Historical Events For January - 28

1942  On this day in history german troops occupy Benghazi Libya  

1942  On this day in history pablo Luna y Carne, composer, dies at 61  

1943  Chic Blackhawks beats NY Rangers 10-1, Max Bentley scores 4 goals on this day in history.  

1944  683 British bombers attack Berlin on this day in history.  

1944  On January - 28 leonard Bernstein's "Jeremiah," premieres in Pittsburgh  

1944  U-271 &U-571 sunk off Ireland on this day in history.  

1945  On January - 28 dutch airplanes dump pamphlets on Java  

1945  On this day in history general "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell &truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China  

1945  Swedish ships bring food to starving Netherlands on January - 28.  

1945  On January - 28 philip "Felix" Bekkers, actor (We Go on Trip), dies at 37  

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

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

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

1949  UN Security council condemns Dutch aggression in Indonesia on this day in history.  

1949  On January - 28 nY Giants sign their 1st black players, Monte Irvin & Ford Smith  

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

1950  Preston Tucker, auto maker, found not guilty of mail fraud on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1953  On this day in history j Fred Muggs (the chimp) joins NBC's "Today Show"  

1956  On this day in history 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  On January - 28 construction began on first private thorium-uranium nuclear reactor  

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

1959  On this day in history soviet Union wins 62-37 for first international basketball loss by US  

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 January - 28 jacques de Menasce, composer, dies at 54  

1961  On January - 28 republic of Rwanda proclaimed  

1962  Johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2,443 times in Rhodesia &survives on this day in history.  

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

1963  On this day in history jean Felix Piccard, swiss explorer, dies on his 79th birthday  

1965  The Who make their first appearance on British TV on this day in history.  

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1225  On January - 28 birth of saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274)  

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

1457  On January - 28 birth of henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509)  

1540  On January - 28 birth of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610)  

1578  Cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39) was born on January - 28.  

1582  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

0814  Charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1061  On January - 28 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 this day in history 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  Death of Earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball on January - 28.  

1443  On January - 28 death of robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France  

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