Historical Events In 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 January - 28 chic Blackhawks beats NY Rangers 10-1, Max Bentley scores 4 goals   

1944  683 British bombers attack Berlin on January - 28.   

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  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  On this day in history 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  Reynaldo Hahn, composer, dies at 72 on January - 28.   

1948  The birth of Mikhail Baryshnikov, Soviet ballet dancer on this day in history.   

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 January - 28 gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist, composer, dies at 62   

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 January - 28.   

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

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  On January - 28 construction began on first private thorium-uranium nuclear reactor   

1958  Dodger catcher Roy Campanella is paralyzed in an automobile wreck on January - 28.   

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

1959  On this day in history joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israel Knesset (1949-59), dies at 73   

1960  On January - 28 goon Show's final episode on BBC   

1960  Jacques de Menasce, composer, dies at 54 on January - 28.   

1961  On this day in history republic of Rwanda proclaimed   

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

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

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  Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) was born on January - 28.   

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

1578  On this day in history 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  Death of Duke SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031) on January - 28.   

1119  Gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies on January - 28.   

1256  On January - 28 willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22   

1271  On this day in history 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  Death of Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France on this day in history.   

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