On This Day: January 28th

A Learjet 45 crashes on approach to Baramati Airport in Maharashtra, killing all six occupants including the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Ajit Pawar.

The Rubaya mine collapse at Rubaya mines in DR Congo causes at least 400 deaths and injured several others.

Storm Kristin causes a catastrophic impact in Portugal and Spain with €6 billion in damage in the central region of Portugal, 15 deaths and 2,000 injuries.

Protests begin in the United States after police beat and kill Tyre Nichols.

A nitrogen leak at a poultry food processing facility in Gainesville, Georgia kills six and injures at least ten.

The roof of one of the buildings at the Katowice International Fair in Poland collapses due to the weight of snow, killing 65 and injuring more than 170 others.

TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727-100, crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia, killing 94.

In R v Morgentaler the Supreme Court of Canada strikes down all anti-abortion laws.

Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission: Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates after liftoff, killing all seven astronauts on board.

Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief.