Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 28

1922  On August - 28 louis PMFG of Orleans, earl of Eu/Brazil, dies at 80   

1930  On this day in history alvar Gullstrand, Swedish optician (Nobel 1911), dies   

1933  On August - 28 death of helen Dunbar, American actress (b. 1863)   

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  Death of Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1917) on August - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history anton Lajovic, composer, dies at 81   

1961  On August - 28 thomas Connolly, 1st baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies   

1964  Gracie Allen, Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns & Allen), dies at 62 on August - 28.   

1965  On August - 28 death of giulio Racah, Israeli physicist (b. 1909)   

1967  On this day in history charles Darrow, US inventor of Monopoly, dies   

1968  John Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1978  On August - 28 bruce Catton, US historian/writer (Civil War), dies at 78   

1979  Simonow, writer, dies on August - 28.   

1981  On this day in history death of béla Guttman, Hungarian footballer (b. 1900)   

1982  G W A Chubb, cricketer (5 Tests for South Africa, 21 wickets), dies on this day in history.   

1983  Jan Clayton, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66 on August - 28.   

1985  Ruth Gordon, actress (Big Bus), dies of a stroke in her sleep at 88 on August - 28.   

1987  John Huston, US/Irish actor/director (Maltese Falcon), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1988  On August - 28 hazel Dawn, US singer/actress (Under Clover, Margie), dies at 98   

1990  On this day in history willy Vandersteen, Flemish cartoonist (Suske & Wiske), dies   

1991  On August - 28 christian Anders, actor/composer (Death Stone, Love Cult), dies   

1993  René Ray, English countess/actress (Farewell again), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1994  David Wright, poet, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1995  Agnes Patrick, campaigner, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1996  On August - 28 lynda Carr, educationist, dies at 50   

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1025  On August - 28 birth of emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068)   

1476  On August - 28 birth of motonoboe, Japanese painter (Kano-school)   

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  Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1750) was born on this day in history.