Today in History for 28th January 2018:
Historical Events
1871 – Paris surrenders to Prussians
1927 – Serbian-Croatian-Slavic government of Oezonowitsj falls
1965 – The Who make their 1st appearance on British TV
1979 – Arthur Kopit’s “Wings” premieres in NYC
2012 – Death toll from coordinated bombing attacks in Kano, Nigeria, reaches 185
2013 – Iran’s Pishgam rocket successfully completes a return trip of sending a monkey into space
Famous Birthdays
1884 – Jean Felix Piccard, Swiss scientist/explorer (balloonist) twin brother of Auguste Piccard
1909 – Lionel KP “Buster” Crabb, British diver (WW II-George Medal)
1918 – Suzanne Flon, French actress (One Deadly Summer, Moulin Rouge), born in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Seine (d. 2005)
1921 – Alfred Marks, British actor and comedian (Desert Mice, Scream and Scream Again), born in Holborn, London (d. 1996)
1944 – John Tavener, composer (The Whale), (d. 2013)
1968 – Henry Hering, Pointe-Claire Quebec, rower (Olympics-9-92, 96)
Famous Deaths
1782 – Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d’Anville, French geographer, dies at 84
1873 – Henry Hugo Pierson, composer, dies at 57
1918 – John McCrae, Canadian poet/physician/soldier, dies of pneumonia at 45
1951 – Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, president of Finland (b.1867)
1984 – John Macvane, newscaster (United or Not), dies at 71
1997 – Pietro Cavallero, bandit, dies at 68