Page 7: Historical Events In December - 28

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

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  On December - 28 l Mendel Rivers, (Rep-D-SC), dies at 65   

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  On this day in history more than 5,200 people killed in Pakistan earthquake   

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  Harry Winston, US jeweler for the "rich & famous", dies at 82 on December - 28.   

1980  Amir Elahi, cricketer, 1st Pakistani Test cricketer to die on this day in history.   

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

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

1983  On December - 28 dennis Wilson, drummer/singer (Beach Boys), drowns at 39   

1984  TV soap "The Edge of Night" ends 28 year run on December - 28.   

1984  Sam Peckinpah, director, dies of cardiac arrest at 59 on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history warring Lebanese Moslem & Christian leaders sign peace agreement   

1986  On December - 28 andrei Tarkovsky, dies   

1987  In Arkansas R Gene Simmons kills 16 on this day in history.   

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 December - 28.   

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

1989  Robert Wickler, dies on December - 28.   

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

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

1991  On this day in history irene the Icon of the Greek Orthodox church returns after being stolen   

1991  On this day in history ted Turner is named Time Magazine Man of the Year   

1991  On December - 28 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 December - 28.   

1992  On December - 28 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  Howard Caine, dies on December - 28.   

1994  Julian Belfrage, theatre agent, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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 December - 28.   

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  Antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1655  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria   

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

1663  On December - 28 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)