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 January - 28.   

1943  Chic Blackhawks beats NY Rangers 10-1, Max Bentley scores 4 goals on January - 28.   

1944  683 British bombers attack Berlin on this day in history.   

1944  On January - 28 leonard Bernstein's "Jeremiah," premieres in Pittsburgh   

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  Swedish ships bring food to starving Netherlands on this day in history.   

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

1947  "Bay Psalm" book auctioned for a record $151,000 on this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history reynaldo Hahn, composer, dies at 72   

1948  The birth of Mikhail Baryshnikov, Soviet ballet dancer on this day in history.   

1949  On January - 28 uN Security council condemns Dutch aggression in Indonesia   

1949  NY Giants sign their 1st black players, Monte Irvin & Ford Smith on this day in history.   

1949  On January - 28 gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist, composer, dies at 62   

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

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 January - 28.   

1951  Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, president of Finland (b.1867) on this day in history.   

1953  J Fred Muggs (the chimp) joins NBC's "Today Show" on January - 28.   

1956  Elvis Presley's first TV appearance (Dorsey Brothers Stage Show) on January - 28.   

1957  Fred Stein, TV panelist (Live Begins at 80), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1958  Construction began on first private thorium-uranium nuclear reactor on January - 28.   

1958  Dodger catcher Roy Campanella is paralyzed in an automobile wreck on January - 28.   

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 this day in history goon Show's final episode on BBC   

1960  On January - 28 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 this day in history.   

1963  -34ºF (-37ºC), Cynthiana KY (state record) on this day in history.   

1963  Jean Felix Piccard, swiss explorer, dies on his 79th birthday on January - 28.   

1965  On this day in history 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  On January - 28 birth of queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349)   

1457  Henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509) was born on January - 28.   

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 January - 28.   

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  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 this day in history willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22   

1271  On this day in history 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 January - 28.