Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 28

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

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

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

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

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

1959  Bohuslav Jan Martinu, Czech composer (Hry o Marti), dies at 68 on August - 28.   

1960  Anton Lajovic, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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

1967  On this day in history charles Darrow, US inventor of Monopoly, dies   

1968  On August - 28 john Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies   

1969  On August - 28 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 this day in history.   

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

1978  On this day in history bruce Catton, US historian/writer (Civil War), dies at 78   

1979  On August - 28 simonow, writer, dies   

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

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

1983  Jan Clayton, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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

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

1991  Christian Anders, actor/composer (Death Stone, Love Cult), dies on August - 28.   

1993  On this day in history rené Ray, English countess/actress (Farewell again), dies at 80   

1994  David Wright, poet, dies at 74 on August - 28.   

1995  On this day in history agnes Patrick, campaigner, dies at 85   

1996  On this day in history lynda Carr, educationist, dies at 50   

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1025  On August - 28 birth of emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068)   

1476  On August - 28 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 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  Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721) was born on this day in history.   

1673  Conrad Michael Schneider, composer was born on this day in history.   

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