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

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 August - 28 death of emmett Till, kidnapped & lynched at 14, in Money Mississippi   

1958  Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov, composer, dies at 67 on August - 28.   

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  Thomas Connolly, 1st baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies on August - 28.   

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

1969  Clarence R Hennecke, actor (Keystone Kops), dies at 74 on August - 28.   

1971  Nathan Leopold, US kidnapper/murderer of Bobby Franks (1924), dies on this day in history.   

1972  William HAF, Engl prince/grandson of George V, dies in accident at 29 on August - 28.   

1975  On this day in history death of fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907)   

1978  Bruce Catton, US historian/writer (Civil War), dies at 78 on August - 28.   

1979  On August - 28 simonow, writer, dies   

1981  On August - 28 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  Ruth Gordon, actress (Big Bus), dies of a stroke in her sleep at 88 on August - 28.   

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

1991  On this day in history christian Anders, actor/composer (Death Stone, Love Cult), dies   

1993  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1996  Lynda Carr, educationist, dies at 50 on August - 28.   

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1025  Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068) was born on this day in history.   

1476  On August - 28 birth of motonoboe, Japanese painter (Kano-school)   

1582  On August - 28 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  Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (d. 1653) was born on this day in history.   

1667  Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721) was born on this day in history.   

1673  On August - 28 birth of conrad Michael Schneider, composer   

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