MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2013

Today is Monday, January 28, the 28th day of 2013. There are 347 days left in the year.

1077 ― Pope Gregory VII pardons German emperor Heinrich IV

1099 ― First Crusaders begins siege of Hosn-el-Akrad, Syria

1613 ― Galileo may have unknowingly viewed undiscovered planet Neptune

1689 ― English parliament ends king Charles II reign

1807 ― London's Pall Mall is first street lit by gaslight

1918 ― Trotsky becomes leader of Reds

1932 ― Japan occupies Shanghai

1935 ― Iceland becomes first country to legalize abortion

1959 ― Soviet Union wins 62-37 for first international basketball loss by U.S.

1998 ― Michelangelo's ``Christ & the Woman of Samaria," sold for $7.4 million