Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 28
Sunday, 15 June 2025
1929 Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet, Austrian artist (React of P), dies at 54 on February - 28.
1931 On February - 28 ban Johnson, created (baseball's AL), dies after a long illness
1932 On this day in history death of guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer (b. 1851)
1935 On February - 28 alexander W F Idenburg, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1909-16), dies at 73
1936 On this day in history pedro Munoz Seca, La Caraba/La oca, dies at 55
1940 Johan C Braakensiek, Dutch political cartoonist, dies at 81 on this day in history.
1941 Death of King Alfonso XIII of Spain (b. 1886) on February - 28.
1949 On February - 28 stanley Robert Marchant, composer, dies at 65
1953 Jim Thorpe, decathlete (Olympics-gold-1912), dies at 64 on this day in history.
1956 On this day in history death of emile Buisson, French murderer executed (b. 1902)
1959 Maxwell Anderson, US dramatist (Key Largo, Bath Seed), dies at 70 on this day in history.
1960 On February - 28 f S Flint, British translator/poet (imagist movement), dies at 74
1961 On February - 28 joris Vriamont, Flemish writer/music publisher, dies at 64
1962 Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson, comedian (Olsen & Johnson), dies at 70 on this day in history.
1963 Theodore Newton, actor (Voltaire, Ace of Aces), dies at 58 on this day in history.
1964 On this day in history dirk HW Filarski, painter/lithographer (Bergen School), dies at 78
1965 On this day in history adolf Scharf, president of Austria (1957-65), dies at 74
1966 On February - 28 charles A Bassett II, astronaut, dies at 34, in a crash of T-38 jet
1967 Death of Henry Luce, American publisher (b. 1898) on February - 28.
1968 On February - 28 doretta Morrow, actress (Because You're Mine), dies at 41
1972 On this day in history victor Barna, table tennis champ, dies
1973 Cecil Kellaway, actor (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies at 78 on this day in history.
1974 Mees Toxopeus, Dutch rescue-vessel captain, dies at 89 on this day in history.
1975 On this day in history istvan Kardos, composer, dies at 83
1977 On February - 28 eddie "Rochester" Anderson, comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 71
1978 On February - 28 eric Frank Russell, sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space), dies at 73
1979 On February - 28 jane Hylton, English actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot), dies at 52
1980 Ian Alexander Ross Peebles, cricketer (45 wkts for England), dies on this day in history.
1984 On this day in history leslie Walcott, cricketer (Test for WI v England 1930), dies
1985 Charita Bauer, actress (Mary-Aldrich Family), dies at 62 in NYC on February - 28.
1986 On February - 28 death of sven Olof Palme, Swedish PM (1969-76, 82-86), assassinated at 59
1987 On February - 28 anny Ondra, actress (Blackmail), dies at 83
1988 Mikha`il Na'imah, Lebanese playwright, dies at 99 on February - 28.
1989 On this day in history hermann Burger, writer, dies at 46
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