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 January - 28.   

1943  On January - 28 chic Blackhawks beats NY Rangers 10-1, Max Bentley scores 4 goals   

1944  On this day in history 683 British bombers attack Berlin   

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  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  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  "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  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  NY Giants sign their 1st black players, Monte Irvin & Ford Smith on January - 28.   

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

1950  Preston Tucker, auto maker, found not guilty of mail fraud on this day in history.   

1951  "La Vie Commence Demain," which depicted artificial insemination &is the first X-rated movie, opened in London on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history fred Stein, TV panelist (Live Begins at 80), dies at 88   

1958  Construction began on first private thorium-uranium nuclear reactor on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history dodger catcher Roy Campanella is paralyzed in an automobile wreck   

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 this day in history jacques de Menasce, composer, dies at 54   

1961  On January - 28 republic of Rwanda proclaimed   

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

1963  On this day in history -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  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 this day in history.   

1540  On January - 28 birth of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610)   

1578  On January - 28 birth of cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39)   

1582  On January - 28 birth of john Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon)   

1600  Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69) was born on this day in history.   

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

1528  Philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies on January - 28.