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What happened in history on this day: January 28?
On January 28 in ...
- 1957 - NBC debuts Tonight! America After Dark, with hosts Jack Lescoulie and Al (Jazzbo) Collins.
- 1973 - CBS-TV debuts the Barnaby Jones detective TV show, starring Buddy Ebsen.
- 1978 - ABC TV debuts the Fantasy Island TV show, starring Ricardo Montalban.
- 1979 - CBS airs the 200th episode of TV show All In The Family.
- 1991 - NBC-TV debuts the news-in-depth show A Closer Look, with Faith Daniels.
Births on January 28
- 1880 - Birth of Mary Boland in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; comedienne/actress (Ruggles of Red Gap).
- 1892 - Birth of Ernst Lubitsch in Germany; actor (Love Parade).
- 1906 - Birth of Allan Walker; actor/writer (Red Buttons Show).
- 1908 - Birth of Hans [Hendrik AJ] Tiemeijer; Dutch actor/director/writer (Fear).
- 1910 - Birth of Arnold Moss in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Loves of Carmen, Kim, Québec, Viva Zapata).
- 1910 - Birth of John Banner in Vienna, Austria; actor (Sergeant Hans Schultz - Hogan's Heroes).
- 1918 - Birth of Suzanne Flon in Paris, France; actress (One Deadly Summer, Moulin Rouge).
- 1918 - Birth of Vito Scotti in San Francisco, California, USA; character actor (Life With Luigi, The Flying Nun, Barefoot in the Park, Disneyland).
- 1921 - Birth of Alfred Marks; actor/comedian (Desert Mice, Scream and Scream Again).
- 1933 - Birth of Susan Sontag in New York City, New York, USA; essayist/novelist/film director (The Benefactor, 1966 Pol Award).
- 1935 - Birth of Nicholas Pryor; actor (Beverly Hills 90210).
- 1936 - Birth of Alan Alda [Alphonso D'Abruzzo] in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Hawkeye Pierce - M*AS*H).
- 1941 - Birth of Joel Crothers in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; actor (Dr Miles Cavanaugh - Edge of Night, Dark Shadows).
- 1943 - Birth of John Beck in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Mark - Dallas, Flamingo Road, Santa Barbara).
- 1943 - Birth of Susan Howard in Marshall, Texas, USA; actress (Donna - Dallas, Petrocelli).
- 1946 - Birth of Renne Jarrett in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Nancy).
- 1950 - Birth of Barbi Benton [Klein] in California, USA; Playboy model/actress (Hee Haw, Sugar Time!).
- 1951 - Birth of Susan Buckner in Seattle, Washington, USA; actress (George - The Hardy Boys).
- 1954 - Birth of Anicee Alvina in Paris, France; actress (Friends).
- 1957 - Birth of Harley Jane Kozak; actress (Arachnophobia, Necessary Roughness).
- 1960 - Birth of John Caliri in Providence, Rhode Island, USA; actor (Vinnie - Square Pegs, Double Trouble).
- 1962 - Birth of Keith Hamilton Cobb in Tarrytown, New York, USA; actor (Noah Keefer - All My Children).
- 1962 - Birth of Sam Phillips; singer/actress (Die Hard with a Vengeance).
- 1981 - Birth of Elijah Wood in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; American actor and music producer (Radio Flyer, Good Son).
Deaths on January 28
- 1945 - Philip "Felix" Bekkers, actor (We Go on Trip), dies at age 37.
- 1957 - Fred Stein, TV panelist (Live Begins at 80), dies at age 88.
- 1973 - John Banner, actor (Sergeant Schultz - Hogan's Heroes), dies on 62nd birthday.
- 1977 - Burt Mustin, actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show), dies at age 92.
- 1984 - John Macvane, newscaster (United or Not), dies at age 71.
- 1993 - John Steadman, actor (Gator, Fade to Black), dies of lung ailment 83.
- 1994 - Hal Smith, American actor (Otis Campbell - Andy Griffith Show), dies at age 77 (born 1916).
- 2022 - Death of Donald May at age 92 of larynx cancer in Kent, New York, USA; actor (The Edge of Night TV show).
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