Historical Events In December - 28

1969  Henry Oscar, actor (Saint in London), dies at 78 on December - 28.   

1970  On this day in history paul Rose, his brother Jacques Rose, and Francis Simard captured at 4;30 am in tunnel under farmhouse near Montreal; suspected FLQ terrorists, kidnappers and murderers of Quebec Labour Minister Pierre Laporte   

1970  L Mendel Rivers, (Rep-D-SC), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner, composer, dies at 83   

1973  Gulag Archipelago, an expose' of the Soviet prison system, is published by Alexander Solzhenitsyn on this day in history.   

1974  On December - 28 more than 5,200 people killed in Pakistan earthquake   

1975  On December - 28 red Army beats New York Rangers 7-3 at MSG   

1975  Rob Niedermayer hockey player, was born at Cassiar, British Columbia on December - 28.   

1976  Freddie King, rocker, dies at 42 on December - 28.   

1978  On this day in history harry Winston, US jeweler for the "rich & famous", dies at 82   

1980  On this day in history amir Elahi, cricketer, 1st Pakistani Test cricketer to die   

1981  Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first US test-tube baby, is born in Norfolk, Virginia on December - 28.   

1982  Frederick Douglass Hall, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history dennis Wilson, drummer/singer (Beach Boys), drowns at 39   

1984  TV soap "The Edge of Night" ends 28 year run on this day in history.   

1984  On December - 28 sam Peckinpah, director, dies of cardiac arrest at 59   

1985  Warring Lebanese Moslem & Christian leaders sign peace agreement on this day in history.   

1986  On December - 28 andrei Tarkovsky, dies   

1987  In Arkansas R Gene Simmons kills 16 on this day in history.   

1987  Charles Malik, Lebanon's 1st delegate to UN, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1988  US 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirms Yonkers is guilty of racism on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history hal Ashby, academy-award winning director, dies of cancer at 59   

1989  On this day in history robert Wickler, dies   

1990  On this day in history 2 die in a NYC subway accident   

1990  Ed van der Elsken, Dutch photographer (Sweet Life), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history irene the Icon of the Greek Orthodox church returns after being stolen   

1991  On December - 28 ted Turner is named Time Magazine Man of the Year   

1991  Cassandra Harris, actress (For Your Eyes Only), dies of cancer at 39 on this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history the UN continues to protect the Kurds in Iraq from the Iraqi military   

1992  On December - 28 mort Greene, US songwriter (My Grandfather's Clock), dies at 80   

1993  Timmins, Ontario country singer Shania Twain marries her producer Robert John "Mutt& Lang on this day in history.   

1993  On December - 28 howard Caine, dies   

1994  Julian Belfrage, theatre agent, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1995  On December - 28 harold Francis Collison, trade unionist, dies at 84   

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1164  Emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176) was born on this day in history.   

1484  Joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen was born on December - 28.   

1522  On this day in history birth of margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583)   

1619  Antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688) was born on December - 28.   

1631  Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist was born on December - 28.   

1635  On December - 28 birth of princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650)   

1655  Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698) was born on December - 28.   

1665  George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716) was born on December - 28.   

0300  Death of Theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria on this day in history.   

1367  Death of Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330) on this day in history.   

1446  On this day in history clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies   

1503  On this day in history death of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471)   

1542  Albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52 on this day in history.   

1622  On this day in history francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55   

1663  Death of Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618) on December - 28.   

1671  On this day in history death of johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611)