Historical Events In December - 28

1969  Henry Oscar, actor (Saint in London), dies at 78 on December - 28.   

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 this day in history l Mendel Rivers, (Rep-D-SC), dies at 65   

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

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

1974  More than 5,200 people killed in Pakistan earthquake on December - 28.   

1975  Red Army beats New York Rangers 7-3 at MSG on December - 28.   

1975  Rob Niedermayer hockey player, was born at Cassiar, British Columbia on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1983  Dennis Wilson, drummer/singer (Beach Boys), drowns at 39 on December - 28.   

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 December - 28.   

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

1986  On December - 28 andrei Tarkovsky, dies   

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  On December - 28 uS 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirms Yonkers is guilty of racism   

1988  On this day in history hal Ashby, academy-award winning director, dies of cancer at 59   

1989  On December - 28 robert Wickler, dies   

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

1990  On December - 28 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  Cassandra Harris, actress (For Your Eyes Only), dies of cancer at 39 on this day in history.   

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  Howard Caine, dies on December - 28.   

1994  On this day in history julian Belfrage, theatre agent, dies at 60   

1995  Harold Francis Collison, trade unionist, dies at 84 on December - 28.   

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1164  On December - 28 birth of emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176)   

1484  On this day in history birth of joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen   

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

1619  On this day in history birth of antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688)   

1631  Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist was born on this day in history.   

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  On December - 28 death of ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330)   

1446  On December - 28 clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies   

1503  Death of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471) on this day in history.   

1542  Albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52 on this day in history.   

1622  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55 on December - 28.   

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 December - 28.