Page 7: Historical Events In January - 28

1942  German troops occupy Benghazi Libya on this day in history.   

1942  Pablo Luna y Carne, composer, dies at 61 on January - 28.   

1943  Chic Blackhawks beats NY Rangers 10-1, Max Bentley scores 4 goals on January - 28.   

1944  683 British bombers attack Berlin on this day in history.   

1944  On January - 28 leonard Bernstein's "Jeremiah," premieres in Pittsburgh   

1944  U-271 &U-571 sunk off Ireland on this day in history.   

1945  On January - 28 dutch airplanes dump pamphlets on Java   

1945  On January - 28 general "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell &truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China   

1945  Swedish ships bring food to starving Netherlands on this day in history.   

1945  On January - 28 philip "Felix" Bekkers, actor (We Go on Trip), dies at 37   

1947  On this day in history "Bay Psalm" book auctioned for a record $151,000   

1947  Reynaldo Hahn, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history the birth of Mikhail Baryshnikov, Soviet ballet dancer   

1949  UN Security council condemns Dutch aggression in Indonesia on this day in history.   

1949  On January - 28 nY Giants sign their 1st black players, Monte Irvin & Ford Smith   

1949  On this day in history gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist, composer, dies at 62   

1950  On this day in history preston Tucker, auto maker, found not guilty of mail fraud   

1951  On this day in history "La Vie Commence Demain," which depicted artificial insemination &is the first X-rated movie, opened in London   

1951  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1951  On January - 28 carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, president of Finland (b.1867)   

1953  J Fred Muggs (the chimp) joins NBC's "Today Show" on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history elvis Presley's first TV appearance (Dorsey Brothers Stage Show)   

1957  Fred Stein, TV panelist (Live Begins at 80), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1958  On January - 28 construction began on first private thorium-uranium nuclear reactor   

1958  Dodger catcher Roy Campanella is paralyzed in an automobile wreck on this day in history.   

1959  Soviet Union wins 62-37 for first international basketball loss by US on January - 28.   

1959  On this day in history joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israel Knesset (1949-59), dies at 73   

1960  On January - 28 goon Show's final episode on BBC   

1960  Jacques de Menasce, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1961  Republic of Rwanda proclaimed on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2,443 times in Rhodesia &survives   

1963  -34ºF (-37ºC), Cynthiana KY (state record) on January - 28.   

1963  Jean Felix Piccard, swiss explorer, dies on his 79th birthday on this day in history.   

1965  On January - 28 the Who make their first appearance on British TV   

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1225  Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) was born on January - 28.   

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  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  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 this day in history.   

0814  Charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1061  On January - 28 death of duke SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031)   

1119  Gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies on this day in history.   

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  Death of Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France on this day in history.   

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