Today is Monday, Jan. 28, the 28th day of 2008. There are 338 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Monday, Jan. 28, the 28th day of 2008. There are 338 days left in the year. On this date in 1986, the space shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center, killing all seven of its crew members: flight commander Francis R. “Dick” Scobee; pilot Michael Smith; Ronald McNair; Ellison Onizuka; Judith Resnik; Gregory Jarvis; and schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe.

In 1547, England’s King Henry the VIII dies; he is succeeded by his 9-year-old son, Edward the VI. In 1878, the first daily college newspaper, Yale News (now Yale Daily News), begins publication in New Haven, Conn. In 1909, the United States ends direct control over Cuba. In 1915, the United States Coast Guard is created as President Woodrow Wilson signs into law a bill merging the Life-Saving Service and Revenue Cutter Service. In 1916, Louis D. Brandeis is nominated by President Woodrow Wilson to the Supreme Court; Brandeis becomes the court’s first Jewish member. In 1945, during World War II, Allied supplies begin reaching China over the newly reopened Burma Road. In 1973, a cease-fire officially goes into effect in the Vietnam War. In 1978, fire sweeps through the historic downtown Coates House hotel in Kansas City, Mo., killing 20 people.

January 28, 1983: Michael J. McCullion, who successfully headed Gov. Richard F. Celeste’s primary and general election campaigns in the Youngstown area, is appointed Ohio registrar of motor vehicles.

Scott L. Sussman, executive director of the Western Reserve Transit Authority, proposes fare increases to take effect April 1.

Mahoning County Recorder William E.. Repasky announces that he will lay off more than half of his 13-member staff because of inadequate funds.

January 28, 1968: More than 200 Youngstown public school administrators and teachers, social workers and interested residents exchange ideas about problems in inner-city schools during an all-day seminar at Youngstown State University.

The Rev. John Paul Ashton, a native of Youngstown who has been on the faculty of Catholic University in Washington, D.C., is named principal of Ursuline High school, succeeding the Rev. Robert Sabatino.

Myron E. Roberts, president of the Mahoning National Bank since 1954, is resigning, but will continue as a member of the board and executive committee.

January 28, 1958: Calvin Sommer, assistant treasurer of the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. will serve as chairman for the community campaign of the Youngstown Hospital Association’s drive to raise $1.1 million.

Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. reports a net income of $42.5 million, equal to $12.35 a share, in 1957, despite a decline in business.

A safe in the Youngstown University Library containing $50 is carted away by thieves who gained entrance to the building by breaking a window and backed a truck up to a rear door to make their escape.

January 28, 1933: The home of A.W. Smith, 265 Crandall Ave., general superintendent of the Campbell and Struthers works of the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. is shaken by the explosion of a crude bomb in the early morning hours. A second bomb made of 3-inch pipe about 18 inches long failed to detonate.

Youngstown Mayor Mark Moore and finance director Hugh D. Hindman reject suggestions that Youngstown pay its workers in scrip. “Nothing takes the place of the good old American dollar,” says Hindman.

The Federal Store at 238-242 W. Federal Street closes its doors. All stock and fixtures will be sold at once, says Frank W. Mouery, head of the store.