Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 28

1922  On this day in history louis PMFG of Orleans, earl of Eu/Brazil, dies at 80   

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

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

1943  On this day in history boris III, of Saksen-Coburg, King of Bulgaria (1918-43), dies   

1944  On August - 28 ernst Thalmann, German communist, dies in Buchenwald   

1947  On August - 28 death of manolete, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1917)   

1951  Robert Walker, actor/writer (Bataan, Madame Curie), dies at 32 on August - 28.   

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

1958  Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1959  Bohuslav Jan Martinu, Czech composer (Hry o Marti), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

1965  Death of Giulio Racah, Israeli physicist (b. 1909) on August - 28.   

1967  Charles Darrow, US inventor of Monopoly, dies on August - 28.   

1968  John Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history clarence R Hennecke, actor (Keystone Kops), dies at 74   

1971  Nathan Leopold, US kidnapper/murderer of Bobby Franks (1924), dies on August - 28.   

1972  William HAF, Engl prince/grandson of George V, dies in accident at 29 on August - 28.   

1975  Death of Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907) on August - 28.   

1978  On August - 28 bruce Catton, US historian/writer (Civil War), dies at 78   

1979  On this day in history simonow, writer, dies   

1981  Death of Béla Guttman, Hungarian footballer (b. 1900) on this day in history.   

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

1983  On this day in history jan Clayton, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66   

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

1987  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068)   

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

1582  On August - 28 birth of taichang Emperor, of the Ming dynasty of China (d. 1620)   

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 this day in history birth of louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721)   

1673  Conrad Michael Schneider, composer was born on August - 28.   

1691  On this day in history birth of elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1750)