Famous Deaths In August - 28

1922  On August - 28 louis PMFG of Orleans, earl of Eu/Brazil, dies at 80  

1930  Alvar Gullstrand, Swedish optician (Nobel 1911), dies on August - 28.  

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

1947  Death of Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1917) on this day in history.  

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

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  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  Thomas Connolly, 1st baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies on this day in history.  

1964  Gracie Allen, Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns & Allen), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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

1967  Charles Darrow, US inventor of Monopoly, dies on August - 28.  

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 this day in history 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  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  Death of Béla Guttman, Hungarian footballer (b. 1900) on August - 28.  

1982  On August - 28 g W A Chubb, cricketer (5 Tests for South Africa, 21 wickets), dies  

1983  Jan Clayton, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66 on August - 28.  

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 August - 28.  

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

1994  On this day in history david Wright, poet, dies at 74  

1995  Agnes Patrick, campaigner, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

1996  On August - 28 lynda Carr, educationist, dies at 50  

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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 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 August - 28 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 this day in history.