Page 7: Historical Events In January - 28

1942  On this day in history german troops occupy Benghazi Libya   

1942  On this day in history pablo Luna y Carne, composer, dies at 61   

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

1944  683 British bombers attack Berlin on January - 28.   

1944  On this day in history leonard Bernstein's "Jeremiah," premieres in Pittsburgh   

1944  On this day in history u-271 &U-571 sunk off Ireland   

1945  Dutch airplanes dump pamphlets on Java on this day in history.   

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

1945  On January - 28 swedish ships bring food to starving Netherlands   

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

1947  On January - 28 "Bay Psalm" book auctioned for a record $151,000   

1947  Reynaldo Hahn, composer, dies at 72 on January - 28.   

1948  On January - 28 the birth of Mikhail Baryshnikov, Soviet ballet dancer   

1949  UN Security council condemns Dutch aggression in Indonesia on January - 28.   

1949  NY Giants sign their 1st black players, Monte Irvin & Ford Smith on this day in history.   

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

1950  On January - 28 preston Tucker, auto maker, found not guilty of mail fraud   

1951  On January - 28 "La Vie Commence Demain," which depicted artificial insemination &is the first X-rated movie, opened in London   

1951  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1951  On this day in history 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  On January - 28 fred Stein, TV panelist (Live Begins at 80), dies at 88   

1958  Construction began on first private thorium-uranium nuclear reactor on January - 28.   

1958  Dodger catcher Roy Campanella is paralyzed in an automobile wreck on January - 28.   

1959  Soviet Union wins 62-37 for first international basketball loss by US on this day in history.   

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

1960  Goon Show's final episode on BBC on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history jacques de Menasce, composer, dies at 54   

1961  On January - 28 republic of Rwanda proclaimed   

1962  Johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2,443 times in Rhodesia &survives on January - 28.   

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  Henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509) was born on January - 28.   

1540  Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610) was born on January - 28.   

1578  On this day in history birth of cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39)   

1582  John Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon) was born on January - 28.   

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

1608  On January - 28 birth of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer   

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 this day in history.   

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

1256  On this day in history willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22   

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

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.