Talk:January 28

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January 28 1077 – Walk to Canossa: Pope Gregory VII lifted the excommunication of Henry IV after the Holy Roman Emperor made his trek from Speyer to Canossa Castle to beg the pope for forgiveness for his actions in the Investiture Controversy. 1573 – The Warsaw Confederation was signed, sanctioning religious freedom in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. 1820 – A Russian expedition led by naval officers Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev approached the coast of Antarctica. 1855 – A train on the Panama Railway made the world's first transcontinental crossing, a 48-mile (77 km) trip from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean across the Isthmus of Panama. 1986 – The NASA Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated (pictured) 73 seconds into its tenth mission, killing all seven crew members. More events: January 27 – January 28 – January 29 Archive – By email – More anniversaries... It is now 12:43, October 4, 2008 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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What is meant by "Republic of Rwanda established"? declared? independence from Belgium? I did not find any reference to this date in the article History of Rwanda. --zeno 10:01 Jan 27, 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Space Shuttle Challenger disaster

I think we should add this one to the Main Page exhibit, to put in a more recent event. ----Kitch ^{(Talk : Contrib)} 13:33, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Super Bowl results

I don't see how these are notable. Any thoughts? -- Borameer ™ 14:09, 13 March 2007 (UTC)