Famous Deaths In December - 28
Thursday, 28 March 2024
1917 On this day in history death of alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian World War One flying ace (b. 1892)
1918 On this day in history george H White, last post Reconstruction congressman (Penn), dies
1919 On December - 28 death of johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist (b. 1854)
1923 Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, engineer (Eiffel Tower), dies at 91 on this day in history.
1924 Death of Léon Bakst, Russian artist (b. 1866) on this day in history.
1932 On this day in history john Blackham, cricketer (35 Tests as Aust WK, caught 37), dies
1935 Clarence Day, writer (Life with Father), dies on this day in history.
1937 On this day in history maurice J Ravel, Swiss/French composer (Bolero), dies in Paris at 62
1938 On this day in history florence Lawrence, silent screen actress (Confidence), dies at 48
1943 Death of Steve Evans, American baseball player (b. 1885) on December - 28.
1945 On December - 28 theodore Dreiser, novelist (An American Tragedy), dies at 74
1946 Carrie Jacobs Bond, American composer (I Love You Truly), dies at 85 on December - 28.
1947 On December - 28 victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia, dies at 78
1948 Death of Mahmud Nokrashy Pasha, PM of Egypt (19..-48), assassinated on this day in history.
1949 Jack Lovelock, NZ/US surgeon/athlete (Olympic-gold-1936), dies at 39 on December - 28.
1952 Death of Fletcher Henderson, American musician (b. 1897) on this day in history.
1956 On this day in history roelof Kranenburg, Dutch social democratic party-chairman, dies at 76
1959 On December - 28 death of ante Pavelić, leader of Nazi Germany puppet Independent State of Croatia (b. 1889)
1961 On December - 28 edith Bolling Galt Wilson, 1st lady (1915-21), dies at 89
1962 On December - 28 death of kathleen Clifford, American actress (b. 1887)
1963 On December - 28 abbott Joseph Liebling, American journalist/writer, dies
1967 Béla Schick, Hung/US children's physician (Scarlet Fever), dies at 90 on this day in history.
1969 Henry Oscar, actor (Saint in London), dies at 78 on this day in history.
1970 L Mendel Rivers, (Rep-D-SC), dies at 65 on this day in history.
1971 Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.
1976 On this day in history freddie King, rocker, dies at 42
1978 Harry Winston, US jeweler for the "rich & famous", dies at 82 on this day in history.
1980 Death of Amir Elahi, cricketer, 1st Pakistani Test cricketer to die on December - 28.
1981 On this day in history death of allan Dwan, Canadian-born film director (b. 1885)
1982 On December - 28 frederick Douglass Hall, composer, dies at 84
1983 Death of Dennis Wilson, drummer/singer (Beach Boys), drowns at 39 on December - 28.
1984 Sam Peckinpah, director, dies of cardiac arrest at 59 on this day in history.
1986 Andrei Tarkovsky, dies on this day in history.
1987 Charles Malik, Lebanon's 1st delegate to UN, dies at 81 on this day in history.
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