Historical Events In January - 28

1942  On January - 28 german troops occupy Benghazi Libya  

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  683 British bombers attack Berlin on this day in history.  

1944  Leonard Bernstein's "Jeremiah," premieres in Pittsburgh on January - 28.  

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

1945  On January - 28 dutch airplanes dump pamphlets on Java  

1945  General "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell &truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China on January - 28.  

1945  On January - 28 swedish ships bring food to starving Netherlands  

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

1947  On January - 28 "Bay Psalm" book auctioned for a record $151,000  

1947  On January - 28 reynaldo Hahn, composer, dies at 72  

1948  On this day in history the birth of Mikhail Baryshnikov, Soviet ballet dancer  

1949  On this day in history uN Security council condemns Dutch aggression in Indonesia  

1949  NY Giants sign their 1st black players, Monte Irvin & Ford Smith on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history "La Vie Commence Demain," which depicted artificial insemination &is the first X-rated movie, opened in London  

1951  On January - 28 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

1951  Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, president of Finland (b.1867) on this day in history.  

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

1956  Elvis Presley's first TV appearance (Dorsey Brothers Stage Show) on January - 28.  

1957  On January - 28 fred Stein, TV panelist (Live Begins at 80), dies at 88  

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

1958  Dodger catcher Roy Campanella is paralyzed in an automobile wreck on this day in history.  

1959  Soviet Union wins 62-37 for first international basketball loss by US on this day in history.  

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

1960  Goon Show's final episode on BBC on January - 28.  

1960  On this day in history jacques de Menasce, composer, dies at 54  

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  Jean Felix Piccard, swiss explorer, dies on his 79th birthday on January - 28.  

1965  On this day in history the Who make their first appearance on British TV  

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1225  Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) was born on this day in history.  

1312  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39)  

1582  John Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon) was born on this day in history.  

1600  Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69) was born on January - 28.  

1608  Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer was born on this day in history.  

0814  On January - 28 charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71  

1061  On January - 28 death of duke SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031)  

1119  On this day in history gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies  

1256  On this day in history willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22  

1271  Death of Isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247) on this day in history.  

1393  On January - 28 death of earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball  

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.