Historical Events In December - 28

1969  Henry Oscar, actor (Saint in London), dies at 78 on this day in history.  

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

1974  On December - 28 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 December - 28 rob Niedermayer hockey player, was born at Cassiar, British Columbia  

1976  On December - 28 freddie King, rocker, dies at 42  

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

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1980  On this day in history amir Elahi, cricketer, 1st Pakistani Test cricketer to die  

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

1982  Frederick Douglass Hall, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1983  On this day in history dennis Wilson, drummer/singer (Beach Boys), drowns at 39  

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

1984  On this day in history sam Peckinpah, director, dies of cardiac arrest at 59  

1985  On December - 28 warring Lebanese Moslem & Christian leaders sign peace agreement  

1986  On this day in history andrei Tarkovsky, dies  

1987  On this day in history in Arkansas R Gene Simmons kills 16  

1987  On December - 28 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 December - 28.  

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

1989  Robert Wickler, dies on this day in history.  

1990  On this day in history 2 die in a NYC subway accident  

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

1991  Irene the Icon of the Greek Orthodox church returns after being stolen on this day in history.  

1991  On December - 28 ted Turner is named Time Magazine Man of the Year  

1991  On December - 28 cassandra Harris, actress (For Your Eyes Only), dies of cancer at 39  

1992  On this day in history the UN continues to protect the Kurds in Iraq from the Iraqi military  

1992  On this day in history mort Greene, US songwriter (My Grandfather's Clock), dies at 80  

1993  On this day in history timmins, Ontario country singer Shania Twain marries her producer Robert John "Mutt& Lang.  

1993  On December - 28 howard Caine, dies  

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 this day in history.  

1522  Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583) was born on December - 28.  

1619  On December - 28 birth of antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688)  

1631  On this day in history birth of ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist  

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

1655  On December - 28 birth of charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698)  

1665  On December - 28 birth of george FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716)  

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 this day in history.  

1503  On December - 28 death of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471)  

1542  Albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52 on this day in history.  

1622  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55 on December - 28.  

1663  Death of Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618) on this day in history.  

1671  On this day in history death of johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611)