JANUARY 28 | Birthdays and Events

Notable Birthdays for January 28

Charles W. Nash (1864-1948) - Founder of Nash Motors.

Lewis Wilson (1920-2000) - The first actor to play Batman in the 1943 film serial Batman.

Robert W. Holley (1922-1991) - Biochemist who performed groundbreaking discoveries with RNA.

Don Fraser (1927-2019) - Famous boxing promoter Sugar Ray Robinson, Ruben Olivares, George Foreman).

Alan Alda (1936-Still Living) - Actor widely recognized as his role as Captain Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H.

Memorable Events for January 28

1787 - The Free Africa Society organizes in Philadelphia.

1813 - Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) is first published in the UK.

1851 - Northwestern University becomes the first chartered university in Illinois.

1855- The first locomotive runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean on the Panama Railway.

1878 - Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the U.S.

1904 - The first college sports letter (a "C") are given to Seniors who played on University of Chicago's football team.

1915 - The U.S. Coast Guard is created as a branch of the U.S. Armed Forces.

1915 - President Woodrow Wilson refuses to prohibit immigration of illiterates.

1932 - Wisconsin enacts the first U.S. state unemployment insurance.

1956 - Elvis Presley makes his first national television appearance.

1958 - The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks.

1986 - Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, killing all seven crew members.

2003 - President George W. Bush announce the Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) worldwide during his State of the Union.