What happend on 28th January

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29.01
1918

Finnish Civil War: Rebels seized control of the capital, Helsinki, and members of the Senate of Finland go underground.

1917

United States ends search for Pancho Villa.

1916

Louis D. Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.

1915

An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard.

1909

United States troops leave Cuba after being there since the Spanish-American War.

1902

The Carnegie Institution is founded in Washington, DC with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.

1887

In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, USA, the world's largest snowflakes are reported, being 15 inches (38cm) wide and 8 inches (20cm) thick.

1878

The Yale News becomes the first daily, college newspaper in the United States.

1871

Franco-Prussian War: France surrenders, ending the war.

1855

The first locomotive runs from the Atlantic to the Pacific on the Panama Railway.