Historical Events In January - 28

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

1903  On January - 28 dame Kathleen Lonsdale, crystallographer (1st woman in Royal Society)   

1903  On January - 28 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 this day in history.   

1906  Allan Walker, actor/writer (Red Buttons Show) on January - 28.   

1907  On January - 28 constantin Regamey, composer   

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

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

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

1909  On this day in history lionel KP "Buster" Crabb, British diver (WW II-George Medal)   

1910  Arnold Moss, Bkln, actor (Loves of Carmen, Kim, Quebec, Viva Zapata) on this day in history.   

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

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

1913  On this day in history jan Masseus, composer   

1914  On January - 28 beverly Hills, California, is incorporated   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1916  German colony of Cameroon surrenders to Britain &France on January - 28.   

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

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

1916  On this day in history peter Crossley-Holland, composer   

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 this day in history strike on Berlin ammunitions factory   

1918  Trotsky becomes leader of Reds on January - 28.   

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

1918  Harry M Corbett, Bradford, puppeteer/entertainer (Sooty, Some People) on this day in history.   

1918  On January - 28 john McCrae, Canadian poet/physician, dies   

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1225  On this day in history birth of saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274)   

1312  On January - 28 birth of queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349)   

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 this day in history birth of john Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon)   

1600  On this day in history birth of clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69)   

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

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 January - 28.   

1119  On this day in history gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies   

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 January - 28 death of earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball   

1443  On January - 28 death of robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France   

1528  Philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies on January - 28.