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 this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history 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  Ernst Thalmann, German communist, dies in Buchenwald on August - 28.   

1947  Death of Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1917) on August - 28.   

1951  Robert Walker, actor/writer (Bataan, Madame Curie), dies at 32 on this day in history.   

1955  Death of Emmett Till, kidnapped & lynched at 14, in Money Mississippi on August - 28.   

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

1959  On August - 28 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  Gracie Allen, Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns & Allen), dies at 62 on August - 28.   

1965  Death of Giulio Racah, Israeli physicist (b. 1909) on this day in history.   

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

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

1979  Simonow, writer, dies on August - 28.   

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 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  John Huston, US/Irish actor/director (Maltese Falcon), dies at 81 on August - 28.   

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  Christian Anders, actor/composer (Death Stone, Love Cult), dies on August - 28.   

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  Lynda Carr, educationist, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

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

1592  George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/PM (1625-28) was born on August - 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.