It happenned on a… 28 January

The U.S. space shuttle Challenger exploded just after takeoff. All seven of its crewmembers were killed.

Charity single “We Are the World” is recorded by supergroup USA for Africa (Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie and other pop stars).

Six Americans who had fled the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran, on November 4, 1979, left Iran using false Canadian diplomatic passports. The Americans had been hidden at the Canadian embassy in Tehran.

The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.

Iceland became the first country to introduce legalized abortion.

Work begins on the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.