Page 7: Historical Events In January - 28

1942  German troops occupy Benghazi Libya on January - 28.   

1942  On this day in history pablo Luna y Carne, composer, dies at 61   

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

1944  On January - 28 683 British bombers attack Berlin   

1944  On this day in history leonard Bernstein's "Jeremiah," premieres in Pittsburgh   

1944  U-271 &U-571 sunk off Ireland on this day in history.   

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

1945  On January - 28 general "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell &truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China   

1945  Swedish ships bring food to starving Netherlands on January - 28.   

1945  On January - 28 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  On January - 28 reynaldo Hahn, composer, dies at 72   

1948  The birth of Mikhail Baryshnikov, Soviet ballet dancer on January - 28.   

1949  On this day in history 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 this day in history gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist, composer, dies at 62   

1950  Preston Tucker, auto maker, found not guilty of mail fraud on January - 28.   

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

1951  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1951  Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, president of Finland (b.1867) on January - 28.   

1953  On this day in history j Fred Muggs (the chimp) joins NBC's "Today Show"   

1956  Elvis Presley's first TV appearance (Dorsey Brothers Stage Show) on this day in history.   

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 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  Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israel Knesset (1949-59), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1960  Goon Show's final episode on BBC on January - 28.   

1960  On January - 28 jacques de Menasce, composer, dies at 54   

1961  Republic of Rwanda proclaimed on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2,443 times in Rhodesia &survives   

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

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

1965  On this day in history the Who make their first appearance on British TV   

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1225  Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) was born on January - 28.   

1312  On this day in history 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  Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610) was born on this day in history.   

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

1582  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer   

0814  On January - 28 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 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  Death of Earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball on this day in history.   

1443  Death of Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France on January - 28.   

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