Page 7: Historical Events In January - 28

1942  German troops occupy Benghazi Libya   

1942  Pablo Luna y Carne, composer, dies at 61   

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

1944  683 British bombers attack Berlin.   

1944  Leonard Bernstein's "Jeremiah," premieres in Pittsburgh   

1944  U-271 and U-571 sunk off Ireland.   

1945  Dutch airplanes dump pamphlets on Java.   

1945  General "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell and truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China   

1945  Swedish ships bring food to starving Netherlands   

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

1947  "Bay Psalm" book auctioned for a record $151000.   

1947  Reynaldo Hahn, composer, dies at 72.   

1948  Mikhail Baryshnikov, Soviet ballet dancer is born   

1949  UN Security council condemns Dutch aggression in Indonesia.   

1949  NY Giants sign their 1st black players, Monte Irvin and Ford Smith   

1949  Gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist, composer, dies at 62   

1950  Preston Tucker, auto maker, are discovered not guilty of mail fraud.   

1951  "La Vie Commence Demain," which depicted artificial insemination and is the inaugural X-rated movie, opened in London.   

1951  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.   

1951  Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, president of Finland (b.1867)   

1953  J Fred Muggs (the chimp) joins NBC's "Today Show"   

1956  Elvis Presley's inaugural TV appearance (Dorsey Brothers Stage Show).   

1957  Fred Stein, TV panelist (Live Begins at 80), dies at 88   

1958  Construction began on inaugural private thorium-uranium nuclear reactor   

1958  Dodger catcher Roy Campanella is paralyzed in an automobile wreck   

1959  In this year, Soviet Union claims 62-37 for inaugural international basketball loss by US.   

1959  Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israel Knesset (1949-59), dies at 73.   

1960  Goon Show's final episode on BBC   

1960  Jacques de Menasce, composer, dies at 54   

1961  Republic of Rwanda proclaimed.   

1962  Johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2443 times in Rhodesia and survives.   

1963  -34ºF (-37ºC), Cynthiana KY (state record)   

1963  Jean Felix Piccard, swiss explorer, dies on his 79th birthday   

1965  The Who make their inaugural appearance on British TV   

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1225  Saint thomas aquinas: Saint thomas aquinas (d. 1274)   

1312  Queen joan ii of navarre: Queen joan ii of navarre (d. 1349)   

1457  Henry vii: Pembroke castle, 1st tudor king of england (1485-1509)   

1540  Ludolph van ceulen: German mathematician   

1578  Cornelis haga: Dutch lawyer/ambassador to constantinople (1611-39)   

1582  John barclay: Scottish satirist/poet (euphormio's satyricon)   

1600  Clement ix: [giulio rospigliosi], pistoia, italy, 238th pope (1667-69)   

1608  Giovanni alfonso borelli: Naples, mathematician/astronomer   

0814  Charlemagne: German emperor/roman emperor (800-814),   

1061  Death of Duke spytihnÄ›v ii of bohemia: Duke spytihnÄ›v ii of bohemia (b. 1031)   

1119  Death of Gelasius ii: [giovannis caetani], pope (1118-19),   

1256  Willem ii: Earl of holland/german emperor (1238, 47-56),   

1271  Isabella of aragon: Queen of philip iii of france (b. 1247)   

1393  Death of Earl of joigny: Burned at royal ball   

1443  Robert le maçon: Chancellor of france   

1528  Death of Philips of cleve: Ruler of ravenstein,