Page 7: Historical Events In January - 28

1942  German troops occupy Benghazi Libya on January - 28.   

1942  On January - 28 pablo Luna y Carne, composer, dies at 61   

1943  Chic Blackhawks beats NY Rangers 10-1, Max Bentley scores 4 goals on this day in history.   

1944  On January - 28 683 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 this day in history.   

1945  General "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell &truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China on January - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1949  On this day in history nY Giants sign their 1st black players, Monte Irvin & Ford Smith   

1949  On January - 28 gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist, composer, dies at 62   

1950  Preston Tucker, auto maker, found not guilty of mail fraud on January - 28.   

1951  On January - 28 "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 this day in history.   

1951  Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, president of Finland (b.1867) on January - 28.   

1953  J Fred Muggs (the chimp) joins NBC's "Today Show" on January - 28.   

1956  On January - 28 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 January - 28.   

1959  Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israel Knesset (1949-59), dies at 73 on January - 28.   

1960  Goon Show's final episode on BBC on January - 28.   

1960  Jacques de Menasce, composer, dies at 54 on January - 28.   

1961  Republic of Rwanda proclaimed on January - 28.   

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

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

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  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  Henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509) was born on this day in history.   

1540  Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610) was born on this day in history.   

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 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 January - 28.   

1061  On January - 28 death of duke SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031)   

1119  Gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies on January - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1443  On this day in history death of robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France   

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