Famous Deaths Happened In 1928

Jan 06 In the year 1928 alvin C Kraenzlein, track star (Olympic-4 gold-1900), dies at 51  

Jan 08 Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1928.  

Jan 11 Thomas Hardy, novelist (Maddening Crowd), dies near Dorchester at 87 on this day in history.  

Jan 12 Ruth Snyder, 1st woman to die in electric chair died in the year 1928.  

Jan 13 Johan Peter Koch, Danish officer/explorer, dies at 57 in the year 1928.  

Jan 21 In the year 1928 death of george Goethals, American army engineer (b. 1858)  

Jan 27 Marie Verstraete, actress (Frou-Frou/Nora), dies at 74 in the year 1928.  

Jan 29 Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig/field marshal (WW I), dies at 66 in the year 1928.  

Jan 30 Douglas Haig, Brit fieldmarshal (Sudan/Boer war/WW I), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Feb 01 In the year 1928 death of hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)  

Feb 04 Hendrik A Lorentz, physicist (L transformation-Nobel 1902), dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Feb 15 Hubert H Asquith, premier Great-Britain (1908-16), dies at 75 in the year 1928.  

Feb 16 On this day in history death of eddie Foy, American singer and dancer (b. 1856)  

Feb 29 On this day in history adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist, dies at 65  

Mar 01 Albert Herbert Brewer, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1928.  

Mar 03 Jan [Jean] T Toorop, Dutch graphic artist (3 Brides), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Mar 07 On this day in history death of robert Abbe, American surgeon (b. 1851)  

Mar 18 Paul van Ostaijen, Flemish writer (Outlawed), dies at 32 in the year 1928.  

Mar 20 Fred Rogers, childrens show (Mr Rogers Neighborhood) died in the year 1928.  

Mar 27 On this day in history leslie Stuart, composer, dies at 64  

Mar 28 Giuseppe Ferrata, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Mar 31 In the year 1928 gustave Ador, president of Austria (1919), dies at 82  

Apr 02 Theodore Richards, US chemist (atomic weight, Nobel 1914), dies on this day in history.  

Apr 05 In the year 1928 jane Ellen Harrison, scholar/archaeologist, dies  

Apr 07 Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher (b. 1873) died on this day in history.  

Apr 13 Luis Iruarrizaga Aguirre, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.  

Apr 16 In the year 1928 death of henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founder of Henri Birks and Sons (b. 1840)  

Apr 18 On this day in history henryk Melcer-Szczawinski, composer, dies at 58  

Apr 24 Ferdinand B Hummel, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1928.  

Apr 25 In the year 1928 pjotr N Wrangel, Russian baron general, dies at 49  

Apr 29 Henrich Federer, Switz, writer (I Switch Off The Light), dies at 61 in the year 1928.  

May 04 Barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

May 07 In the year 1928 alexander Afanasii Spendiaryan, composer, dies at 56  

May 09 On this day in history constantin Dimitrescu, composer, dies at 81  

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Jan 01 In the year 1928 birth of ernest R Tidyman, Ohio, novelist/screenwriter (French Connection)  

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of khan Mohammad, cricketer (Paki fast-med bowler, 54 wkts in 13 Tests)  

Jan 02 In the year 1928 birth of dan Rostenkowski, (Rep-D-Il, -94)  

Jan 02 Gerhard Amanshauser, writer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02 Harry Hyams, English immovable goods owner (Center Point) was born in the year 1928.  

Jan 02 Howard Caine, Nashville TN, actor (Brushfire) was born in the year 1928.  

Jan 02 Tiberiu Olah, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02 On this day in history birth of vaughn Beals, Cambridge Mass, CEO (Harley Davidson motorcycle)