Famous Deaths Happened In 1928

Jan 06 In the year 1928 alvin C Kraenzlein, track star (Olympic-4 gold-1900), dies at 51  

Jan 08 In the year 1928 dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu, composer, dies at 61  

Jan 11 Thomas Hardy, novelist (Maddening Crowd), dies near Dorchester at 87 in the year 1928.  

Jan 12 Ruth Snyder, 1st woman to die in electric chair died in the year 1928.  

Jan 13 Johan Peter Koch, Danish officer/explorer, dies at 57 in the year 1928.  

Jan 21 George Goethals, American army engineer (b. 1858) died in the year 1928.  

Jan 27 Marie Verstraete, actress (Frou-Frou/Nora), dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Jan 29 In the year 1928 douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig/field marshal (WW I), dies at 66  

Jan 30 In the year 1928 douglas Haig, Brit fieldmarshal (Sudan/Boer war/WW I), dies at 66  

Feb 01 On this day in history death of hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)  

Feb 04 Hendrik A Lorentz, physicist (L transformation-Nobel 1902), dies at 74 in the year 1928.  

Feb 15 Hubert H Asquith, premier Great-Britain (1908-16), dies at 75 in the year 1928.  

Feb 16 In the year 1928 death of eddie Foy, American singer and dancer (b. 1856)  

Feb 29 Adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Mar 01 Albert Herbert Brewer, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1928.  

Mar 03 In the year 1928 jan [Jean] T Toorop, Dutch graphic artist (3 Brides), dies at 69  

Mar 07 On this day in history death of robert Abbe, American surgeon (b. 1851)  

Mar 18 Paul van Ostaijen, Flemish writer (Outlawed), dies at 32 on this day in history.  

Mar 20 On this day in history death of fred Rogers, childrens show (Mr Rogers Neighborhood)  

Mar 27 Leslie Stuart, composer, dies at 64 in the year 1928.  

Mar 28 Giuseppe Ferrata, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1928.  

Mar 31 Gustave Ador, president of Austria (1919), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Apr 02 Theodore Richards, US chemist (atomic weight, Nobel 1914), dies in the year 1928.  

Apr 05 On this day in history jane Ellen Harrison, scholar/archaeologist, dies  

Apr 07 Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher (b. 1873) died in the year 1928.  

Apr 13 On this day in history luis Iruarrizaga Aguirre, composer, dies at 36  

Apr 16 Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founder of Henri Birks and Sons (b. 1840) died in the year 1928.  

Apr 18 Henryk Melcer-Szczawinski, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1928.  

Apr 24 Ferdinand B Hummel, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Apr 25 On this day in history pjotr N Wrangel, Russian baron general, dies at 49  

Apr 29 Henrich Federer, Switz, writer (I Switch Off The Light), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

May 04 In the year 1928 barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch), dies at 63  

May 07 In the year 1928 alexander Afanasii Spendiaryan, composer, dies at 56  

May 09 Constantin Dimitrescu, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

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Jan 02 Dan Rostenkowski, (Rep-D-Il, -94) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02 In the year 1928 birth of gerhard Amanshauser, writer  

Jan 02 Harry Hyams, English immovable goods owner (Center Point) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02 Howard Caine, Nashville TN, actor (Brushfire) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02 Tiberiu Olah, composer was born on this day in history.  

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