Famous Deaths Happened In 1928

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

Jan 08 Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

Jan 11 On this day in history thomas Hardy, novelist (Maddening Crowd), dies near Dorchester at 87  

Jan 12 On this day in history death of ruth Snyder, 1st woman to die in electric chair  

Jan 13 On this day in history johan Peter Koch, Danish officer/explorer, dies at 57  

Jan 21 In the year 1928 death of george Goethals, American army engineer (b. 1858)  

Jan 27 Marie Verstraete, actress (Frou-Frou/Nora), dies at 74 in the year 1928.  

Jan 29 Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig/field marshal (WW I), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Jan 30 Douglas Haig, Brit fieldmarshal (Sudan/Boer war/WW I), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Feb 01 In the year 1928 death of hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)  

Feb 04 Hendrik A Lorentz, physicist (L transformation-Nobel 1902), dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Feb 15 In the year 1928 hubert H Asquith, premier Great-Britain (1908-16), dies at 75  

Feb 16 Eddie Foy, American singer and dancer (b. 1856) died in the year 1928.  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 03 Jan [Jean] T Toorop, Dutch graphic artist (3 Brides), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Mar 07 In the year 1928 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 Fred Rogers, childrens show (Mr Rogers Neighborhood) died on this day in history.  

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

Mar 28 Giuseppe Ferrata, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Mar 31 In the year 1928 gustave Ador, president of Austria (1919), dies at 82  

Apr 02 Theodore Richards, US chemist (atomic weight, Nobel 1914), dies on this day in history.  

Apr 05 In the year 1928 jane Ellen Harrison, scholar/archaeologist, dies  

Apr 07 In the year 1928 death of alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher (b. 1873)  

Apr 13 Luis Iruarrizaga Aguirre, composer, dies at 36 in the year 1928.  

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

Apr 18 In the year 1928 henryk Melcer-Szczawinski, composer, dies at 58  

Apr 24 Ferdinand B Hummel, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1928.  

Apr 25 Pjotr N Wrangel, Russian baron general, dies at 49 in the year 1928.  

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

May 04 Barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch), dies at 63 in the year 1928.  

May 07 Alexander Afanasii Spendiaryan, composer, dies at 56 in the year 1928.  

May 09 In the year 1928 constantin Dimitrescu, composer, dies at 81  

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Jan 01 In the year 1928 birth of ernest R Tidyman, Ohio, novelist/screenwriter (French Connection)  

Jan 01 In the year 1928 birth of khan Mohammad, cricketer (Paki fast-med bowler, 54 wkts in 13 Tests)  

Jan 02 Dan Rostenkowski, (Rep-D-Il, -94) was born in the year 1928.  

Jan 02 Gerhard Amanshauser, writer was born in the year 1928.  

Jan 02 Harry Hyams, English immovable goods owner (Center Point) was born in the year 1928.  

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

Jan 02 On this day in history birth of tiberiu Olah, composer  

Jan 02 Vaughn Beals, Cambridge Mass, CEO (Harley Davidson motorcycle) was born on this day in history.