Page 7: 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history leonard Bernstein's "Jeremiah," premieres in Pittsburgh   

1944  U-271 &U-571 sunk off Ireland on January - 28.   

1945  On January - 28 dutch airplanes dump pamphlets on Java   

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

1945  On this day in history swedish ships bring food to starving Netherlands   

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

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  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  On this day in history nY Giants sign their 1st black players, Monte Irvin & Ford Smith   

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

1950  On this day in history preston Tucker, auto maker, found not guilty of mail fraud   

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  On this day in history carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, president of Finland (b.1867)   

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 this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history 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  On this day in history dodger catcher Roy Campanella is paralyzed in an automobile wreck   

1959  Soviet Union wins 62-37 for first international basketball loss by US on this day in history.   

1959  On January - 28 joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israel Knesset (1949-59), dies at 73   

1960  On January - 28 goon Show's final episode on BBC   

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

1961  Republic of Rwanda proclaimed on this day in history.   

1962  On January - 28 johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2,443 times in Rhodesia &survives   

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

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

1965  The Who make their first appearance on British TV on January - 28.   

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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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1578  Cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39) was born on this day in history.   

1582  On January - 28 birth of john Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon)   

1600  On this day in history 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 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  On this day in history 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  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 January - 28 death of robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France   

1528  On this day in history philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies