This Day, That Year – January 28

London’s Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight on this day in 1807.

Did you know that:

• Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” was published by Thomas Egerton in the UK on this day in 1813
• A patent was granted to chemist Louis Pasteur for a process of brewing beer and ale on this day in 1873
• Will Poulter is an English actor born on this day in 1993