Famous Deaths In 1928

Jan 06 Alvin C Kraenzlein, track star (Olympic-4 gold-1900), dies at 51 on this day in history.  

Jan 08 On this day in history 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 In the year 1928 death of ruth Snyder, 1st woman to die in electric chair  

Jan 13 In the year 1928 johan Peter Koch, Danish officer/explorer, dies at 57  

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 in the year 1928.  

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

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

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

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

Feb 15 Hubert H Asquith, premier Great-Britain (1908-16), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 29 In the year 1928 adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist, dies at 65  

Mar 01 In the year 1928 albert Herbert Brewer, composer, dies at 62  

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 Fred Rogers, childrens show (Mr Rogers Neighborhood) died on this day in history.  

Mar 27 Leslie Stuart, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Mar 28 On this day in history giuseppe Ferrata, composer, dies at 63  

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

Apr 02 On this day in history theodore Richards, US chemist (atomic weight, Nobel 1914), dies  

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 Luis Iruarrizaga Aguirre, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.  

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

Apr 18 On this day in history henryk Melcer-Szczawinski, composer, dies at 58  

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

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

May 09 On this day in history constantin Dimitrescu, composer, dies at 81  

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