Page 5: Historical Events In January - 28

1902  On this day in history carnegie Institute founded in Wash DC   

1903  On this day in history dame Kathleen Lonsdale, crystallographer (1st woman in Royal Society)   

1903  On this day in history augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer, dies at 55   

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  Allan Walker, actor/writer (Red Buttons Show) on January - 28.   

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

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

1909  Lionel KP "Buster" Crabb, British diver (WW II-George Medal) on this day in history.   

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

1910  On this day in history jose Garcia Robles, composer, dies at 74   

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

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

1912  On this day in history the birth of Jackson Pollock, American painter   

1912  Jackson Pollock, Cody Wyoming, expressionist painter (Lavender Mist) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1915  US Coast Guard created from Life Saving &Revenue Cutter services on January - 28.   

1915  US President Wilson refuses to prohibit immigration of illiterates on January - 28.   

1915  1st US ship lost in WW I, William P Frye (carrying wheat to UK) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1916  Peter Crossley-Holland, composer on January - 28.   

1917  On this day in history municipally owned streetcars take to the streets of San Francisco, California.   

1918  On January - 28 leon Trotsky becomes leader of red army   

1918  Strike on Berlin ammunitions factory on this day in history.   

1918  Trotsky becomes leader of Reds on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history strike on Berlin ammunition's factory   

1918  On January - 28 harry M Corbett, Bradford, puppeteer/entertainer (Sooty, Some People)   

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  On January - 28 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 January - 28.   

1578  Cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39) was born on January - 28.   

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

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

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

1119  On January - 28 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 January - 28 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 January - 28.