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January 28

3 sourced moments from January 28 in history: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is published (1813); The Lego Brick Is Patented in Its Modern Form (1958); and Why Challenger broke apart 73 seconds after launch (1986).

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3 things happened on January 28

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1986 Space · Space Exploration

Why Challenger broke apart 73 seconds after launch

A cold-stiffened O-ring doomed Challenger in 1986 — but the orbiter didn't simply explode, and its crew cabin survived the breakup.

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1958 Culture & Arts · Art

The Lego Brick Is Patented in Its Modern Form

At 1:58 pm on a January afternoon in 1958, a Danish patent locked in the little plastic brick that still snaps together today.

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1813 Culture & Arts · Literature

Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is published

A novel once rejected by a publisher arrived anonymously in three volumes — and Austen called it her own darling child.

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