This is our day guide for Tuesday January 28th 2020 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?
1986 - The spaceship Challenger embarks on its final flight, having been in active service since 1983. The subsequent explosion of the craft in the air, and the death of all seven crew members, is a defining moment of the 1980s.
1955 - After a week of being stranded on Brighstone Ledge off the Isle Of Wight, the 7,150-ton freighter Kingsbridge is finally refloated when she was towed back to sea by several tugs and a helicopter.
1953 - Derek Bentley is hanged in Wandsworth prison.
1547 - Death of king Henry VIII, whose dynastic aspirations resulted in England leaving the universal Roman Catholic Church and the creation of the Church of England.
