449 Historic Events for January 28
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| 1878 |
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Yale Daily News published, 1st college daily newspaper
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| 1878 |
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George W Coy hired as 1st full-time telephone operator
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| 1878 |
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1st telephone exchange (New Haven, CT)
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| 1878 |
Birth |
Walter Kollo [Kollodziepski], German composer (Der Juxbaron)
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| 1880 |
Birth |
Herbert Strudwick, cricketer (Engld wicket-keeper before and after WW I)
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| 1880 |
Birth |
Mary Boland, Phila, US, comedienne/actress (Ruggles of Red Gap)
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| 1881 |
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Battle at Laing's Neck Natal: Boers beat superior powered British
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| 1884 |
Birth |
Jean Felix Piccard, Switzerland, scientist/explorer (balloonist)
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| 1884 |
Birth |
Auguste Piccard, Switzerland, scientist/explorer (balloonist)
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| 1884 |
Birth |
Lucien H d'Azambuja, France, astronomer (chromosome of sun)
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| 1886 |
Birth |
Artur Rubinstein, L¢dz Poland, pianist
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| 1887 |
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England all out for 45 v Aust SCG, their lowest total ever
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| 1887 |
Birth |
Lily Theresa Strickland, composer
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| 1891 |
Birth |
Camille Melloy, [Paepe], Belgian poet (Parfum des Buis)
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| 1891 |
Birth |
Karel Boleslav Jirak, composer
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| 1892 |
Birth |
Ernst Lubitsch, Germany, actor (Love Parade)
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| 1893 |
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Edward Mcdowell's "Hamlet and Ophelia," premieres in Boston
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| 1893 |
Birth |
Elliot Griffis, composer
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| 1895 |
Death |
Fran‡ois Certain de Canrobert, French marshal, dies at 85
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| 1896 |
Death |
Joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57
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| 1897 |
Birth |
Valentin Katayev, Odessa Ukraine, novelist/playwright (Embezzled)
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| 1898 |
Death |
Alexandru Flechtenmacher, composer, dies at 74
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| 1898 |
Birth |
Vittorio Rieti, composer
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| 1898 |
Birth |
Wies Moens, Flemish writer/nazi
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| 1899 |
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American Social Science Association incorporated by Congress
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