Page 7: Historical Events In December - 28

1969  On December - 28 henry Oscar, actor (Saint in London), dies at 78   

1970  Paul Rose, his brother Jacques Rose, and Francis Simard captured at 4;30 am in tunnel under farmhouse near Montreal; suspected FLQ terrorists, kidnappers and murderers of Quebec Labour Minister Pierre Laporte on December - 28.   

1970  L Mendel Rivers, (Rep-D-SC), dies at 65 on December - 28.   

1971  Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner, composer, dies at 83 on December - 28.   

1973  On this day in history gulag Archipelago, an expose' of the Soviet prison system, is published by Alexander Solzhenitsyn.   

1974  More than 5,200 people killed in Pakistan earthquake on this day in history.   

1975  On December - 28 red Army beats New York Rangers 7-3 at MSG   

1975  Rob Niedermayer hockey player, was born at Cassiar, British Columbia on December - 28.   

1976  On December - 28 freddie King, rocker, dies at 42   

1978  On this day in history harry Winston, US jeweler for the "rich & famous", dies at 82   

1980  On December - 28 amir Elahi, cricketer, 1st Pakistani Test cricketer to die   

1981  Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first US test-tube baby, is born in Norfolk, Virginia on December - 28.   

1982  On December - 28 frederick Douglass Hall, composer, dies at 84   

1983  Dennis Wilson, drummer/singer (Beach Boys), drowns at 39 on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history tV soap "The Edge of Night" ends 28 year run   

1984  On this day in history sam Peckinpah, director, dies of cardiac arrest at 59   

1985  Warring Lebanese Moslem & Christian leaders sign peace agreement on this day in history.   

1986  Andrei Tarkovsky, dies on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history in Arkansas R Gene Simmons kills 16   

1987  Charles Malik, Lebanon's 1st delegate to UN, dies at 81 on December - 28.   

1988  US 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirms Yonkers is guilty of racism on this day in history.   

1988  On December - 28 hal Ashby, academy-award winning director, dies of cancer at 59   

1989  Robert Wickler, dies on this day in history.   

1990  2 die in a NYC subway accident on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history ed van der Elsken, Dutch photographer (Sweet Life), dies at 65   

1991  Irene the Icon of the Greek Orthodox church returns after being stolen on this day in history.   

1991  On December - 28 ted Turner is named Time Magazine Man of the Year   

1991  On this day in history cassandra Harris, actress (For Your Eyes Only), dies of cancer at 39   

1992  On this day in history the UN continues to protect the Kurds in Iraq from the Iraqi military   

1992  On December - 28 mort Greene, US songwriter (My Grandfather's Clock), dies at 80   

1993  On December - 28 timmins, Ontario country singer Shania Twain marries her producer Robert John "Mutt& Lang.   

1993  On this day in history howard Caine, dies   

1994  On December - 28 julian Belfrage, theatre agent, dies at 60   

1995  Harold Francis Collison, trade unionist, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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1164  Emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176) was born on this day in history.   

1484  Joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen was born on this day in history.   

1522  On this day in history birth of margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583)   

1619  Antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688) was born on December - 28.   

1631  On December - 28 birth of ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist   

1635  On this day in history birth of princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650)   

1655  On this day in history birth of charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698)   

1665  On December - 28 birth of george FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716)   

0300  On December - 28 death of theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria   

1367  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330)   

1446  Clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies on December - 28.   

1503  Death of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471) on December - 28.   

1542  On this day in history albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52   

1622  On December - 28 francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55   

1663  On this day in history death of francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)   

1671  On this day in history death of johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611)