Historical Events Happened In 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 January - 28.  

1944  Leonard Bernstein's "Jeremiah," premieres in Pittsburgh on this day in history.  

1944  U-271 &U-571 sunk off Ireland on January - 28.  

1945  Dutch airplanes dump pamphlets on Java on January - 28.  

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

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 January - 28.  

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

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

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

1951  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

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 January - 28.  

1956  On this day in history elvis Presley's first TV appearance (Dorsey Brothers Stage Show)  

1957  On this day in history 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  On January - 28 dodger catcher Roy Campanella is paralyzed in an automobile wreck  

1959  On January - 28 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 this day in history.  

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 January - 28.  

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

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

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

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

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 January - 28.  

1540  On this day in history birth of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610)  

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

1582  John Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon) was born on January - 28.  

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

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

1119  On January - 28 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 January - 28.  

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

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

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