Famous Deaths In August - 28
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1922 On August - 28 louis PMFG of Orleans, earl of Eu/Brazil, dies at 80
1930 On August - 28 alvar Gullstrand, Swedish optician (Nobel 1911), dies
1933 Death of Helen Dunbar, American actress (b. 1863) on August - 28.
1943 Boris III, of Saksen-Coburg, King of Bulgaria (1918-43), dies on August - 28.
1944 Ernst Thalmann, German communist, dies in Buchenwald on this day in history.
1947 On this day in history death of manolete, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1917)
1951 Robert Walker, actor/writer (Bataan, Madame Curie), dies at 32 on this day in history.
1955 Death of Emmett Till, kidnapped & lynched at 14, in Money Mississippi on August - 28.
1958 Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1959 Bohuslav Jan Martinu, Czech composer (Hry o Marti), dies at 68 on August - 28.
1960 Anton Lajovic, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.
1961 On August - 28 thomas Connolly, 1st baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies
1964 On this day in history gracie Allen, Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns & Allen), dies at 62
1965 Death of Giulio Racah, Israeli physicist (b. 1909) on this day in history.
1967 On August - 28 charles Darrow, US inventor of Monopoly, dies
1968 John Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies on August - 28.
1969 On this day in history clarence R Hennecke, actor (Keystone Kops), dies at 74
1971 Nathan Leopold, US kidnapper/murderer of Bobby Franks (1924), dies on this day in history.
1972 On August - 28 william HAF, Engl prince/grandson of George V, dies in accident at 29
1975 Death of Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907) on August - 28.
1978 Bruce Catton, US historian/writer (Civil War), dies at 78 on this day in history.
1979 On this day in history simonow, writer, dies
1981 Death of Béla Guttman, Hungarian footballer (b. 1900) on August - 28.
1982 On this day in history g W A Chubb, cricketer (5 Tests for South Africa, 21 wickets), dies
1983 On this day in history jan Clayton, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66
1985 Ruth Gordon, actress (Big Bus), dies of a stroke in her sleep at 88 on this day in history.
1987 On this day in history john Huston, US/Irish actor/director (Maltese Falcon), dies at 81
1988 Hazel Dawn, US singer/actress (Under Clover, Margie), dies at 98 on August - 28.
1990 On August - 28 willy Vandersteen, Flemish cartoonist (Suske & Wiske), dies
1991 Christian Anders, actor/composer (Death Stone, Love Cult), dies on this day in history.
1993 On this day in history rené Ray, English countess/actress (Farewell again), dies at 80
1994 David Wright, poet, dies at 74 on August - 28.
1995 Agnes Patrick, campaigner, dies at 85 on August - 28.
1996 On August - 28 lynda Carr, educationist, dies at 50
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