Today in Music & more (January 28)

Singers / Musicians

1887, Arthur Rubinstein (pianist)

1929, Acker Bilk (Stranger On The Shore, 1961)

1945, Robert Wyatt (SOFT MACHINE)

1949, Gene McFadden (McFADDEN & WHITEHEAD)

1952, George Green (songwriter / Hurt So Good, 1982)

1956, Peter Schilling (Major Tom (Völlig Losgelöst), 1982)

1959, Dave Sharp (THE ALARM / guitar)

1968, Sarah McLachlan 

1968, Rakim / William Michael Griffin Jr. (ERIC B & RAKIM)

1977, Joey Fatone (NSYNC)

1980, Nick Carter (BACKSTREET BOYS)

Various

1912, Jackson Pollock (painter)

1936, Alan Alda (actor)

1948, Μηνάς Χατζησάββας (ηθοποιός)

1949, Gregg Popovich (NBA) 

1955, Nicolas Sarkozy 

1975, Tim Montgomery (track & field, 100 meters)

1978, Gianluigi Buffon (football, Italy)

1981, Elijah Wood (actor, The Lord Of The Rings)

1992, Sergio Araujo (football,  Argentina)

Died

1596, Francis Drake (English explorer, Francis Drake's circumnavigation of the world)

1996, Jerry Siegel (co-creator of Superman)

2005, Jim Capaldi (TRAFFIC)

2008, Αρχιεπίσκοπος Χριστόδουλος 

2020, Γιώργος Κοτανίδης (ηθοποιός)

2023, Tom Verlaine / Thomas Miller (TELEVISION)

Important Dates

1986, Space Shuttle Challenger disaster

2000, Εγκαίνια του Metro της Αθήνας