Historical Events In January - 28

1902  On January - 28 carnegie Institute founded in Wash DC   

1903  Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, crystallographer (1st woman in Royal Society) on January - 28.   

1903  On this day in history augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer, dies at 55   

1904  On January - 28 1st college sports letters given to Seniors who played on U of Chicago's football team are awarded blankets with letter "C" on them   

1906  On this day in history allan Walker, actor/writer (Red Buttons Show)   

1907  Constantin Regamey, composer on this day in history.   

1908  Hans [Hendrik AJ] Tiemeijer, Dutch actor/director/writer (Fear) on this day in history.   

1909  On January - 28 uS military forces leave Cuba for 2nd time   

1909  US milt forces leave Cuba for 2nd time on January - 28.   

1909  On this day in history lionel KP "Buster" Crabb, British diver (WW II-George Medal)   

1910  On this day in history arnold Moss, Bkln, actor (Loves of Carmen, Kim, Quebec, Viva Zapata)   

1910  On this day in history jose Garcia Robles, composer, dies at 74   

1911  Frenchman Henri Rougier wins first Rally of Monte Carlo on January - 28.   

1911  On January - 28 frenchman Henri Rougier wins 1st Rally of Monte Carlo   

1912  On January - 28 the birth of Jackson Pollock, American painter   

1912  On this day in history jackson Pollock, Cody Wyoming, expressionist painter (Lavender Mist)   

1913  Jan Masseus, composer on January - 28.   

1914  On this day in history beverly Hills, California, is incorporated   

1914  1st Millrose Games (athletics) held (NYC) on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history the first US ship sunk in WWI, William P Frye (carrying wheat to UK)   

1915  On January - 28 uS Coast Guard created from Life Saving &Revenue Cutter services   

1915  On January - 28 uS President Wilson refuses to prohibit immigration of illiterates   

1915  On January - 28 1st US ship lost in WW I, William P Frye (carrying wheat to UK)   

1916  On January - 28 german colony of Cameroon surrenders to Britain &France   

1916  Louis D. Brandeis becomes the first Jewish member of the U.S. Supreme Court on January - 28.   

1916  On January - 28 1st Jewish Supreme Court justice, Louis Brandeis, appointed by Wilson   

1916  On this day in history peter Crossley-Holland, composer   

1917  On January - 28 municipally owned streetcars take to the streets of San Francisco, California.   

1918  Leon Trotsky becomes leader of red army on January - 28.   

1918  Strike on Berlin ammunitions factory on January - 28.   

1918  On January - 28 trotsky becomes leader of Reds   

1918  Strike on Berlin ammunition's factory on January - 28.   

1918  Harry M Corbett, Bradford, puppeteer/entertainer (Sooty, Some People) on this day in history.   

1918  John McCrae, Canadian poet/physician, dies on January - 28.   

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1225  On this day in history birth of saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274)   

1312  On January - 28 birth of queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349)   

1457  Henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509) was born on this day in history.   

1540  Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610) was born on January - 28.   

1578  Cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39) was born on this day in history.   

1582  On January - 28 birth of john Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon)   

1600  Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69) was born on this day in history.   

1608  Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer was born on January - 28.   

0814  On this day in history charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71   

1061  On this day in history death of duke SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031)   

1119  Gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies on this day in history.   

1256  On January - 28 willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22   

1271  On January - 28 death of isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247)   

1393  On this day in history death of earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball   

1443  Death of Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France on January - 28.   

1528  On January - 28 philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies