This Day In History

January 28th

1868  14th Amendment to the US Constitution ratified.
1956  Elvis Presley made his 1st national television appearance on The Dorsey Brothers Show.
1957  The Brooklyn Dodgers announced they were moving to Los Angeles, California.
1973  Cease-fire went into effect in the Vietnam War.
1986   Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after take-off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, killing all seven crew members, including school-teacher Christa McCauliffe.

1936  Actor Alan Alda
1950  Actress/Model Barbi Benton

1959

• Sixteen Candles - The Crests

• My Happiness - Connie Francis

• Donna - Ritchie Valens

• The All American Boy - Bill Parsons

1968

• Judy in Disguise (with Glasses) - John Fred & The Playboy Band

• Spooky - Classics IV

• Chain of Fools - Aretha Franklin

• Sing Me Back Home - Merle Haggard & The Strangers

1977

• You Make Me Feel like Dancing - Leo Sayer

• I Wish - Stevie Wonder

• After the Lovin' - Engelbert Humperdinck

• I Can't Believe She Gives It all to Me - Conway Twitty

1986

• How Will I Know - Whitney Houston

• That's What Friends Are For - Dionne and Friends

• Walk of Life - Dire Straits

• Never be You - Rosanne Cash

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