Historical Events Happened In January - 28

1942  German troops occupy Benghazi Libya on January - 28.  

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

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  On this day in history leonard Bernstein's "Jeremiah," premieres in Pittsburgh  

1944  U-271 &U-571 sunk off Ireland on this day in history.  

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

1945  On this day in history 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  On January - 28 "Bay Psalm" book auctioned for a record $151,000  

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 January - 28.  

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 January - 28.  

1951  On January - 28 carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, president of Finland (b.1867)  

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 this day in history.  

1957  On this day in history 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  On this day in history soviet Union wins 62-37 for first international basketball loss by US  

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 January - 28.  

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

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

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  

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

1312  Queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349) was born on January - 28.  

1457  On January - 28 birth of henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509)  

1540  On January - 28 birth of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610)  

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

1608  On this day in history birth of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer  

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 this day in history.  

1119  Gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history death of earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball  

1443  Death of Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France on January - 28.  

1528  Philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies on this day in history.