Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened 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 this day in history.   

1933  On August - 28 death of helen Dunbar, American actress (b. 1863)   

1943  Boris III, of Saksen-Coburg, King of Bulgaria (1918-43), dies on this day in history.   

1944  Ernst Thalmann, German communist, dies in Buchenwald on August - 28.   

1947  On this day in history death of manolete, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1917)   

1951  On August - 28 robert Walker, actor/writer (Bataan, Madame Curie), dies at 32   

1955  Death of Emmett Till, kidnapped & lynched at 14, in Money Mississippi on this day in history.   

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.   

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  On August - 28 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 this day in history charles Darrow, US inventor of Monopoly, dies   

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

1982  G W A Chubb, cricketer (5 Tests for South Africa, 21 wickets), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1987  John Huston, US/Irish actor/director (Maltese Falcon), dies at 81 on August - 28.   

1988  Hazel Dawn, US singer/actress (Under Clover, Margie), dies at 98 on this day in history.   

1990  Willy Vandersteen, Flemish cartoonist (Suske & Wiske), dies on this day in history.   

1991  Christian Anders, actor/composer (Death Stone, Love Cult), dies on this day in history.   

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  On August - 28 agnes Patrick, campaigner, dies at 85   

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

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1025  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068)   

1476  Motonoboe, Japanese painter (Kano-school) was born on August - 28.   

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  On August - 28 birth of marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (d. 1653)   

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 this day in history.   

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