Historical Events In January - 28

1902  Carnegie Institute founded in Wash DC on this day in history.   

1903  Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, crystallographer (1st woman in Royal Society) on January - 28.   

1903  Augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1904  1st college sports letters given to Seniors who played on U of Chicago's football team are awarded blankets with letter "C" on them on January - 28.   

1906  On this day in history allan Walker, actor/writer (Red Buttons Show)   

1907  Constantin Regamey, composer on this day in history.   

1908  Hans [Hendrik AJ] Tiemeijer, Dutch actor/director/writer (Fear) on this day in history.   

1909  On January - 28 uS military forces leave Cuba for 2nd time   

1909  US milt forces leave Cuba for 2nd time on this day in history.   

1909  On January - 28 lionel KP "Buster" Crabb, British diver (WW II-George Medal)   

1910  On this day in history arnold Moss, Bkln, actor (Loves of Carmen, Kim, Quebec, Viva Zapata)   

1910  On January - 28 jose Garcia Robles, composer, dies at 74   

1911  Frenchman Henri Rougier wins first Rally of Monte Carlo on this day in history.   

1911  Frenchman Henri Rougier wins 1st Rally of Monte Carlo on January - 28.   

1912  The birth of Jackson Pollock, American painter on January - 28.   

1912  On January - 28 jackson Pollock, Cody Wyoming, expressionist painter (Lavender Mist)   

1913  On this day in history jan Masseus, composer   

1914  Beverly Hills, California, is incorporated on this day in history.   

1914  On January - 28 1st Millrose Games (athletics) held (NYC)   

1915  The first US ship sunk in WWI, William P Frye (carrying wheat to UK) on January - 28.   

1915  On this day in history uS Coast Guard created from Life Saving &Revenue Cutter services   

1915  On January - 28 uS President Wilson refuses to prohibit immigration of illiterates   

1915  On January - 28 1st US ship lost in WW I, William P Frye (carrying wheat to UK)   

1916  German colony of Cameroon surrenders to Britain &France on this day in history.   

1916  On January - 28 louis D. Brandeis becomes the first Jewish member of the U.S. Supreme Court.   

1916  1st Jewish Supreme Court justice, Louis Brandeis, appointed by Wilson on January - 28.   

1916  On January - 28 peter Crossley-Holland, composer   

1917  Municipally owned streetcars take to the streets of San Francisco, California on January - 28.   

1918  Leon Trotsky becomes leader of red army on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history strike on Berlin ammunitions factory   

1918  On January - 28 trotsky becomes leader of Reds   

1918  Strike on Berlin ammunition's factory on January - 28.   

1918  Harry M Corbett, Bradford, puppeteer/entertainer (Sooty, Some People) on January - 28.   

1918  On this day in history john McCrae, Canadian poet/physician, dies   

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

1582  On January - 28 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  On this day in history birth of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer   

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 January - 28 death of isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247)   

1393  Death of Earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball on this day in history.   

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

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