Page 7: 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 this day in history l Mendel Rivers, (Rep-D-SC), dies at 65   

1971  On this day in history maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner, composer, dies at 83   

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

1974  More than 5,200 people killed in Pakistan earthquake on December - 28.   

1975  On this day in history red Army beats New York Rangers 7-3 at MSG   

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

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

1978  On this day in history harry Winston, US jeweler for the "rich & famous", dies at 82   

1980  Amir Elahi, cricketer, 1st Pakistani Test cricketer to die on this day in history.   

1981  On December - 28 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 December - 28 tV soap "The Edge of Night" ends 28 year run   

1984  On December - 28 sam Peckinpah, director, dies of cardiac arrest at 59   

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

1986  Andrei Tarkovsky, dies on this day in history.   

1987  On December - 28 in Arkansas R Gene Simmons kills 16   

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

1988  On this day in history uS 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirms Yonkers is guilty of racism   

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 December - 28.   

1991  Irene the Icon of the Greek Orthodox church returns after being stolen on December - 28.   

1991  Ted Turner is named Time Magazine Man of the Year on this day in history.   

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

1992  The UN continues to protect the Kurds in Iraq from the Iraqi military on this day in history.   

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  Howard Caine, dies on this day in history.   

1994  Julian Belfrage, theatre agent, dies at 60 on December - 28.   

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

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1164  Emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176) was born on December - 28.   

1484  On December - 28 birth of joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen   

1522  Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583) was born on this day in history.   

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  Princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.   

1655  On this day in history birth of charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698)   

1665  On this day in history birth of george FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716)   

0300  Death of Theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria on December - 28.   

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  Albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52 on December - 28.   

1622  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1663  On December - 28 death of francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)   

1671  Death of Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611) on December - 28.