Page 7: Historical Events In January - 28

1942  On this day in history german troops occupy Benghazi Libya   

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

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

1944  On January - 28 683 British bombers attack Berlin   

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

1944  On January - 28 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  Swedish ships bring food to starving Netherlands on January - 28.   

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

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

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

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

1949  Gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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  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  Elvis Presley's first TV appearance (Dorsey Brothers Stage Show) on this day in history.   

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

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

1958  On January - 28 dodger catcher Roy Campanella is paralyzed in an automobile wreck   

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

1959  Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israel Knesset (1949-59), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

1960  On January - 28 jacques de Menasce, composer, dies at 54   

1961  Republic of Rwanda proclaimed on January - 28.   

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

1963  On this day in history -34ºF (-37ºC), Cynthiana KY (state record)   

1963  On January - 28 jean Felix Piccard, swiss explorer, dies on his 79th birthday   

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

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1225  On January - 28 birth of saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274)   

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  On January - 28 birth of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610)   

1578  Cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer   

0814  On this day in history charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71   

1061  Death of Duke SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031) on January - 28.   

1119  On January - 28 gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies   

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 this day in history.   

1393  On this day in history death of earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball   

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