Famous Deaths In August - 28

1922  Louis PMFG of Orleans, earl of Eu/Brazil, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history alvar Gullstrand, Swedish optician (Nobel 1911), dies   

1933  Death of Helen Dunbar, American actress (b. 1863) on August - 28.   

1943  Boris III, of Saksen-Coburg, King of Bulgaria (1918-43), dies on August - 28.   

1944  On this day in history ernst Thalmann, German communist, dies in Buchenwald   

1947  Death of Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1917) on August - 28.   

1951  Robert Walker, actor/writer (Bataan, Madame Curie), dies at 32 on August - 28.   

1955  On this day in history death of emmett Till, kidnapped & lynched at 14, in Money Mississippi   

1958  On August - 28 nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov, composer, dies at 67   

1959  Bohuslav Jan Martinu, Czech composer (Hry o Marti), dies at 68 on August - 28.   

1960  On August - 28 anton Lajovic, composer, dies at 81   

1961  On August - 28 thomas Connolly, 1st baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies   

1964  On August - 28 gracie Allen, Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns & Allen), dies at 62   

1965  Death of Giulio Racah, Israeli physicist (b. 1909) on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history charles Darrow, US inventor of Monopoly, dies   

1968  On this day in history john Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies   

1969  Clarence R Hennecke, actor (Keystone Kops), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1971  Nathan Leopold, US kidnapper/murderer of Bobby Franks (1924), dies on August - 28.   

1972  On August - 28 william HAF, Engl prince/grandson of George V, dies in accident at 29   

1975  On this day in history death of fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907)   

1978  On August - 28 bruce Catton, US historian/writer (Civil War), dies at 78   

1979  On this day in history simonow, writer, dies   

1981  On August - 28 death of béla Guttman, Hungarian footballer (b. 1900)   

1982  G W A Chubb, cricketer (5 Tests for South Africa, 21 wickets), dies on this day in history.   

1983  Jan Clayton, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1985  Ruth Gordon, actress (Big Bus), dies of a stroke in her sleep at 88 on this day in history.   

1987  On August - 28 john Huston, US/Irish actor/director (Maltese Falcon), dies at 81   

1988  Hazel Dawn, US singer/actress (Under Clover, Margie), dies at 98 on this day in history.   

1990  On August - 28 willy Vandersteen, Flemish cartoonist (Suske & Wiske), dies   

1991  On this day in history christian Anders, actor/composer (Death Stone, Love Cult), dies   

1993  René Ray, English countess/actress (Farewell again), dies at 80 on August - 28.   

1994  On August - 28 david Wright, poet, dies at 74   

1995  On August - 28 agnes Patrick, campaigner, dies at 85   

1996  Lynda Carr, educationist, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

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1025  Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068) was born on this day in history.   

1476  On August - 28 birth of motonoboe, Japanese painter (Kano-school)   

1582  On August - 28 birth of taichang Emperor, of the Ming dynasty of China (d. 1620)   

1592  On this day in history birth of george Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/PM (1625-28)   

1612  Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (d. 1653) was born on August - 28.   

1667  Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721) was born on this day in history.   

1673  Conrad Michael Schneider, composer was born on this day in history.   

1691  On August - 28 birth of elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1750)