Page 7: Historical Events In December - 28

1969  On December - 28 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 December - 28.   

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 December - 28.   

1974  More than 5,200 people killed in Pakistan earthquake on December - 28.   

1975  On this day in history red Army beats New York Rangers 7-3 at MSG   

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

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  On this day in history 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  Dennis Wilson, drummer/singer (Beach Boys), drowns at 39 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history warring Lebanese Moslem & Christian leaders sign peace agreement   

1986  On December - 28 andrei Tarkovsky, dies   

1987  In Arkansas R Gene Simmons kills 16 on this day in history.   

1987  On December - 28 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  On December - 28 hal Ashby, academy-award winning director, dies of cancer at 59   

1989  On December - 28 robert Wickler, dies   

1990  2 die in a NYC subway accident on December - 28.   

1990  Ed van der Elsken, Dutch photographer (Sweet Life), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history irene the Icon of the Greek Orthodox church returns after being stolen   

1991  Ted Turner is named Time Magazine Man of the Year on this day in history.   

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

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

1993  On December - 28 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 this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist   

1635  Princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650) was born on December - 28.   

1655  On this day in history birth of charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698)   

1665  George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 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  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

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 December - 28.