Historical Events For January - 28

1942  German troops occupy Benghazi Libya on this day in history.  

1942  On January - 28 pablo Luna y Carne, composer, dies at 61  

1943  Chic Blackhawks beats NY Rangers 10-1, Max Bentley scores 4 goals on January - 28.  

1944  On January - 28 683 British bombers attack Berlin  

1944  On this day in history leonard Bernstein's "Jeremiah," premieres in Pittsburgh  

1944  On this day in history u-271 &U-571 sunk off Ireland  

1945  On January - 28 dutch airplanes dump pamphlets on Java  

1945  On January - 28 general "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell &truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China  

1945  Swedish ships bring food to starving Netherlands on this day in history.  

1945  Philip "Felix" Bekkers, actor (We Go on Trip), dies at 37 on this day in history.  

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1947  On this day in history "Bay Psalm" book auctioned for a record $151,000  

1947  Reynaldo Hahn, composer, dies at 72 on January - 28.  

1948  The birth of Mikhail Baryshnikov, Soviet ballet dancer on this day in history.  

1949  UN Security council condemns Dutch aggression in Indonesia on January - 28.  

1949  NY Giants sign their 1st black players, Monte Irvin & Ford Smith on January - 28.  

1949  On this day in history gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist, composer, dies at 62  

1950  On this day in history preston Tucker, auto maker, found not guilty of mail fraud  

1951  "La Vie Commence Demain," which depicted artificial insemination &is the first X-rated movie, opened in London on January - 28.  

1951  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on January - 28.  

1951  Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, president of Finland (b.1867) on January - 28.  

1953  J Fred Muggs (the chimp) joins NBC's "Today Show" on this day in history.  

1956  On January - 28 elvis Presley's first TV appearance (Dorsey Brothers Stage Show)  

1957  Fred Stein, TV panelist (Live Begins at 80), dies at 88 on this day in history.  

1958  Construction began on first private thorium-uranium nuclear reactor on this day in history.  

1958  On this day in history dodger catcher Roy Campanella is paralyzed in an automobile wreck  

1959  Soviet Union wins 62-37 for first international basketball loss by US on January - 28.  

1959  Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israel Knesset (1949-59), dies at 73 on January - 28.  

1960  On this day in history goon Show's final episode on BBC  

1960  Jacques de Menasce, composer, dies at 54 on January - 28.  

1961  On this day in history republic of Rwanda proclaimed  

1962  On this day in history johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2,443 times in Rhodesia &survives  

1963  On January - 28 -34ºF (-37ºC), Cynthiana KY (state record)  

1963  On January - 28 jean Felix Piccard, swiss explorer, dies on his 79th birthday  

1965  On January - 28 the Who make their first appearance on British TV  

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1225  Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) was born on January - 28.  

1312  Queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349) was born on this day in history.  

1457  Henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509) was born on January - 28.  

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  On January - 28 birth of clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69)  

1608  On this day in history birth of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer  

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

1061  Death of Duke SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1393  Death of Earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball on January - 28.  

1443  Death of Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France on this day in history.  

1528  Philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies on January - 28.