This Day in History: January 28th
1624 – Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean on the island of Saint Kitts. The natives of St. Kitts are so overjoyed that most of them die.
1871 – Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Paris ends in French defeat, an armistice, and hors d’oeuvres.
1887 – In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the world’s largest snowflakes are reported, 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick. Surviving witnesses described it as incredibly beautiful and absolutely deadly (over 200 lives lost).
1985 – Supergroup USA for Africa records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief. It becomes the highest-grossing terrible song ever.
1986 – NASA send its giant firework “Challenger” up into the sky with spectacular results.