January 28, 2009 (Wednesday)
- The United States House of Representatives passes the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. (The New York Times)
- Winter storms across the Midwestern United States have killed 19 people and cut electricity to 600,000 homes and businesses from Oklahoma to West Virginia. (Reuters via News Daily)(ABC News)
- A former New South Wales Police Force superintendent claims there was an attempted assassination of Queen Elizabeth II at Bowenfels railway station during a 1970 Royal Tour of Australia. (AFP via Google News)
- Israel bombards smuggling tunnels along the Gaza Strip-Egypt border in response to continued militant rocket fire. (Sky News)
- Sri Lankan Civil War:
- The Army kills at least 300 and wounds at least 300 Tamil people in Mullaitivu District. (AOL)
- At least 250,000 civilians are trapped in the crossfire between the Armed Forces and the Tamil Tigers. (CNN)
- The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board prepares its final report on the 2007 collision between two news helicopters in Phoenix, Arizona. (AZCentral.com)(AP via Google News)
- Boeing announces it will cut 10,000 jobs. (BBC)
- Lithuanian flag carrier FlyLAL declares bankruptcy. (Baltic Times)