Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 28

1917  Death of Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian World War One flying ace (b. 1892) on December - 28.   

1918  On this day in history george H White, last post Reconstruction congressman (Penn), dies   

1919  On this day in history death of johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist (b. 1854)   

1923  On this day in history alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, engineer (Eiffel Tower), dies at 91   

1924  Death of Léon Bakst, Russian artist (b. 1866) on December - 28.   

1932  John Blackham, cricketer (35 Tests as Aust WK, caught 37), dies on December - 28.   

1935  On this day in history clarence Day, writer (Life with Father), dies   

1937  Maurice J Ravel, Swiss/French composer (Bolero), dies in Paris at 62 on this day in history.   

1938  Florence Lawrence, silent screen actress (Confidence), dies at 48 on December - 28.   

1943  Death of Steve Evans, American baseball player (b. 1885) on December - 28.   

1945  On December - 28 theodore Dreiser, novelist (An American Tragedy), dies at 74   

1946  Carrie Jacobs Bond, American composer (I Love You Truly), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia, dies at 78   

1948  On December - 28 death of mahmud Nokrashy Pasha, PM of Egypt (19..-48), assassinated   

1949  Jack Lovelock, NZ/US surgeon/athlete (Olympic-gold-1936), dies at 39 on December - 28.   

1952  On December - 28 death of fletcher Henderson, American musician (b. 1897)   

1956  On this day in history roelof Kranenburg, Dutch social democratic party-chairman, dies at 76   

1959  On December - 28 death of ante Pavelić, leader of Nazi Germany puppet Independent State of Croatia (b. 1889)   

1961  Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, 1st lady (1915-21), dies at 89 on December - 28.   

1962  On this day in history death of kathleen Clifford, American actress (b. 1887)   

1963  Abbott Joseph Liebling, American journalist/writer, dies on this day in history.   

1967  On December - 28 béla Schick, Hung/US children's physician (Scarlet Fever), dies at 90   

1969  Henry Oscar, actor (Saint in London), dies at 78 on December - 28.   

1970  On this day in history l Mendel Rivers, (Rep-D-SC), dies at 65   

1971  Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history freddie King, rocker, dies at 42   

1978  On December - 28 harry Winston, US jeweler for the "rich & famous", dies at 82   

1980  On December - 28 death of amir Elahi, cricketer, 1st Pakistani Test cricketer to die   

1981  On December - 28 death of allan Dwan, Canadian-born film director (b. 1885)   

1982  Frederick Douglass Hall, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1983  On December - 28 death of dennis Wilson, drummer/singer (Beach Boys), drowns at 39   

1984  Sam Peckinpah, director, dies of cardiac arrest at 59 on this day in history.   

1986  On December - 28 andrei Tarkovsky, dies   

1987  Charles Malik, Lebanon's 1st delegate to UN, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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1164  On December - 28 birth of emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176)   

1484  On December - 28 birth of joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen   

1522  Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583) was born on December - 28.   

1619  On December - 28 birth of antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688)   

1631  Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist was born on this day in history.   

1635  Princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.   

1655  Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698) was born on December - 28.   

1665  On December - 28 birth of george FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716)