Historical Events In January - 28

1902  On January - 28 carnegie Institute founded in Wash DC   

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

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 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 this day in history hans [Hendrik AJ] Tiemeijer, Dutch actor/director/writer (Fear)   

1909  On January - 28 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  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 this day in history frenchman Henri Rougier wins first Rally of Monte Carlo   

1911  On this day in history frenchman Henri Rougier wins 1st Rally of Monte Carlo   

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

1912  On January - 28 jackson Pollock, Cody Wyoming, expressionist painter (Lavender Mist)   

1913  On this day in history jan Masseus, composer   

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

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

1915  On this day in history uS President Wilson refuses to prohibit immigration of illiterates   

1915  1st US ship lost in WW I, William P Frye (carrying wheat to UK) on January - 28.   

1916  On this day in history german colony of Cameroon surrenders to Britain &France   

1916  On January - 28 louis D. Brandeis becomes the first Jewish member of the U.S. Supreme Court.   

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

1916  On January - 28 peter Crossley-Holland, composer   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1918  On this day in history harry M Corbett, Bradford, puppeteer/entertainer (Sooty, Some People)   

1918  On January - 28 john McCrae, Canadian poet/physician, dies   

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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  Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610) was born on January - 28.   

1578  On this day in history 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  On January - 28 birth of clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69)   

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

0814  Charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

1119  Gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies on January - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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.