Campbell James McFadden arrived January 28, 2008 at 12:50PM PST (-7 GMT)
7 pounds 3 ounces (3.26 kg)
19.5 inches (49.5 cm)
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Current events that took place on Jan 28, 2008 (according to wikipedia)
- George W. Bush delivers his final State of the Union Address as President of the United States. (The Los Angeles Times)
- War in Pakistan (2004?¢‚Ǩ‚Äúpresent): A group of schoolchildren are taken hostage by militants in Bannu, Pakistan, but later released. (Sky News)
- Inflation in Zimbabwe rises to about 150,000%. The Zimbabwean dollar is essentially worthless. (allAfrica)
Selected events, tidbits and other information that has happened on the date Jan 28 (according to wikipedia)
- 1855 – The first locomotive runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific on the Panama Railway.
- 1878 – Yale Daily News becomes the first daily, college newspaper in the United States.
- 1887 – In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the world’s largest snowflakes are reported, being 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) thick. [I wonder if this has been broken?!]
- 1934 – The first ski tow in the United States begins operation in Vermont. [Campbell will ski ... no boarding in the fam
] - 1986 – Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission (Space Shuttle Challenger disaster) – Space Shuttle Challenger breaks apart 73 seconds after liftoff killing all seven astronauts onboard. [Read article from NY Times here: http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0128.html#article]
- 1990 – Super Bowl XXIV: The San Francisco 49ers defeat the Denver Broncos 55-10 to win their fourth Super Bowl. Joe Montana was named MVP. [sorry broncos, maybe in 20 years you'll go back with Campbell as your QB]
Selected Births
- 1457 – King Henry VII of England was born (d. 1509)
- 1980 – Nick Carter, American singer (Backstreet Boys) [very important icon to our pop culture]
- 1980 – Jesse James Hollywood, American drug dealer and fugitive
- 1981 – Elijah Wood, American actor
Selected Deaths
- 1547 – King Henry VIII of England (b. 1491)
- 1725 (O.S.) – Tsar Peter I of Russia, (b. 1672)
- 1986 – Crew of Space Shuttle Challenger:
- Greg Jarvis (b. 1944)
- Christa McAuliffe (b. 1948)
- Ronald McNair (b. 1950)
- Ellison Onizuka (b. 1946)
- Judith Resnik (b. 1949)
- Francis R. Scobee (b. 1939)
- Michael J. Smith (b. 1945)
