Historical Events In December - 28
Sunday, 28 February 2021
1969 Henry Oscar, actor (Saint in London), dies at 78 on December - 28.
1970 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 on this day in history.
1970 L Mendel Rivers, (Rep-D-SC), dies at 65 on December - 28.
1971 Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.
1973 On this day in history gulag Archipelago, an expose' of the Soviet prison system, is published by Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
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 On this day in history rob Niedermayer hockey player, was born at Cassiar, British Columbia
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 On December - 28 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 On December - 28 frederick Douglass Hall, composer, dies at 84
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 Sam Peckinpah, director, dies of cardiac arrest at 59 on this day in history.
1985 Warring Lebanese Moslem & Christian leaders sign peace agreement on this day in history.
1986 Andrei Tarkovsky, dies on December - 28.
1987 In Arkansas R Gene Simmons kills 16 on December - 28.
1987 On this day in history charles Malik, Lebanon's 1st delegate to UN, dies at 81
1988 On this day in history uS 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirms Yonkers is guilty of racism
1988 Hal Ashby, academy-award winning director, dies of cancer at 59 on December - 28.
1989 Robert Wickler, dies on this day in history.
1990 On this day in history 2 die in a NYC subway accident
1990 Ed van der Elsken, Dutch photographer (Sweet Life), dies at 65 on December - 28.
1991 Irene the Icon of the Greek Orthodox church returns after being stolen on December - 28.
1991 Ted Turner is named Time Magazine Man of the Year on December - 28.
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 December - 28.
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 Julian Belfrage, theatre agent, dies at 60 on this day in history.
1995 On this day in history harold Francis Collison, trade unionist, dies at 84