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Events on January 28

• 1077 At the height of the Investiture Controversy, the German King Henry IV is absolved of excommunication by Pope Gregory VII at Canossa Castle in northern Italy, after he has shown his repentance through his walk to Canossa.
• 1887 In Paris, Gustave Eiffel's company begins construction of the Eiffel Tower, designed based on an idea by the Swiss Maurice Koechlin. The tower is completed in time for the World's Fair on March 31, 1889.
• 1900 The German Football Association (DFB) is founded by 86 clubs at a founding meeting in Leipzig. Ferdinand Hueppe, the representative of DFC Prague, is elected the first president.
• 1933 After a conversation with Reich President Paul von Hindenburg, German Reich Chancellor Kurt von Schleicher resigns and recommends the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Reich Chancellor. With the “seizure of power” two days later, the Weimar Republic comes to an end.
• 1958 The Danish company Lego applies for a patent for the Lego brick in its current form.
• 1981 The Council of Europe agrees on the European Data Protection Convention, a treaty regulating the protection and cross-border exchange of personal data.
• 1987 Mikhail Gorbachev calls for reforms in his speech and closing address at the plenum of the Central Committee of the CPSU: the beginning of glasnost and perestroika.
• 1999 Ford acquires Volvo's passenger car division, Volvo Car Corporation, for 6.45 billion US dollars.
• 2005 Procter & Gamble announces its intention to purchase The Gillette Company, which primarily manufactures razors, for 57 billion US dollars.
• 2010 As part of the European Capital of Culture year RUHR.2010, the Museum Folkwang in Essen reopens in a new building by the British architect David Chipperfield.
• 2018 Swiss tennis player Roger Federer wins the Australian Open for the sixth time in his career, thereby winning his 20th Grand Slam title in total.
• 2020 The first infection with SARS-CoV-2 is confirmed: A 33-year-old man from Bavaria had been infected by a Chinese colleague. The Regional Task Force for Infectious Diseases is immediately convened. However, the developing COVID-19 pandemic in Germany begins.

Born on January 28

• 1873 Colette, French writer, cabaret artist and journalist
• 1900 Hermann Kesten, German writer
• 1910 John Banner, Austrian actor
• 1912 Jackson Pollock, American painter
• 1930 Kurt Biedenkopf, German politician and jurist
• 1941 Jochen Busse, German actor and cabaret artist
• 1941 Carlos Slim Helú, Mexican businessman
• 1970 Julia Jäger, German actress
• 1980 Nick Carter, American singer
• 1981 Elijah Wood, American actor

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „28. Januar“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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