Page 7: 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  On January - 28 leonard Bernstein's "Jeremiah," premieres in Pittsburgh   

1944  On January - 28 u-271 &U-571 sunk off Ireland   

1945  Dutch airplanes dump pamphlets on Java on January - 28.   

1945  General "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell &truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China on January - 28.   

1945  On this day in history 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  On this day in history "Bay Psalm" book auctioned for a record $151,000   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1956  On January - 28 elvis Presley's first TV appearance (Dorsey Brothers Stage Show)   

1957  On January - 28 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 January - 28 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 this day in history 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  Jacques de Menasce, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history 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 January - 28.   

1963  Jean Felix Piccard, swiss explorer, dies on his 79th birthday on this day in history.   

1965  The Who make their first appearance on British TV on this day in history.   

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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 January - 28.   

1457  On January - 28 birth of henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509)   

1540  Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610) was born on January - 28.   

1578  Cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39) was born on January - 28.   

1582  John Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon) was born on January - 28.   

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

1061  On this day in history 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 January - 28 willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22   

1271  On January - 28 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 this day in history death of robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France   

1528  On January - 28 philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies