Page 7: Historical Events In January - 28

1942  German troops occupy Benghazi Libya on January - 28.   

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  683 British bombers attack Berlin on January - 28.   

1944  Leonard Bernstein's "Jeremiah," premieres in Pittsburgh on January - 28.   

1944  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1947  Reynaldo Hahn, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history the birth of Mikhail Baryshnikov, Soviet ballet dancer   

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

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

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

1950  On this day in history 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 January - 28 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 this day in history 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  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 this day in history joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israel Knesset (1949-59), dies at 73   

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

1960  Jacques de Menasce, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1961  Republic of Rwanda proclaimed on January - 28.   

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 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  Queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39)   

1582  John Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon) was born on this day in history.   

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 January - 28.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  On January - 28 death of robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France   

1528  Philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies on this day in history.