Historical Events For January - 28

1942  On January - 28 german troops occupy Benghazi Libya  

1942  Pablo Luna y Carne, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1943  On this day in history chic Blackhawks beats NY Rangers 10-1, Max Bentley scores 4 goals  

1944  On this day in history 683 British bombers attack Berlin  

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  Dutch airplanes dump pamphlets on Java on this day in history.  

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

1945  On this day in history swedish ships bring food to starving Netherlands  

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

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

1949  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

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 January - 28.  

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

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  Dodger catcher Roy Campanella is paralyzed in an automobile wreck on January - 28.  

1959  On January - 28 soviet Union wins 62-37 for first international basketball loss by US  

1959  On January - 28 joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israel Knesset (1949-59), dies at 73  

1960  Goon Show's final episode on BBC on this day in history.  

1960  Jacques de Menasce, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

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

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

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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 January - 28.  

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 January - 28 birth of cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39)  

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 January - 28.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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

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