Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 28

1922  On August - 28 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  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 August - 28.   

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

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

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

1955  On this day in history death of emmett Till, kidnapped & lynched at 14, in Money Mississippi   

1958  On this day in history nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov, composer, dies at 67   

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

1967  On August - 28 charles Darrow, US inventor of Monopoly, dies   

1968  On this day in history john Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies   

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 this day in history william HAF, Engl prince/grandson of George V, dies in accident at 29   

1975  On August - 28 death of fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907)   

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

1982  On August - 28 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 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  On August - 28 willy Vandersteen, Flemish cartoonist (Suske & Wiske), dies   

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

1993  On August - 28 rené Ray, English countess/actress (Farewell again), dies at 80   

1994  David Wright, poet, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of motonoboe, Japanese painter (Kano-school)   

1582  Taichang Emperor, of the Ming dynasty of China (d. 1620) was born on August - 28.   

1592  On August - 28 birth of george Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/PM (1625-28)   

1612  Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (d. 1653) was born on this day in history.   

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  Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1750) was born on August - 28.