Famous Deaths In August - 28

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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1025  Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068) was born on this day in history.   

1476  Motonoboe, Japanese painter (Kano-school) was born on August - 28.   

1582  On this day in history birth of taichang Emperor, of the Ming dynasty of China (d. 1620)   

1592  George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/PM (1625-28) was born on this day in history.   

1612  Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (d. 1653) was born on August - 28.   

1667  On this day in history birth of louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721)   

1673  On this day in history birth of conrad Michael Schneider, composer   

1691  On August - 28 birth of elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1750)