Page 7: Historical Events In December - 28

1969  On this day in history henry Oscar, actor (Saint in London), dies at 78   

1970  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 on this day in history.   

1970  On December - 28 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 December - 28 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  Rob Niedermayer hockey player, was born at Cassiar, British Columbia on December - 28.   

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 December - 28.   

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

1982  On December - 28 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  Sam Peckinpah, director, dies of cardiac arrest at 59 on December - 28.   

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 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  Hal Ashby, academy-award winning director, dies of cancer at 59 on this day in history.   

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 December - 28.   

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

1991  On this day in history 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  Mort Greene, US songwriter (My Grandfather's Clock), dies at 80 on December - 28.   

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

1993  Howard Caine, dies on December - 28.   

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

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

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

1484  Joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen was born on December - 28.   

1522  On this day in history birth of margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583)   

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

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

0300  On December - 28 death of theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria   

1367  Death of Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330) on this day in history.   

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 December - 28.   

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 December - 28.   

1663  Death of Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618) on December - 28.   

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