Historical Events In January - 28

1942  German troops occupy Benghazi Libya on January - 28.   

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  On January - 28 683 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 January - 28 swedish ships bring food to starving Netherlands   

1945  Philip "Felix" Bekkers, actor (We Go on Trip), dies at 37 on January - 28.   

1947  On January - 28 "Bay Psalm" book auctioned for a record $151,000   

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 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 January - 28.   

1949  Gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist, composer, dies at 62 on January - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

1953  On January - 28 j Fred Muggs (the chimp) joins NBC's "Today Show"   

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  On January - 28 construction began on first private thorium-uranium nuclear reactor   

1958  Dodger catcher Roy Campanella is paralyzed in an automobile wreck on this day in history.   

1959  Soviet Union wins 62-37 for first international basketball loss by US on January - 28.   

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 this day in history jacques de Menasce, composer, dies at 54   

1961  Republic of Rwanda proclaimed on January - 28.   

1962  Johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2,443 times in Rhodesia &survives on January - 28.   

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

1963  On January - 28 jean Felix Piccard, swiss explorer, dies on his 79th birthday   

1965  On January - 28 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 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 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  John Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon) was born on this day in history.   

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

1119  On January - 28 gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies   

1256  On January - 28 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  On this day in history death of robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France   

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