Famous Deaths In April - 28

1946  On April - 28 death of louis Bachelier, French mathematician (b. 1870)  

1949  On April - 28 death of aurora Quezon, First Lady of the Philippines (shot) (b. 1888)  

1954  Death of Léon Jouhaux, French labor leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1879) on this day in history.  

1955  Lode Cantens, Flemish playwrite (Gnomes of the City), dies at 43 on April - 28.  

1957  Death of Heinz "Pritzl" Bär, German fighter pilot (b. 1913) on this day in history.  

1960  On April - 28 anton Pancake, astronomer/marxist theorist, dies at 87  

1964  Death of Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector (b. 1888) on this day in history.  

1965  Ferdinand Bordewijk, Dutch lawyer/writer (Character), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1966  On this day in history ralph Bunker, actor (Ghost Goes West), dies of a stroke at 77  

1969  Johannes Rontgen, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1970  Ed Begley, actor (Mr Koppel-Leave it to Larry), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1973  Pat Henning, actor (Goodyear TV Playhouse), dies at 62 on April - 28.  

1974  Paul Page, actor (Girl from Havanna, Moth), dies at 70 on April - 28.  

1975  Jan A de Jonge, Dutch historian, dies at 48 on April - 28.  

1976  On this day in history eugen Roth, writer, dies at 81  

1977  On April - 28 ricardo Cortez, actor/director (Bad Company, Flesh), dies at 87  

1979  Feliks Roderyk Labunski, composer, dies at 86 on April - 28.  

1980  On April - 28 dee Carroll, [Betty Jean Marsh], actress (Mad Bomber, Split), dies  

1981  On this day in history mickey "Toy Bulldog" Walker, welterweight champ (1922-26) dies at 79  

1982  On April - 28 bert van Dongen, [Abraham J Cohen], Dutch singer/actor, dies at 66  

1983  On April - 28 ron James, cricketer (NSW's Sheffield Shield capt 1949-50), dies  

1984  On this day in history glen H Taylor, US senator/VP candidate (1948), dies at 80  

1987  On April - 28 death of ben Linder, development worker, murdered by Contras in Nicaragua  

1988  Death of B. W. Stevenson, American country singer (b. 1949) on April - 28.  

1989  Olaff J de Landell [JB van Sparwoude], Dutch writer, dies at 77 on April - 28.  

1990  On April - 28 jean Blazer Baney, entertainer, dies  

1991  On April - 28 floyd B McKissick, US founder (CORE), dies  

1992  On this day in history francis Bacon, Irish/British abstract painter, dies at 82  

1993  Jim Valvano, basketball coach (NC State), dies of cancer at 47 on this day in history.  

1995  Andrew Salkey, author editor/broadcaster, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1996  Giles Grangier, film director, dies at 84 on April - 28.  

1997  Susan Seddon Boulet, artist, dies of cancer at 45 on this day in history.  

1998  On April - 28 death of ramakant Desai, Indian cricketer (b. 1939)  

1999  Death of Rory Calhoun, American actor (b. 1922) on this day in history.  

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1442  On April - 28 birth of edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83)  

1545  Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (d. 1598) was born on April - 28.  

1592  On April - 28 birth of george Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/English admiral  

1630  Charles Cotton, English poet (d. 1687) was born on April - 28.  

1686  On this day in history birth of michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1721)  

1715  On April - 28 birth of franz Sparry, composer  

1748  Lorenz Justinian Ott, composer was born on April - 28.  

1750  On April - 28 birth of paul Ignaz Kurzinger, composer