On This Day in History - 28th January
1833 General Gordon, British army commander, killed in the Sudan
1841 Sir Henry Morton Stanley, Sent to find the missing Dr Livingstone
1921 Alfred Marks, English comedian
1929 Acker Bilk, Jazz musician/clarinet player
1936 Alan Alda, American actor & television star of M*A*S*H
1944 Bobby Ball, British stage comedian of 'Cannon & Ball' fame
1948 Mikhail Baryshnikov, Soviet ballet dancer
1959 Dave Sharp, Of the group 'The Alarm'
1547 King Henry VIII of England died
1896 The first ever speeding fine in Britain was given
1932 Japanese forces occupied Shanghai, and then went on to invade the rest of China
1935 Iceland became the first country to legalise abortion
1953 Derek Bentley was hanged after being convicted for murdering a policeman
1957 Prince Charles spent his first day at school
1984 Snooker player Kirk Stevens scored a maximum 147 break
1986 The space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after take off, killing all onboard