Daily Calendar for Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Events

• 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