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Historical Events Happened In January - 28

Wednesday, 22 May 2013

1942 On this day in history pablo Luna y Carne, composer, dies at 61

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

1944 683 British bombers attack Berlin on this day in history.

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

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

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

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

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

1949 On this day in history uN Security council condemns Dutch aggression in Indonesia

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

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

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

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 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 On this day in history construction began on first private thorium-uranium nuclear reactor

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 this day in history.

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 this day in history.

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

1961 On this day in history republic of Rwanda proclaimed

1962 On this day in history johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2,443 times in Rhodesia &survives

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

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

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

1965 On this day in history jef van Durme, composer, dies at 57

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Famous Birthdays In January - 28

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1225 Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) was born on this day in history.

1312 On this day in history birth of queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349)

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 this day in history.

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 On this day in history birth of clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69)

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

Famous Deaths In January - 28

Famous People Died On This Day In History

1061 On this day in history death of duke Spytihněv 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 this day in history.

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

1393 On this day in history 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 this day in history philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies

1547 Henry VIII, King of England (1509-47), dies at 55 on this day in history.