Historical Events In December - 28

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

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 December - 28.  

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

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

1980  On this day in history 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  On December - 28 frederick Douglass Hall, composer, dies at 84  

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

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

1984  Sam Peckinpah, director, dies of cardiac arrest at 59 on December - 28.  

1985  Warring Lebanese Moslem & Christian leaders sign peace agreement on this day in history.  

1986  Andrei Tarkovsky, dies on December - 28.  

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 December - 28.  

1988  Hal Ashby, academy-award winning director, dies of cancer at 59 on this day in history.  

1989  Robert Wickler, dies on December - 28.  

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

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 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  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 this day in history.  

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

1522  On December - 28 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  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  On December - 28 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  On December - 28 clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies  

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 this day in history.  

1622  On this day in history francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55  

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 this day in history.