Looking Back At January 28
King Charles VI of France was nearly killed when several other dancers’ costumes caught fire during a masquerade ball in Paris
Articles of the Warsaw Confederation are signed, guaranteeing religious freedom
The original city of Panama (founded in 1519) was destroyed by a fire
The first time a locomotive on the Panama Canal Railway ran from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
An act of the U.S. Congress created the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces