On this day …
January 28, 2018
- In 814, Charlemagne died of pleurisy in Aachen, Germany.
- In 1547, King Henry VIII of England died.
- In 1724, the Russian Academy of Sciences was founded in St. Petersburg by Peter the Great.
- In 1813, Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice was published.
- In 1851, Northwestern University became the first chartered university in Illinois.
- In 1915, the U.S. Coast Guard was created by an act of Congress.
- In 1958, Lego patented the design of its toy bricks.
- In 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on liftoff, killing all seven crew members.
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