Page 5: 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  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 January - 28.   

1908  Hans [Hendrik AJ] Tiemeijer, Dutch actor/director/writer (Fear) on January - 28.   

1909  On this day in history uS military forces leave Cuba for 2nd time   

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 January - 28.   

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

1910  Jose Garcia Robles, composer, dies at 74 on January - 28.   

1911  On January - 28 frenchman Henri Rougier wins first Rally of Monte Carlo   

1911  On January - 28 frenchman Henri Rougier wins 1st Rally of Monte Carlo   

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

1912  Jackson Pollock, Cody Wyoming, expressionist painter (Lavender Mist) on January - 28.   

1913  On this day in history jan Masseus, composer   

1914  Beverly Hills, California, is incorporated on January - 28.   

1914  1st Millrose Games (athletics) held (NYC) on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1916  On this day in history german colony of Cameroon surrenders to Britain &France   

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 this day in history.   

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

1918  On this day in history leon Trotsky becomes leader of red army   

1918  On January - 28 strike on Berlin ammunitions factory   

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

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

1918  On this day in history harry M Corbett, Bradford, puppeteer/entertainer (Sooty, Some People)   

1918  On January - 28 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 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 this day in history.   

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 January - 28.   

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

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  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 January - 28.   

1271  Death of Isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247) on January - 28.   

1393  On this day in history 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.