Partial Eclipse of the Sun: 1664 January 28http://astro.ukho.gov.uk/eclipse/0121664/Title: Total eclipse of the moon : January 28, 1888http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56523222/total-lunar-eclipse-january-28-1888/
The first public street lighting with gas was demonstrated in Pall Mall, London on January 28, 1807.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_light#Gas_lighting
Cyclone Domoina (also spelt Demoina) was a tropical cyclone that hit southern Africa in early 1984http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47544516/cyclone-domoina-1984/
The Blizzard of 1977 was a deadly blizzard that hit Southern Ontario from January 28 to February 1, 1977. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52419630/blizzard-of-1977/
Fabian Gottlieb Thaddeus von Bellingshausen, leader of the first Russian circumnavigation expedition, discovered the continent of Antarctica on January 28, 1820.Guinness World Records list the world's largest snowflakes as those of January 1887 at Fort Keogh, Montanahttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t25532708/snowfakes/
Alexander Island was discovered on January 28, 1821http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47544509/alexander-island/
The first sounding rocket flights for X-ray research at the White Sands Missile Range on January 28, 1949.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_astronomy#Sounding_rocket_flightsThe Raduga 1M-2 satellite was launched on the 28th January, 2010.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t33525436/raduga-1m-2-satellite/STS-51-L disintegrated 73 seconds after launch on the 28 January 1986http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t13198767/challenger/
Leonid Kostyantynovych Kadenyuk (born 28 January 1951) is the first astronaut of independent Ukraine.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_KadeniukJohn McCreary Fabian (born January 28, 1939, in Goose Creek, Texas) is a former NASA Astronauthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._FabianDavid Carl Hilmers (born January 28, 1950) is a former NASA astronaut.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Carl_HilmersMamoru "Mark" Mohri (born 29 January 1948) is a Japanese former NASDA astronauthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamoru_Mohri
Sir Henry Morton Stanley (28 January 1841 - 10 May 1904), was a Welsh American journalisthttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t51493619/henry-morton-stanley-1841-1904/Auguste Antoine Piccard (28 January 1884 - 24 March 1962) was a Swiss physicisthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_PiccardGiovanni Alfonso Borelli (28 January 1608 - 31 December 1679) was a Renaissance Italian physicisthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Alfonso_Borelli
Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery (28 July 1674 - 28 August 1731) was a patron of the sciences.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Boyle,_4th_Earl_of_OrreryJohannes Hevelius (28 January 1611 - 28 January 1687) was a councillor and mayor of Danzig (Gda?sk)http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t11793382/johannes-hevelius/Lucien Henri d'Azambuja (January 28, 1884, Paris - July 18, 1970) was an French astronomer http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56494725/lucien-dazambuja-1884-1970/Adrien Auzout (28 January 1622 - 23 May 1691) was a French astronomer.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrien_AuzoutDavid Stanley Evans (28 January 1916 - 14 November 2004) was a British astronomerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Stanley_EvansJulius Bauschinger (January 28, 1860 - January 21, 1934) was a German astronomer.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Bauschinger
György Kulin (28 January 1905 - 22 April 1989) was a Hungarian astronomer.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gy%C3%B6rgy_Kulin
James Craig Watson (January 28, 1838 - November 22, 1880) was a Canadian-American astronomer.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Craig_WatsonSaint Thomas Aquinas, O.P. (1225 - 7 March 1274) was an Italian Dominican priesthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Aquinas
NGC 2439 was discovered by John Herschel on the 28th January 1835. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56515155/ngc-2439/NGC 2564 was discovered by John Herschel on the 28th January 1837. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56515160/ngc-2564/NGC 3157 was discovered by John Herschel on the 28th January 1835. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56515189/ngc-3157/NGC 3302 was discovered by John Herschel on the 28th January 1835. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56515202/ngc-3302/NGC 4577 was discovered by William Herschel on the 28th January 1784. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56515225/ngc-4577/
Asteroid 142 Polana was discovered by Johann Palisa on January 28, 1875http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/142_Polana
Asteroid 282 Clorinde was discovered by Auguste Charlois on January 28, 1889 in Nice.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/282_ClorindeAsteroid 679 Pax was discovered by German astronomer August Kopff on January 28, 1909.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/679_Pax
A fireball was observed over Ireland on 28 January 2011http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t40812802/irish-meteor/
MeteoritesThe St. Caprais-de-Quinsac (L6) meteorite fell in Aquitaine, France, on the 28th January, 1883.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47544485/st-caprais-de-quinsac-meteorite/The Rumuruti (R3.8-6) meteorite fell in Rift Valley, Kenya, on the 28th January, 1934.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47544494/rumuruti-meteorite/The Dhajala (H3.8) meteorite fell in Gujarat, India, on the 28th January, 1976.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47544488/dhajala-meteorite/The Maryville (L6) meteorite fell in Tennessee, USA, on the 28th January, 1983.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47544492/maryville-meteorite/The Tianzhang (H5) meteorite fell in Anhui, China, on the 28th January, 1986.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47544490/tianzhang-meteorite/