Page 7: Historical Events In January - 28

1942  German troops occupy Benghazi Libya   

1942  Pablo Luna y Carne, composer, dies at 61.   

1943  Chic Blackhawks beats NY Rangers 10-1, Max Bentley scores 4 goals   

1944  683 British bombers attack Berlin.   

1944  Leonard Bernstein's "Jeremiah," premieres in Pittsburgh   

1944  U-271 and U-571 sunk off Ireland   

1945  Dutch airplanes dump pamphlets on Java   

1945  General "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell and truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China.   

1945  Swedish ships bring food to starving Netherlands.   

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

1947  "Bay Psalm" book auctioned for a record $151000.   

1947  Reynaldo Hahn, composer, dies at 72   

1948  Mikhail Baryshnikov, Soviet ballet dancer is born.   

1949  UN Security council condemns Dutch aggression in Indonesia.   

1949  NY Giants sign their 1st black players, Monte Irvin and Ford Smith   

1949  Gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist, composer, dies at 62   

1950  Preston Tucker, auto maker, are discovered not guilty of mail fraud   

1951  "La Vie Commence Demain," which depicted artificial insemination and is the inaugural X-rated movie, opened in London   

1951  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.   

1951  Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, president of Finland (b.1867).   

1953  J Fred Muggs (the chimp) joins NBC's "Today Show"   

1956  Elvis Presley's inaugural TV appearance (Dorsey Brothers Stage Show)   

1957  Fred Stein, TV panelist (Live Begins at 80), dies at 88.   

1958  Construction began on inaugural private thorium-uranium nuclear reactor.   

1958  Dodger catcher Roy Campanella is paralyzed in an automobile wreck.   

1959  In this year, Soviet Union claims 62-37 for inaugural international basketball loss by US.   

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

1960  Goon Show's final episode on BBC.   

1960  Jacques de Menasce, composer, dies at 54   

1961  Republic of Rwanda proclaimed   

1962  Johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2443 times in Rhodesia and survives.   

1963  -34ºF (-37ºC), Cynthiana KY (state record).   

1963  Jean Felix Piccard, swiss explorer, dies on his 79th birthday.   

1965  The Who make their inaugural appearance on British TV   

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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 January - 28 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 this day in history birth of john Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon)   

1600  On January - 28 birth of clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69)   

1608  Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer was born on January - 28.   

0814  Charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history death of robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France   

1528  Philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies on January - 28.