Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 28
Friday, 18 July 2025
1922 On this day in history 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 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 August - 28.
1947 Death of Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1917) on August - 28.
1951 Robert Walker, actor/writer (Bataan, Madame Curie), dies at 32 on this day in history.
1955 Death of Emmett Till, kidnapped & lynched at 14, in Money Mississippi on August - 28.
1958 Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.
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 On August - 28 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 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 this day in history.
1969 On this day in history clarence R Hennecke, actor (Keystone Kops), dies at 74
1971 Nathan Leopold, US kidnapper/murderer of Bobby Franks (1924), dies on August - 28.
1972 On August - 28 william HAF, Engl prince/grandson of George V, dies in accident at 29
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 On this day in history 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 On August - 28 ruth Gordon, actress (Big Bus), dies of a stroke in her sleep at 88
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 On August - 28 willy Vandersteen, Flemish cartoonist (Suske & Wiske), dies
1991 Christian Anders, actor/composer (Death Stone, Love Cult), dies on August - 28.
1993 René Ray, English countess/actress (Farewell again), dies at 80 on this day in history.
1994 On this day in history david Wright, poet, dies at 74
1995 On August - 28 agnes Patrick, campaigner, dies at 85
1996 Lynda Carr, educationist, dies at 50 on this day in history.
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