Page 7: Historical Events In December - 28

1969  Henry Oscar, actor (Saint in London), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1970  On December - 28 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   

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

1971  On this day in history maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner, composer, dies at 83   

1973  Gulag Archipelago, an expose' of the Soviet prison system, is published by Alexander Solzhenitsyn on December - 28.   

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  Freddie King, rocker, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

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

1980  On this day in history amir Elahi, cricketer, 1st Pakistani Test cricketer to die   

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

1982  Frederick Douglass Hall, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history dennis Wilson, drummer/singer (Beach Boys), drowns at 39   

1984  On December - 28 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  On December - 28 warring Lebanese Moslem & Christian leaders sign peace agreement   

1986  Andrei Tarkovsky, dies on this day in history.   

1987  On December - 28 in Arkansas R Gene Simmons kills 16   

1987  On December - 28 charles Malik, Lebanon's 1st delegate to UN, dies at 81   

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

1988  Hal Ashby, academy-award winning director, dies of cancer at 59 on this day in history.   

1989  Robert Wickler, dies on this day in history.   

1990  On December - 28 2 die in a NYC subway accident   

1990  Ed van der Elsken, Dutch photographer (Sweet Life), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

1991  Ted Turner is named Time Magazine Man of the Year on this day in history.   

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

1992  The UN continues to protect the Kurds in Iraq from the Iraqi military on this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history mort Greene, US songwriter (My Grandfather's Clock), dies at 80   

1993  On this day in history 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  On December - 28 harold Francis Collison, trade unionist, dies at 84   

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1164  On this day in history birth of emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176)   

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

1522  Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583) was born on December - 28.   

1619  On December - 28 birth of antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688)   

1631  Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist was born on December - 28.   

1635  Princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650) was born on December - 28.   

1655  On December - 28 birth of charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698)   

1665  George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716) was born on this day in history.   

0300  Death of Theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria on December - 28.   

1367  Death of Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330) on December - 28.   

1446  On this day in history clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies   

1503  On December - 28 death of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471)   

1542  On December - 28 albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52   

1622  On this day in history francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55   

1663  Death of Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618) on December - 28.   

1671  Death of Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611) on this day in history.