Today in world history [2024-01-28]

Date	Events
1918	Leon Trotsky began establishing the Red Army in the Soviet Union.
1921	Albert Einstein proposed that the universe could be measured. It started a debate in the scientific world.
1935	Iceland became the first country to legalize abortion.
1986	The space shuttle Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds after launch: seven astronauts died. It was claimed that the error was caused by leakage in solid fuel engines.
1988	THY banned smoking on domestic flights.
2002	A Boeing 727-100 passenger plane belonging to Ecuadorian Airlines crashed into the Andes mountains in southern Colombia: 92 people died.
2006	The roof of an exhibition palace in Katowice, Poland, collapsed under the weight of accumulated snow: 62 people died and 140 people were injured.