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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2009

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Today is Wednesday, January 28, the 28th day of 2009. There are 337 days left in the year.

1077 _ Pope Gregory VII pardons German emperor Heinrich IV

1099 _ First Crusaders begins siege of Hosn-el-Akrad Syria

1547 _ Nine-year-old Edward VI succeeds Henry VIII as king of England

1613 _ Galileo may have unknowingly viewed undiscovered planet Neptune

1689 _ English parliament ends king Charles II reign

1914 _ Beverly Hills, California, is incorporated

1918 _ Trotsky becomes leader of Reds

1932 _ Japan occupies Shanghai

1935 _ Iceland becomes first country to legalize abortion

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