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 December - 28 l Mendel Rivers, (Rep-D-SC), dies at 65  

1971  Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner, composer, dies at 83 on December - 28.  

1973  On this day in history gulag Archipelago, an expose' of the Soviet prison system, is published by Alexander Solzhenitsyn.  

1974  On this day in history 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  Rob Niedermayer hockey player, was born at Cassiar, British Columbia on December - 28.  

1976  Freddie King, rocker, dies at 42 on this day in history.  

1978  On December - 28 harry Winston, US jeweler for the "rich & famous", dies at 82  

1980  On December - 28 amir Elahi, cricketer, 1st Pakistani Test cricketer to die  

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

1986  Andrei Tarkovsky, dies on December - 28.  

1987  On this day in history in Arkansas R Gene Simmons kills 16  

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 this day in history.  

1988  On this day in history 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  On this day in history ed van der Elsken, Dutch photographer (Sweet Life), dies at 65  

1991  Irene the Icon of the Greek Orthodox church returns after being stolen on this day in history.  

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  The UN continues to protect the Kurds in Iraq from the Iraqi military on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history julian Belfrage, theatre agent, dies at 60  

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 this day in history.  

1522  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1635  On December - 28 birth of princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650)  

1655  Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698) was born on December - 28.  

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

1446  On this day in history clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies  

1503  On this day in history death of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471)  

1542  Albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52 on this day in history.  

1622  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55 on this day in history.  

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

1671  Death of Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611) on this day in history.