Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 28

1922  On August - 28 louis PMFG of Orleans, earl of Eu/Brazil, dies at 80   

1930  Alvar Gullstrand, Swedish optician (Nobel 1911), dies on this day in history.   

1933  On August - 28 death of helen Dunbar, American actress (b. 1863)   

1943  On August - 28 boris III, of Saksen-Coburg, King of Bulgaria (1918-43), dies   

1944  On this day in history ernst Thalmann, German communist, dies in Buchenwald   

1947  Death of Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1917) on this day in history.   

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  On August - 28 nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov, composer, dies at 67   

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  On August - 28 thomas Connolly, 1st baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies   

1964  On August - 28 gracie Allen, Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns & Allen), dies at 62   

1965  On August - 28 death of giulio Racah, Israeli physicist (b. 1909)   

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

1968  On August - 28 john Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies   

1969  Clarence R Hennecke, actor (Keystone Kops), dies at 74 on August - 28.   

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

1972  On this day in history 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  On August - 28 bruce Catton, US historian/writer (Civil War), dies at 78   

1979  Simonow, writer, dies on August - 28.   

1981  Death of Béla Guttman, Hungarian footballer (b. 1900) on August - 28.   

1982  G W A Chubb, cricketer (5 Tests for South Africa, 21 wickets), dies on August - 28.   

1983  Jan Clayton, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66 on August - 28.   

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

1987  On August - 28 john Huston, US/Irish actor/director (Maltese Falcon), dies at 81   

1988  On this day in history hazel Dawn, US singer/actress (Under Clover, Margie), dies at 98   

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  On August - 28 david Wright, poet, dies at 74   

1995  On August - 28 agnes Patrick, campaigner, dies at 85   

1996  On August - 28 lynda Carr, educationist, dies at 50   

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1025  Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068) was born on August - 28.   

1476  Motonoboe, Japanese painter (Kano-school) was born on August - 28.   

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

1592  On August - 28 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  Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721) was born on this day in history.   

1673  On this day in history birth of conrad Michael Schneider, composer   

1691  On August - 28 birth of elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1750)