Page 7: Historical Events In December - 28

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

1970  On this day in history 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  Gulag Archipelago, an expose' of the Soviet prison system, is published by Alexander Solzhenitsyn on December - 28.   

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 December - 28.   

1975  On December - 28 rob Niedermayer hockey player, was born at Cassiar, British Columbia   

1976  On this day in history freddie King, rocker, dies at 42   

1978  On December - 28 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  On December - 28 elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first US test-tube baby, is born in Norfolk, Virginia.   

1982  On December - 28 frederick Douglass Hall, composer, dies at 84   

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

1984  On this day in history 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 this day in history warring Lebanese Moslem & Christian leaders sign peace agreement   

1986  On this day in history andrei Tarkovsky, dies   

1987  On December - 28 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  US 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirms Yonkers is guilty of racism on this day in history.   

1988  Hal Ashby, academy-award winning director, dies of cancer at 59 on December - 28.   

1989  On December - 28 robert Wickler, dies   

1990  On December - 28 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 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 this day in history howard Caine, dies   

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

1995  Harold Francis Collison, trade unionist, dies at 84 on December - 28.   

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

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

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  On this day in history death of theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria   

1367  On December - 28 death of ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330)   

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 this day in history.   

1542  Albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52 on December - 28.   

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

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

1671  On December - 28 death of johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611)