Page 5: Historical Events In January - 28

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

1903  Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, crystallographer (1st woman in Royal Society) on this day in history.   

1903  Augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer, dies at 55 on January - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

1906  Allan Walker, actor/writer (Red Buttons Show) on January - 28.   

1907  On this day in history constantin Regamey, composer   

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

1909  On this day in history uS military forces leave Cuba for 2nd time   

1909  On January - 28 uS milt forces leave Cuba for 2nd time   

1909  Lionel KP "Buster" Crabb, British diver (WW II-George Medal) on January - 28.   

1910  Arnold Moss, Bkln, actor (Loves of Carmen, Kim, Quebec, Viva Zapata) on January - 28.   

1910  Jose Garcia Robles, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history frenchman Henri Rougier wins first Rally of Monte Carlo   

1911  On January - 28 frenchman Henri Rougier wins 1st Rally of Monte Carlo   

1912  The birth of Jackson Pollock, American painter on this day in history.   

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

1913  Jan Masseus, composer on this day in history.   

1914  On January - 28 beverly Hills, California, is incorporated   

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

1915  On this day in history the first US ship sunk in WWI, William P Frye (carrying wheat to UK)   

1915  On this day in history uS Coast Guard created from Life Saving &Revenue Cutter services   

1915  US President Wilson refuses to prohibit immigration of illiterates on January - 28.   

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

1916  On January - 28 german colony of Cameroon surrenders to Britain &France   

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

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

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

1917  Municipally owned streetcars take to the streets of San Francisco, California on this day in history.   

1918  Leon Trotsky becomes leader of red army on January - 28.   

1918  On this day in history strike on Berlin ammunitions factory   

1918  Trotsky becomes leader of Reds on January - 28.   

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  On this day in history john McCrae, Canadian poet/physician, dies   

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1225  Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) was born on this day in history.   

1312  Queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349) was born on this day in history.   

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

1608  Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer was born on January - 28.   

0814  On this day in history charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71   

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

1119  Gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies on this day in history.   

1256  On this day in history 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 January - 28.   

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

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