Wikipedia:Main Page history/2017 January 28

Sri Lankan Christmas tree

• ... that the Sri Lankan Christmas tree (pictured) is claimed to be the world’s tallest artificial Christmas tree?
• ... that Pulitzer Prize-winning sportswriter Arthur Daley wrote more than 10,000 columns for The New York Times?
• ... that a tick finds a potential host by detecting its breath and body odors, or by sensing its vibrations or changes in temperature?
• ... that Heinrich Parler and his son Peter Parler were among the most influential Gothic architects of the Middle Ages?
• ... that LifeRing Secular Recovery provides support and assistance to people trying to beat alcohol and drug addiction without religion?
• ... that on May 24, 1985, over 100 villagers in Oliveto Citra claimed to have seen an apparition of the Virgin Mary?
• ... that to prepare for his role as surgeon Raf di Lucca in Holby City, actor Joe McFadden watched open-heart surgery?

Yokozuna Kisenosato Yutaka

• Scientists at Harvard University report the first creation of metallic hydrogen in a laboratory, using a diamond anvil cell.
• In sumo, Kisenosato Yutaka (pictured) is promoted as the 72nd yokozuna, becoming the first Japanese wrestler to earn the title in 19 years.
• The
  trigger Article 50 to leave the European Union
  .
• Tornadoes and severe thunderstorms kill at least twenty people across the Southeastern United States
  .

January 28: Chinese New Year and Korean New Year (2017)

Lego bricks

• 1393 – King Charles VI of France was nearly killed when several dancers' costumes caught fire during a masquerade ball.
• 1821 – Alexander Island, the largest island of Antarctica, was discovered by explorer Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen of the Imperial Russian Navy.
• biggest recorded snowstorm in Washington, D.C., history caused the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre
  to collapse, killing 98 people.
• 1958 – The Lego Group, a Danish toy company, patented the design of Lego bricks (pictured).
• A deadly blizzard hit upstate New York and Southern Ontario, creating snowdrifts
  of up to 30 ft (9 m) in affected areas.