Page 7: Historical Events In December - 28
Friday, 11 July 2025
1969 Henry Oscar, actor (Saint in London), dies at 78 on December - 28.
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 On this day in history l Mendel Rivers, (Rep-D-SC), dies at 65
1971 On December - 28 maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner, composer, dies at 83
1973 Gulag Archipelago, an expose' of the Soviet prison system, is published by Alexander Solzhenitsyn on this day in history.
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 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 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 December - 28 dennis Wilson, drummer/singer (Beach Boys), drowns at 39
1984 On December - 28 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 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 On December - 28 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 December - 28.
1990 2 die in a NYC subway accident on December - 28.
1990 On December - 28 ed van der Elsken, Dutch photographer (Sweet Life), dies at 65
1991 On December - 28 irene the Icon of the Greek Orthodox church returns after being stolen
1991 Ted Turner is named Time Magazine Man of the Year on December - 28.
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 Timmins, Ontario country singer Shania Twain marries her producer Robert John "Mutt& Lang on this day in history.
1993 On this day in history howard Caine, dies
1994 On December - 28 julian Belfrage, theatre agent, dies at 60
1995 Harold Francis Collison, trade unionist, dies at 84 on this day in history.