What is the most important thing that happened in history on January 28?

Anyone can scan the sites that offer events on this date. The trick is to choosing the most significant of them (a largely subjective process). I have to give a nod to two of them: In American history, the January 28, 1986 explosion of the Challenger was a huge impact on the U.S.Space program.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has a site that compiles reports about the event at history.nasa.gov/sts51l.html. This includes links outside of NASA. I think in another important event came on January 28, 1997 when, before the South African Truth and Reconciliation Committee, four police officers finally admitted to murdering anti-Apartheid martyr Steven Biko twenty years earlier.

Here is a condensed history of the nation, and page 2 of the site gives some information and links. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107983.html Here is more about Stephen Biko: http://africanhistory.about.com/od/stevebiko/a/bio-Biko.htm.

On January 28, 1965, Queen Elizabeth II proclaims the new and current flag for Canada! There was an official ceremony on February 15 on Parliament The previous Canada flag which was the Canadian Red Ensign design was taken down and the current flag first flew. In 1964, former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker attacks plans for new Canada flag.

youtube.com/watch?v=6wmk6fvcJDA Teenager explaining the story of the Canadian flag youtube.com/watch?v=L4toL-w58hM.

Today is the most important January 28th in the history of the universe. Planet iEarth in enjoying the first full day of the new Apple iPad. Today has arrived and and looks to be passing by quite nicely..Thursday January 28th, 2010.

Everyone seems quite gleeful in knowing the Apple Wheel is now outdated now that Apple has taped 9 iPhones to the back of a cafeteria tray.

It was on this date January 28, 2009, that Mahalo CEO Jason M. Calacanis, have invited everybody to observe the day of Empathy on the Web. -quote- "Calacanis encouraged Internet users to "say something nice to someone on Twitter, Facebook or your blog and tag it with #empathyday at the end." -end of quote.

On January 28th 1547, King Henry VIII died, 56 years (and six wives) after his birth; his sixth wife, Catherine Parr, outlived him and was free to marry Seymour, her "declared" lover, prior to the King insisting on her hand in marriage. Very sad story is Catherine, she moved to be with her lover, bore his child and died a month later, only 1 year 7 months after King Henry died. Henry VIII was succeeded by 9-year-old Edward VI, the youngest ever King of England.

The most important thing that happened in history on January 22, was the landmark ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court to legalize abortion, a case between Roe vs Wade.

Although it's relatively recent, the elevation of Evo Morales to the presidency of Bolivia on January 22, 2006 was hugely significant, as he became the country's first indigenous ruler since the Spanish conquest of the South America some 470 years previously.

The most important historical event that happened in history on January 22 was when England & France declare war on Emperor Charles V 1528. Information obtain from these two sites thisdaythatyear.com/jan/events22.htm en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1520s_in_England ----quote---- 1528 22 January - Henry VIII and Francis I of France declare war on Emperor Charles V. 1 March - trade suspended between England and the Netherlands because of the war with the Holy Roman Empire.

1 June - Unrest in England caused by economic difficulties due to the war forces the government to seek a truce with the Empire. 1 July - Major outbreak of sweating sickness in London.2 ----quote---- Information quoted from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1520s_in_England This war was waged against Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor "his realm, which has been described as one in which the sun never sets, spanned almost 4 million square kilometers. " Franis was defeated which prevented him from regaining his hold on Italy.

Charles V was able to expand the Spanish empire in the New World which included Italy.

The first Irish parliament "Dail Eireann" (pronounced doyil ayrun) met on January 21, 1919. With the island still considered part of Great Britain at the time, this declaration / meeting was seen as a direct rejection of British Rule, and led directly to the Irish War of Independence, which itself would eventually lead to a partitioning of the island into a southern and a northern state. Together with the 1916 Easter Rising and the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, the foundation of Dail Eireann was one of the seminal events in the history of the modern Irish nation.

These are the important events that happened in history on January 21st. -----end of quote 1189 – Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. 1287 – The treaty of San Agayz is signed.

Minorca is conquered by King Alfons III of Aragon. 1525 – The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is born when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union. 1643 – Abel Tasman is the first European to reach Tonga.1720 – Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm.1749 – The Verona Philharmonic Theatre is destroyed by fire.It is rebuilt in 1754.1789 – The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is printed in Boston, Massachusetts.

1793 – After being found guilty of treason by the French Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.1861 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.1864 – The Tauranga Campaign starts during the Maori Wars. 1887 – Brisbane receives a daily rainfall of 465 millimetres (18.3 inches), a record for any Australian capital city.1893 – The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, which is now Botswana.1899 – Opel manufactures its first automobile.1908 – New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.1911 – The first Monte Carlo Rally.1915 – Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit, Michigan.1919 – Meeting of the First Dáil Éireann in the Mansion House Dublin. Sinn Féin adopts Ireland's first constitution.

The first engagement of Irish War of Independence, Sologhead Beg, County Tipperary.1921 – The Communist Party of Italy is founded at Livorno.1925 – Albania declares itself a republic.1948 – The Flag of Quebec is adopted and flown for the first time over the National Assembly of Quebec. The day is marked annually as Quebec Flag Day.1950 – Alger ss is convicted of perjury.1954 – The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus (SSN-571), is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.1958 – The last Fokker C. X in military service, the Finnish Air Force FK-111 target tower, crashes, killing the pilot and winch-operator.1960 – Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia, aboard Little Joe 1B – an unmanned test of the Mercury spacecraft.1968 – Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh – One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.1968 – A B-52 bomber crashes near Thule Air Base, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures.

One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete.1976 – Commercial service of Concorde begins with London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes.1977 – President Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all American Vietnam War draft evaders, some of whom had emigrated to Canada.1981 – Tehran releases United States hostages after 444 days.1997 – Newt Gingrich becomes the first leader of the United States House of Representatives to be internally disciplined for ethical misconduct. 1999 – War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kg (9,500 lb) of cocaine on board.2000 – Ecuador: After the Ecuadorian Congress is seized by indigenous organizations, Col. Lucio Gutierrez, Carlos Solorzano and Antonio Vargas depose President Jamil Mahuad.

Gutierrez is later replaced by Gen. Carlos Mendoza, who resigns and allows Vice-President Gustavo Noboa to succeed Mahuad.2002 – The Canadian Dollar sets all-time low against the US Dollar (US$0.6179).2004 – The residence of reporter Juliet O'Neill is searched by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) investigating leaks concerning the deportation of Maher Arar.2005 – In Belmopan, Belize, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots.2007 – Awashima Marine Park in Japan catches a video tape of the rare frilled shark.2008 – Black Monday in worldwide stock markets. FTSE 100 had its biggest ever one-day points fall, European stocks closed with their worst result since 11 September 2001, and Asian stocks drop as much as 15%.

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I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.