Famous Deaths In 1928

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

Jan 08 In the year 1928 dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu, composer, dies at 61

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

Jan 12 In the year 1928 death of ruth Snyder, 1st woman to die in electric chair

Jan 13 Johan Peter Koch, Danish officer/explorer, dies at 57 on this day in history.

Jan 21 George Goethals, American army engineer (b. 1858) died on this day in history.

Jan 27 On this day in history marie Verstraete, actress (Frou-Frou/Nora), dies at 74

Jan 29 On this day in history douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig/field marshal (WW I), dies at 66

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

Feb 01 Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869) died in the year 1928.

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

Feb 15 In the year 1928 hubert H Asquith, premier Great-Britain (1908-16), dies at 75

Feb 16 Eddie Foy, American singer and dancer (b. 1856) died on this day in history.

Feb 29 Adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist, dies at 65 on this day in history.

Mar 01 Albert Herbert Brewer, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.

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

Mar 07 Robert Abbe, American surgeon (b. 1851) died in the year 1928.

Mar 18 Paul van Ostaijen, Flemish writer (Outlawed), dies at 32 on this day in history.

Mar 20 On this day in history death of fred Rogers, childrens show (Mr Rogers Neighborhood)

Mar 27 Leslie Stuart, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.

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

Mar 31 Gustave Ador, president of Austria (1919), dies at 82 in the year 1928.

Apr 02 Theodore Richards, US chemist (atomic weight, Nobel 1914), dies in the year 1928.

Apr 05 Jane Ellen Harrison, scholar/archaeologist, dies in the year 1928.

Apr 07 In the year 1928 death of alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher (b. 1873)

Apr 13 In the year 1928 luis Iruarrizaga Aguirre, composer, dies at 36

Apr 16 Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founder of Henri Birks and Sons (b. 1840) died on this day in history.

Apr 18 In the year 1928 henryk Melcer-Szczawinski, composer, dies at 58

Apr 24 In the year 1928 ferdinand B Hummel, composer, dies at 72

Apr 25 On this day in history pjotr N Wrangel, Russian baron general, dies at 49

Apr 29 In the year 1928 henrich Federer, Switz, writer (I Switch Off The Light), dies at 61

May 04 On this day in history barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch), dies at 63

May 07 Alexander Afanasii Spendiaryan, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.

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

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