Today is Thursday, January 28, the 28th day of 2010. There are 337 days left in the year.

On this date

In 1547, England's King Henry VIII died; he was succeeded by his nine-year-old son, Edward VI.

In 1935, Iceland became the first country to legalise abortion on medical-social grounds.

In 1945, Allied supplies began reaching China over the newly reopened Burma Road. It had been the subject of fierce fighting with Japanese troops.

In 1980, in what became known as "the Canadian Caper," six US diplomats who had avoided being taken hostage at their embassy in Tehran flew out of Iran with the help of Canadian diplomats.

Thought for Today

"Organisation can never be a substitute for initiative and for judgement." — Louis D. Brandeis, U.S. Supreme Court justice (1856-1941).