Page 5: Historical Events In January - 28

1902  Carnegie Institute founded in Wash DC.   

1903  Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, crystallographer (1st woman in Royal Society)   

1903  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.   

1906  Allan Walker, actor/writer (Red Buttons Show)   

1907  Constantin Regamey, composer.   

1908  Hans [Hendrik AJ] Tiemeijer, Dutch actor/director/writer (Fear).   

1909  US military forces leave Cuba for 2nd time   

1909  US milt forces leave Cuba for 2nd time   

1909  Lionel KP "Buster" Crabb, British diver (WW II-George Medal).   

1910  Arnold Moss, Bkln, actor (Loves of Carmen, Kim, Quebec, Viva Zapata).   

1910  Jose Garcia Robles, composer, dies at 74   

1911  In this year, Frenchman Henri Rougier claims inaugural Rally of Monte Carlo.   

1911  In this year, Frenchman Henri Rougier claims 1st Rally of Monte Carlo   

1912  Jackson Pollock, American painter is born.   

1912  Jackson Pollock, Cody Wyoming, expressionist painter (Lavender Mist).   

1913  Jan Masseus, composer.   

1914  Beverly Hills, California, is incorporated   

1914  1st Millrose Games (athletics) held (NYC)   

1915  The inaugural US ship sunk in WWI, William P Frye (carrying wheat to UK).   

1915  US Coast Guard created from Life Saving and Revenue Cutter services   

1915  US President Wilson refuses to prohibit immigration of illiterates.   

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

1916  German colony of Cameroon surrenders to Britain and France.   

1916  Louis D. Brandeis is recorded as becoming the inaugural Jewish member of the U.S. Supreme Court.   

1916  1st Jewish Supreme Court justice, Louis Brandeis, appointed by Wilson   

1916  Peter Crossley-Holland, composer   

1917  Municipally owned streetcars take to the streets of San Francisco, California   

1918  Leon Trotsky is recorded as becoming leader of red army.   

1918  Strike on Berlin ammunitions factory   

1918  Trotsky is recorded as becoming leader of Reds   

1918  Strike on Berlin ammunition's factory.   

1918  Harry M Corbett, Bradford, puppeteer/entertainer (Sooty, Some People)   

1918  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 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  On January - 28 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  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 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  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 this day in history philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies