South African businessman, Patrice Motsepe celebrates his birthday. PHOTO: CAF
On This Day in South Africa: What happened on 28 January?
We look back on this day in history and remember the people and events that shaped the world we live in today.
South African businessman, Patrice Motsepe celebrates his birthday. PHOTO: CAF
Here’s a look at what happened on this day, 28 January, throughout world and South African history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever.
ON THIS DAY: 28 JANUARY
2013 | Jazz musician Victor Ntoni died of a heart attack at the Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg.
2021 | A nitrogen leak at a chicken feed processing facility in Gainesville, Georgia killed six people and injured at least ten.
1982 | US Army General James L. Dozier was rescued by Italian anti-terrorist forces from captivity by the Red Brigades.
1724 | The Russian Academy of Sciences was founded in St. Petersburg, Russia, by Peter the Great, and implemented by order of the Senate. It was called the College of Science of St. Petersburg until 1917.
1984 | Tropical Storm Domoina made landfall in southern Mozambique, eventually killing 214 people and causing some of the worst flooding ever recorded in the region.
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BIRTHDAYS
1962 | South African businessman, Patrice Motsepe
1988 | South African rapper, AKA.
1933 | American director and screenwriter, Jack Hill.
1975 | American baseball player and coach, Junior Spivey,
1948 | American drummer, Bob Moses.
ON THIS DAY: DEATHS
2004 | American captain, Lloyd M. Bucher, 77.
1950 | Russian mathematician and academic Nikolai Luzin, 67.
1754 | Norwegian-Danish historian and philosopher Ludvig Holberg, 70.
1935 | Russian composer and conductor, pMikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov,76.
2012 | Roman Juszkiewicz, Polish astronomer and astrophysicist, 60.
SPORTS
2017 | American tennis player Serena Williams defeated her older sister Venus Williams 6–4, 6–4 to win her seventh Australian title and record her 23rd Grand Slam victory on this day.
ENTERTAINMENT
1998 | On this day, Italian painter and sculptor, Michelangelo’s iconic painting “Christ and the Woman of Samaria” was sold for $7.4 million.
AFRICA FACT
At least 65% of the world’s uncultivated land is in Africa.
