Historical Events In January - 28

1942  On January - 28 german troops occupy Benghazi Libya  

1942  Pablo Luna y Carne, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

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

1944  On this day in history 683 British bombers attack Berlin  

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

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

1945  On January - 28 dutch airplanes dump pamphlets on Java  

1945  On this day in history general "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell &truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China  

1945  On this day in history swedish ships bring food to starving Netherlands  

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

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

1947  On this day in history reynaldo Hahn, composer, dies at 72  

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

1949  On this day in history uN Security council condemns Dutch aggression in Indonesia  

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  Preston Tucker, auto maker, found not guilty of mail fraud on this day in history.  

1951  On this day in history "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 January - 28 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 this day in history goon Show's final episode on BBC  

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 this day in history.  

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

1963  Jean Felix Piccard, swiss explorer, dies on his 79th birthday on January - 28.  

1965  On this day in history the Who make their first appearance on British TV  

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1225  Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) was born on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1578  On January - 28 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  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  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 January - 28.  

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 this day in history.  

1393  Death of Earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball on January - 28.  

1443  Death of Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France on January - 28.  

1528  On this day in history philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies