Page 7: Historical Events In December - 28

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.   

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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 December - 28 birth of margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583)   

1619  On this day in history birth of antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688)   

1631  Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist was born on December - 28.   

1635  Princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1503  Death of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471) on December - 28.   

1542  On December - 28 albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52   

1622  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55 on December - 28.   

1663  On this day in history death of francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)   

1671  On this day in history death of johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611)