Daily Calendar for Thursday, January 28, 2021

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The Yale Daily News became the first daily, college newspaper in the U.S. – 1878
Jose Miguel Gomez was inaugurated as president of Cuba and the U.S. provisional government withdrew – 1909
The U.S. Coast Guard was established by Congress, combining the Life Saving Service and the Revenue Cutter Service – 1915
Manitoba became first province to grant women suffrage – 1916
Aaron Copland’s instrumental suite, Quiet City, premiered in New York – 1941
Leonard Bernstein conducted the premiere of his first symphony, Jeremiah, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – 1944
An African American student, Harvey Gantt, entered Clemson College in South Carolina, thus breaking the barrier in the last state to hold out against integration. Harvey later became the first African-American mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina. – 1963
Barnaby Jones premiered on television – 1973
U.S. army officer, James Dozier, was rescued from his Red Brigade captors in Padua, Italy – 1982
The space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after take-off, killing all seven crew members, including teacher Christa McAuliffe – 1986
The Canadian Supreme Court ruled federal restrictions on abortions violate the constitution – 1988
An 8-pound 12-ounce redeye bass was caught in the Apalachicola River in Florida – 1995

Snowstorm left 36 inches in northern Virginia – 1772
Knickerbocker Storm’s 28 inches of snowfall crushed Washington theater of the same name, killing over 100 movie patrons – 1922
Forty-six degrees below zero F at First Connecticut Lake – 1925
-132 degrees F windchill, in Pelly Bay, Northwest Territories – 1989