Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 28

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

1930  Alvar Gullstrand, Swedish optician (Nobel 1911), dies on August - 28.   

1933  On this day in history death of helen Dunbar, American actress (b. 1863)   

1943  Boris III, of Saksen-Coburg, King of Bulgaria (1918-43), dies on this day in history.   

1944  Ernst Thalmann, German communist, dies in Buchenwald on August - 28.   

1947  On this day in history death of manolete, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1917)   

1951  On August - 28 robert Walker, actor/writer (Bataan, Madame Curie), dies at 32   

1955  On August - 28 death of emmett Till, kidnapped & lynched at 14, in Money Mississippi   

1958  Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov, composer, dies at 67 on August - 28.   

1959  On this day in history bohuslav Jan Martinu, Czech composer (Hry o Marti), dies at 68   

1960  Anton Lajovic, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1961  Thomas Connolly, 1st baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies on August - 28.   

1964  On this day in history gracie Allen, Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns & Allen), dies at 62   

1965  On this day in history death of giulio Racah, Israeli physicist (b. 1909)   

1967  Charles Darrow, US inventor of Monopoly, dies on this day in history.   

1968  John Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies on August - 28.   

1969  On August - 28 clarence R Hennecke, actor (Keystone Kops), dies at 74   

1971  On this day in history nathan Leopold, US kidnapper/murderer of Bobby Franks (1924), dies   

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

1975  Death of Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907) on this day in history.   

1978  Bruce Catton, US historian/writer (Civil War), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1979  Simonow, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1983  On August - 28 jan Clayton, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66   

1985  Ruth Gordon, actress (Big Bus), dies of a stroke in her sleep at 88 on August - 28.   

1987  John Huston, US/Irish actor/director (Maltese Falcon), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1988  Hazel Dawn, US singer/actress (Under Clover, Margie), dies at 98 on August - 28.   

1990  Willy Vandersteen, Flemish cartoonist (Suske & Wiske), dies on this day in history.   

1991  On August - 28 christian Anders, actor/composer (Death Stone, Love Cult), dies   

1993  René Ray, English countess/actress (Farewell again), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1994  David Wright, poet, dies at 74 on August - 28.   

1995  Agnes Patrick, campaigner, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1996  On this day in history lynda Carr, educationist, dies at 50   

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1025  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068)   

1476  Motonoboe, Japanese painter (Kano-school) was born on this day in history.   

1582  Taichang Emperor, of the Ming dynasty of China (d. 1620) was born on this day in history.   

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

1612  On August - 28 birth of marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (d. 1653)   

1667  On August - 28 birth of louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721)   

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)