Historical Events Happened In January - 28

1942  On this day in history german troops occupy Benghazi Libya  Share it »

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

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

1944  On this day in history 683 British bombers attack Berlin  Share it »

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

1944  On this day in history u-271 &U-571 sunk off Ireland  Share it »

1945  On this day in history dutch airplanes dump pamphlets on Java  Share it »

1945  General "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell &truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China on this day in history.  Share it »

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

1945  Philip "Felix" Bekkers, actor (We Go on Trip), dies at 37 on this day in history.  Share it »

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

1947  On this day in history reynaldo Hahn, composer, dies at 72  Share it »

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

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

1949  NY Giants sign their 1st black players, Monte Irvin & Ford Smith on this day in history.  Share it »

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

1950  On this day in history preston Tucker, auto maker, found not guilty of mail fraud  Share it »

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

1951  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.  Share it »

1951  Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, president of Finland (b.1867) on this day in history.  Share it »

1953  J Fred Muggs (the chimp) joins NBC's "Today Show" on this day in history.  Share it »

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

1957  On this day in history fred Stein, TV panelist (Live Begins at 80), dies at 88  Share it »

1958  Construction began on first private thorium-uranium nuclear reactor on this day in history.  Share it »

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

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

1959  Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israel Knesset (1949-59), dies at 73 on this day in history.  Share it »

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

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

1961  Republic of Rwanda proclaimed on this day in history.  Share it »

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1540  Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1578  On this day in history birth of cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39)  Share it »

1582  John Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1600  Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1608  Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer was born on this day in history.  Share it »

0814  On this day in history charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71  Share it »

1061  On this day in history death of duke SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031)  Share it »

1119  On this day in history gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies  Share it »

1256  Willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22 on this day in history.  Share it »

1271  On this day in history death of isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247)  Share it »

1393  On this day in history death of earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball  Share it »

1443  On this day in history death of robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France  Share it »

1528  On this day in history philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies  Share it »