Historical Events Happened In January - 28

1942  German troops occupy Benghazi Libya on January - 28.  

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

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

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

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

1947  Reynaldo Hahn, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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

1949  On January - 28 uN Security council condemns Dutch aggression in Indonesia  

1949  On this day in history nY Giants sign their 1st black players, Monte Irvin & Ford Smith  

1949  Gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1950  Preston Tucker, auto maker, found not guilty of mail fraud on January - 28.  

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

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 January - 28.  

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

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

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

1961  Republic of Rwanda proclaimed on this day in history.  

1962  Johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2,443 times in Rhodesia &survives on January - 28.  

1963  On this day in history -34ºF (-37ºC), Cynthiana KY (state record)  

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 January - 28.  

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

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

1457  On this day in history birth of henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509)  

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

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

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