Historical Events In January - 28

1902  Carnegie Institute founded in Wash DC on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history dame Kathleen Lonsdale, crystallographer (1st woman in Royal Society)   

1903  On January - 28 augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer, dies at 55   

1904  1st college sports letters given to Seniors who played on U of Chicago's football team are awarded blankets with letter "C" on them on January - 28.   

1906  On January - 28 allan Walker, actor/writer (Red Buttons Show)   

1907  On this day in history constantin Regamey, composer   

1908  On January - 28 hans [Hendrik AJ] Tiemeijer, Dutch actor/director/writer (Fear)   

1909  US military forces leave Cuba for 2nd time on January - 28.   

1909  US milt forces leave Cuba for 2nd time on January - 28.   

1909  Lionel KP "Buster" Crabb, British diver (WW II-George Medal) on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history arnold Moss, Bkln, actor (Loves of Carmen, Kim, Quebec, Viva Zapata)   

1910  On this day in history jose Garcia Robles, composer, dies at 74   

1911  On January - 28 frenchman Henri Rougier wins first Rally of Monte Carlo   

1911  Frenchman Henri Rougier wins 1st Rally of Monte Carlo on January - 28.   

1912  The birth of Jackson Pollock, American painter on January - 28.   

1912  Jackson Pollock, Cody Wyoming, expressionist painter (Lavender Mist) on this day in history.   

1913  Jan Masseus, composer on this day in history.   

1914  Beverly Hills, California, is incorporated on January - 28.   

1914  1st Millrose Games (athletics) held (NYC) on this day in history.   

1915  On January - 28 the first US ship sunk in WWI, William P Frye (carrying wheat to UK)   

1915  US Coast Guard created from Life Saving &Revenue Cutter services on January - 28.   

1915  US President Wilson refuses to prohibit immigration of illiterates on this day in history.   

1915  1st US ship lost in WW I, William P Frye (carrying wheat to UK) on this day in history.   

1916  German colony of Cameroon surrenders to Britain &France on this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history louis D. Brandeis becomes the first Jewish member of the U.S. Supreme Court.   

1916  On January - 28 1st Jewish Supreme Court justice, Louis Brandeis, appointed by Wilson   

1916  On this day in history peter Crossley-Holland, composer   

1917  On January - 28 municipally owned streetcars take to the streets of San Francisco, California.   

1918  On this day in history leon Trotsky becomes leader of red army   

1918  Strike on Berlin ammunitions factory on January - 28.   

1918  On January - 28 trotsky becomes leader of Reds   

1918  Strike on Berlin ammunition's factory on this day in history.   

1918  On January - 28 harry M Corbett, Bradford, puppeteer/entertainer (Sooty, Some People)   

1918  John McCrae, Canadian poet/physician, dies on January - 28.   

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

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  Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69) was born on January - 28.   

1608  On this day in history birth of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer   

0814  Charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71 on January - 28.   

1061  On this day in history death of duke SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031)   

1119  On this day in history gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies   

1256  Willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22 on January - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

1443  Death of Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France on January - 28.   

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