Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 28

1922  Louis PMFG of Orleans, earl of Eu/Brazil, dies at 80 on August - 28.   

1930  Alvar Gullstrand, Swedish optician (Nobel 1911), dies on August - 28.   

1933  Death of Helen Dunbar, American actress (b. 1863) on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history boris III, of Saksen-Coburg, King of Bulgaria (1918-43), dies   

1944  On August - 28 ernst Thalmann, German communist, dies in Buchenwald   

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  On this day in history death of emmett Till, kidnapped & lynched at 14, in Money Mississippi   

1958  On August - 28 nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov, composer, dies at 67   

1959  On this day in history bohuslav Jan Martinu, Czech composer (Hry o Marti), dies at 68   

1960  Anton Lajovic, composer, dies at 81 on August - 28.   

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  Charles Darrow, US inventor of Monopoly, dies on August - 28.   

1968  On August - 28 john Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies   

1969  On August - 28 clarence R Hennecke, actor (Keystone Kops), dies at 74   

1971  On this day in history nathan Leopold, US kidnapper/murderer of Bobby Franks (1924), dies   

1972  William HAF, Engl prince/grandson of George V, dies in accident at 29 on this day in history.   

1975  Death of Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907) on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history bruce Catton, US historian/writer (Civil War), dies at 78   

1979  Simonow, writer, dies on August - 28.   

1981  Death of Béla Guttman, Hungarian footballer (b. 1900) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history ruth Gordon, actress (Big Bus), dies of a stroke in her sleep at 88   

1987  On this day in history john Huston, US/Irish actor/director (Maltese Falcon), dies at 81   

1988  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history david Wright, poet, dies at 74   

1995  On this day in history agnes Patrick, campaigner, dies at 85   

1996  Lynda Carr, educationist, dies at 50 on August - 28.   

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1025  Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068) was born on August - 28.   

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

1582  On August - 28 birth of taichang Emperor, of the Ming dynasty of China (d. 1620)   

1592  On this day in history birth of george Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/PM (1625-28)   

1612  Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (d. 1653) was born on this day in history.   

1667  Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721) was born on August - 28.   

1673  Conrad Michael Schneider, composer was born on this day in history.   

1691  On this day in history birth of elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1750)