Famous Deaths In August - 28

1922  Louis PMFG of Orleans, earl of Eu/Brazil, dies at 80 on August - 28.  

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

1933  Death of Helen Dunbar, American actress (b. 1863) on this day in history.  

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

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

1958  On August - 28 nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov, composer, dies at 67  

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

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1960  Anton Lajovic, composer, dies at 81 on August - 28.  

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 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 August - 28.  

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

1971  On August - 28 nathan Leopold, US kidnapper/murderer of Bobby Franks (1924), dies  

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  Bruce Catton, US historian/writer (Civil War), dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1979  On August - 28 simonow, writer, dies  

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

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

1983  On August - 28 jan Clayton, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66  

1985  On this day in history 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 August - 28.  

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  Agnes Patrick, campaigner, dies at 85 on August - 28.  

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 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 August - 28.  

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)