This day in History - January 28

449 Historic Events for January 28
1932 Birth W Parry O'Brien, Calif, shot putter (Oly-2 gold/silver-52, 56, 60, 64)
1932 Birth Thomas J Bliley Jr, (Rep-R-VA, 1981- )
1932 Birth David Thompson, CEO (Gestetner Holdings)
1932 Birth Windlesham, Lord
1933 Birth Susan Sontag, NYC, author/film director (Benefactor, 1966 Pol Award)
1933 Event French govt of Paul Boncour falls
1933 Event German govt of Von Schleicher falls
1933 Death Theodor Birt [Beatus Rhenanus], German classicist/writer, dies at 80
1934 Birth Bill White, US, 1st baseman (Cards)/announcer (Yanks)/pres (NL)
1934 Birth BR White, principal (Regent's Park College-Oxford)
1934 Event 1st US ski tow (rope) begins operation (Woodstock Vermont)
1935 Birth Leonid Grabovsky, composer
1935 Birth David John Lodge, English writer (Soul and Bodies)
1935 Birth Nicholas Pryor, actor (Beverly Hills 90210)
1935 Death Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer, dies at 75
1935 Birth Manuel dos Santos Lima, Angolian revolutionary/poet (Pele do Diabo)
1935 Event Iceland becomes 1st country to legalize abortion
1936 Birth Bill Jordan, British trade unionist
1936 Birth Robert Suderburg, composer
1936 Event Pravda criticizes Sjostakovitsj' "Lady Macbeth" opera
1936 Birth Jack Scott, vocalist (My True Love)
1936 Birth Enid Castle, principal (Cheltenham Ladies' College)
1936 Birth Alan Alda, [Alphonso D'Abruzzo], NYC, actor (Hawkeye Pierce-M*A*S*H)
1937 Birth Ken Hill, playwright/director
1938 Death Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver, dies at 28