Famous Deaths In August - 28

1922  On this day in history 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  On August - 28 boris III, of Saksen-Coburg, King of Bulgaria (1918-43), dies   

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

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 August - 28.   

1955  Death of Emmett Till, kidnapped & lynched at 14, in Money Mississippi on August - 28.   

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

1959  Bohuslav Jan Martinu, Czech composer (Hry o Marti), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1960  Anton Lajovic, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1961  Thomas Connolly, 1st baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies on August - 28.   

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 August - 28.   

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  Clarence R Hennecke, actor (Keystone Kops), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1971  Nathan Leopold, US kidnapper/murderer of Bobby Franks (1924), dies on August - 28.   

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  On August - 28 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 August - 28.   

1982  G W A Chubb, cricketer (5 Tests for South Africa, 21 wickets), dies on August - 28.   

1983  On August - 28 jan Clayton, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66   

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

1990  On August - 28 willy Vandersteen, Flemish cartoonist (Suske & Wiske), dies   

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

1993  On August - 28 rené Ray, English countess/actress (Farewell again), dies at 80   

1994  On this day in history david Wright, poet, dies at 74   

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

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 August - 28.   

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

1667  On August - 28 birth of louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721)   

1673  Conrad Michael Schneider, composer was born on August - 28.   

1691  Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1750) was born on this day in history.