Unforgettable Moments: January 28 in History

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1624 Sir Thomas Warner founds the first English colony in the Caribbean, on Saint Kitts.
1671 Welsh pirate Henry Morgan captures Panama City from its Spanish defenders
1689 English parliament resolves that the throne is vacant
1787 Philadelphia's Free Africa Society organizes
1855 The first locomotive runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean on the Panama Railway
1865 Confederate President Jefferson Davis names his three commissioners to negotiate for peace with the Union
1878 Yale Daily News published, 1st college daily newspaper
1887 In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the world's largest snowflakes are reported, being 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) thick
1902 Carnegie Institute founded in Washington, D.C.
1904 1st college sports letters given to Seniors who played on University of Chicago's football team are awarded blankets with letter "C" on them
1909 US military forces leave Cuba for 2nd time
1914 Beverly Hills, California, is incorporated
1915 The United States Coast Guard is created by merging the US Life Saving Service & the US Revenue Cutter Service
1915 US President Woodrow Wilson refuses to prohibit immigration of illiterates
1922 J E Clair turns Green Bay franchise back to NFL
1935 Iceland becomes 1st western country to legalize abortion
1949 NY Giants sign their 1st black players, Monte Irvin & Ford Smith
1960 1st photograph bounced off Moon, Washington, D.C.
1960 NFL announces Dallas Cowboys (1960) & Minnesota Vikings (1961) franchises
1978 Ted Nugent autographs a fan's arm with his knife
1985 Charity single "We Are the World" recorded by supergroup USA for Africa (Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, Quincy Jones, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, and other pop stars)
1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, killing all 7 crew members, including Christa McAuliffe who was to be the first teacher in space
2003 In his State of the Union address US President George W. Bush announces President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) - plan will go on to save 25 million lives worldwide (as of Jan 2023)
2020 US President Donald Trump releases his Middle East peace plan alongside Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House
2021 Bernie Sanders mittens worn to the inauguration raise $1.8 million for Vermont charities after images go viral
2021 Share trading app Robinhood, favored by Reddit, suspends trading of Gamestop amid huge surge in share price of the previously short listed stock by Wall Street