Historical Events In December - 28

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

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

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

1973  On December - 28 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  Red Army beats New York Rangers 7-3 at MSG on December - 28.  

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  On December - 28 amir Elahi, cricketer, 1st Pakistani Test cricketer to die  

1981  Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first US test-tube baby, is born in Norfolk, Virginia on December - 28.  

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

1983  On December - 28 dennis Wilson, drummer/singer (Beach Boys), drowns at 39  

1984  TV soap "The Edge of Night" ends 28 year run on this day in history.  

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  In Arkansas R Gene Simmons kills 16 on December - 28.  

1987  Charles Malik, Lebanon's 1st delegate to UN, dies at 81 on December - 28.  

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

1988  On December - 28 hal Ashby, academy-award winning director, dies of cancer at 59  

1989  On this day in history robert Wickler, dies  

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

1990  On December - 28 ed van der Elsken, Dutch photographer (Sweet Life), dies at 65  

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  Cassandra Harris, actress (For Your Eyes Only), dies of cancer at 39 on this day in history.  

1992  The UN continues to protect the Kurds in Iraq from the Iraqi military on December - 28.  

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 this day in history.  

1994  On this day in history julian Belfrage, theatre agent, dies at 60  

1995  On December - 28 harold Francis Collison, trade unionist, dies at 84  

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

1484  On this day in history 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 December - 28.  

1619  Antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688) was born on this day in history.  

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

1635  Princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650) was born on December - 28.  

1655  Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698) was born on December - 28.  

1665  On this day in history 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  On this day in history clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies  

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 this day in history.  

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

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