Famous Deaths In December - 28

1917  On this day in history death of alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian World War One flying ace (b. 1892)  

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 this day in history.  

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

1935  On December - 28 clarence Day, writer (Life with Father), dies  

1937  On December - 28 maurice J Ravel, Swiss/French composer (Bolero), dies in Paris at 62  

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

1943  On December - 28 death of steve Evans, American baseball player (b. 1885)  

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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  Victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1948  Death of Mahmud Nokrashy Pasha, PM of Egypt (19..-48), assassinated on this day in history.  

1949  On this day in history jack Lovelock, NZ/US surgeon/athlete (Olympic-gold-1936), dies at 39  

1952  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of ante Pavelić, leader of Nazi Germany puppet Independent State of Croatia (b. 1889)  

1961  On December - 28 edith Bolling Galt Wilson, 1st lady (1915-21), dies at 89  

1962  On December - 28 death of kathleen Clifford, American actress (b. 1887)  

1963  Abbott Joseph Liebling, American journalist/writer, dies on December - 28.  

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

1969  Henry Oscar, actor (Saint in London), dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1970  L Mendel Rivers, (Rep-D-SC), dies at 65 on December - 28.  

1971  On December - 28 maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner, composer, dies at 83  

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 this day in history death of allan Dwan, Canadian-born film director (b. 1885)  

1982  On this day in history frederick Douglass Hall, composer, dies at 84  

1983  Death of Dennis Wilson, drummer/singer (Beach Boys), drowns at 39 on this day in history.  

1984  On this day in history sam Peckinpah, director, dies of cardiac arrest at 59  

1986  Andrei Tarkovsky, dies on this day in history.  

1987  On this day in history charles Malik, Lebanon's 1st delegate to UN, dies at 81  

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1164  Emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176) was born on this day in history.  

1484  Joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen was born on December - 28.  

1522  Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583) was born on this day in history.  

1619  Antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688) was born on December - 28.  

1631  On December - 28 birth of ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist  

1635  On December - 28 birth of princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650)  

1655  On December - 28 birth of charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698)  

1665  George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716) was born on December - 28.