Historical Events In January - 28

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

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

1944  U-271 &U-571 sunk off Ireland on January - 28.  

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

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

1945  On January - 28 swedish ships bring food to starving Netherlands  

1945  On this day in history philip "Felix" Bekkers, actor (We Go on Trip), dies at 37  

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  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  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 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  On this day in history carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, president of Finland (b.1867)  

1953  On this day in history j Fred Muggs (the chimp) joins NBC's "Today Show"  

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 January - 28.  

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  On this day in history soviet Union wins 62-37 for first international basketball loss by US  

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

1961  Republic of Rwanda proclaimed on this day in history.  

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

1965  The Who make their first appearance on British TV on this day in history.  

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1225  Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) was born on January - 28.  

1312  Queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349) was born on January - 28.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1600  On this day in history 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 January - 28 charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71  

1061  Death of Duke SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031) on this day in history.  

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  On January - 28 death of isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247)  

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

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.