisberg declared a mistrial in the case of Lyle Menendez in the murder of his parents. Lyle, and his brother Erik, were both retried later and were found guilty. They were sentenced to life in prison without parole. 


1999 - Ford Motor Company announced the purchase of Sweden's Volvo AB for $6.45 billion.