Historical Events In December - 28

1969  Henry Oscar, actor (Saint in London), dies at 78 on December - 28.   

1970  On this day in history paul Rose, his brother Jacques Rose, and Francis Simard captured at 4;30 am in tunnel under farmhouse near Montreal; suspected FLQ terrorists, kidnappers and murderers of Quebec Labour Minister Pierre Laporte   

1970  On December - 28 l Mendel Rivers, (Rep-D-SC), dies at 65   

1971  Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner, composer, dies at 83 on December - 28.   

1973  On this day in history gulag Archipelago, an expose' of the Soviet prison system, is published by Alexander Solzhenitsyn.   

1974  On this day in history more than 5,200 people killed in Pakistan earthquake   

1975  Red Army beats New York Rangers 7-3 at MSG on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history rob Niedermayer hockey player, was born at Cassiar, British Columbia   

1976  Freddie King, rocker, dies at 42 on December - 28.   

1978  Harry Winston, US jeweler for the "rich & famous", dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1980  Amir Elahi, cricketer, 1st Pakistani Test cricketer to die on December - 28.   

1981  On this day in history elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first US test-tube baby, is born in Norfolk, Virginia.   

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

1983  Dennis Wilson, drummer/singer (Beach Boys), drowns at 39 on December - 28.   

1984  On this day in history tV soap "The Edge of Night" ends 28 year run   

1984  Sam Peckinpah, director, dies of cardiac arrest at 59 on this day in history.   

1985  Warring Lebanese Moslem & Christian leaders sign peace agreement on December - 28.   

1986  On December - 28 andrei Tarkovsky, dies   

1987  In Arkansas R Gene Simmons kills 16 on this day in history.   

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

1988  US 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirms Yonkers is guilty of racism on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history hal Ashby, academy-award winning director, dies of cancer at 59   

1989  On this day in history robert Wickler, dies   

1990  2 die in a NYC subway accident on December - 28.   

1990  Ed van der Elsken, Dutch photographer (Sweet Life), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1991  On December - 28 irene the Icon of the Greek Orthodox church returns after being stolen   

1991  On this day in history ted Turner is named Time Magazine Man of the Year   

1991  Cassandra Harris, actress (For Your Eyes Only), dies of cancer at 39 on December - 28.   

1992  On December - 28 the UN continues to protect the Kurds in Iraq from the Iraqi military   

1992  On December - 28 mort Greene, US songwriter (My Grandfather's Clock), dies at 80   

1993  On December - 28 timmins, Ontario country singer Shania Twain marries her producer Robert John "Mutt& Lang.   

1993  Howard Caine, dies on December - 28.   

1994  Julian Belfrage, theatre agent, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1995  Harold Francis Collison, trade unionist, dies at 84 on December - 28.   

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1164  On December - 28 birth of emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176)   

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  On this day in history birth of antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688)   

1631  Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist was born on this day in history.   

1635  On this day in history birth of princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650)   

1655  On this day in history 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.   

0300  On this day in history death of theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria   

1367  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330)   

1446  Clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies on December - 28.   

1503  Death of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471) on this day in history.   

1542  On this day in history albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52   

1622  On December - 28 francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55   

1663  On this day in history death of francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)   

1671  On December - 28 death of johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611)