Page 7: Historical Events In January - 28

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

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

1943  On this day in history chic Blackhawks beats NY Rangers 10-1, Max Bentley scores 4 goals   

1944  On this day in history 683 British bombers attack Berlin   

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

1944  On January - 28 u-271 &U-571 sunk off Ireland   

1945  Dutch airplanes dump pamphlets on Java on January - 28.   

1945  General "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell &truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China on this day in history.   

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

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

1948  The birth of Mikhail Baryshnikov, Soviet ballet dancer on January - 28.   

1949  On January - 28 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  Gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist, composer, dies at 62 on January - 28.   

1950  On January - 28 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 January - 28.   

1951  Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, president of Finland (b.1867) on this day in history.   

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

1956  Elvis Presley's first TV appearance (Dorsey Brothers Stage Show) on January - 28.   

1957  On this day in history fred Stein, TV panelist (Live Begins at 80), dies at 88   

1958  On this day in history 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 January - 28 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 January - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history birth of henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509)   

1540  On this day in history birth of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610)   

1578  Cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39) was born on January - 28.   

1582  On this day in history birth of john Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon)   

1600  On January - 28 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 this day in history death of duke SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031)   

1119  On January - 28 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  Death of Isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247) on January - 28.   

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

1443  Death of Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France on this day in history.   

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