Famous Deaths In January - 28

1895  On January - 28 francois Certain de Canrobert, French marshal, dies at 85  

1896  On January - 28 joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57  

1898  Alexandru Flechtenmacher, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1903  Augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer, dies at 55 on January - 28.  

1910  On January - 28 jose Garcia Robles, composer, dies at 74  

1912  On January - 28 death of gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist (b. 1819)  

1915  On this day in history death of nikolay Umov, Russian physicist (b. 1846)  

1918  John McCrae, Canadian poet/physician, dies on this day in history.  

1924  Simon Abramsz, Dutch writer (Artist book), dies at 56 on this day in history.  

1930  Clarence Skelton Wimble, cricket (score pair in Test for S Af), dies on January - 28.  

1932  On this day in history franz Xavier Arens, composer, dies at 75  

1933  Theodor Birt [Beatus Rhenanus], German classicist/writer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1935  On January - 28 mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer, dies at 75  

1937  Death of Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and shooter (b. 1862) on this day in history.  

1938  On January - 28 bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver, dies at 28  

1939  William Butler Yeats, Irish poet (Nobel), dies in France at 73 on this day in history.  

1942  Pablo Luna y Carne, composer, dies at 61 on January - 28.  

1945  Philip "Felix" Bekkers, actor (We Go on Trip), dies at 37 on January - 28.  

1947  On January - 28 reynaldo Hahn, composer, dies at 72  

1949  Gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist, composer, dies at 62 on January - 28.  

1950  Death of Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician (b. 1883) on January - 28.  

1951  On this day in history death of carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, president of Finland (b.1867)  

1953  On this day in history death of james Scullin, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1876)  

1957  Fred Stein, TV panelist (Live Begins at 80), dies at 88 on this day in history.  

1959  Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israel Knesset (1949-59), dies at 73 on January - 28.  

1960  Jacques de Menasce, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1963  On this day in history jean Felix Piccard, swiss explorer, dies on his 79th birthday  

1965  Jef van Durme, composer, dies at 57 on January - 28.  

1967  On this day in history stanley Coen, cricket (2 Tests for S Af, hs 41 not out, avg 50), dies  

1970  Tommy Andrews (Aust) 16 Tests 1921-26, cricketer (592 runs), dies on this day in history.  

1971  On this day in history death of donald Winnicott, British psychoanalyst (b. 1896)  

1972  On this day in history adriaan B "Jaap" Wagemaker, Dutch sculptor, dies at 66  

1973  John Banner, actor (Schultz-Hogan's Heroes), dies on 62nd birthday on January - 28.  

1974  On this day in history dino Buzzati, writer, dies at 67  

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1225  Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) was born on January - 28.  

1312  On this day in history birth of queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349)  

1457  Henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509) was born on this day in history.  

1540  On January - 28 birth of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610)  

1578  On this day in history birth of cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39)  

1582  John Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon) was born on January - 28.  

1600  Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69) was born on January - 28.  

1608  On this day in history birth of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer