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  On this day in history alvar Gullstrand, Swedish optician (Nobel 1911), dies   

1933  Death of Helen Dunbar, American actress (b. 1863) on August - 28.   

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

1951  On this day in history robert Walker, actor/writer (Bataan, Madame Curie), dies at 32   

1955  Death of Emmett Till, kidnapped & lynched at 14, in Money Mississippi on this day in history.   

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 August - 28.   

1961  On this day in history thomas Connolly, 1st baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies   

1964  Gracie Allen, Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns & Allen), dies at 62 on August - 28.   

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 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1981  On this day in history death of béla Guttman, Hungarian footballer (b. 1900)   

1982  On August - 28 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  On August - 28 ruth Gordon, actress (Big Bus), dies of a stroke in her sleep at 88   

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

1988  On August - 28 hazel Dawn, US singer/actress (Under Clover, Margie), dies at 98   

1990  On this day in history willy Vandersteen, Flemish cartoonist (Suske & Wiske), dies   

1991  Christian Anders, actor/composer (Death Stone, Love Cult), dies on this day in history.   

1993  René Ray, English countess/actress (Farewell again), dies at 80 on August - 28.   

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  On August - 28 birth of emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068)   

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

1582  On this day in history birth of taichang Emperor, of the Ming dynasty of China (d. 1620)   

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 August - 28.   

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

1691  Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1750) was born on this day in history.