Page 7: Historical Events In December - 28

1969  Henry Oscar, actor (Saint in London), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1975  Rob Niedermayer hockey player, was born at Cassiar, British Columbia on this day in history.   

1976  On December - 28 freddie King, rocker, dies at 42   

1978  Harry Winston, US jeweler for the "rich & famous", dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1980  Amir Elahi, cricketer, 1st Pakistani Test cricketer to die on this day in history.   

1981  Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first US test-tube baby, is born in Norfolk, Virginia on December - 28.   

1982  Frederick Douglass Hall, composer, dies at 84 on December - 28.   

1983  On this day in history dennis Wilson, drummer/singer (Beach Boys), drowns at 39   

1984  TV soap "The Edge of Night" ends 28 year run on December - 28.   

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  On December - 28 andrei Tarkovsky, dies   

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

1987  On December - 28 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 this day in history.   

1989  On December - 28 robert Wickler, dies   

1990  On this day in history 2 die in a NYC subway accident   

1990  On this day in history ed van der Elsken, Dutch photographer (Sweet Life), dies at 65   

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

1991  On December - 28 ted Turner is named Time Magazine Man of the Year   

1991  Cassandra Harris, actress (For Your Eyes Only), dies of cancer at 39 on this day in history.   

1992  The UN continues to protect the Kurds in Iraq from the Iraqi military on this day in history.   

1992  Mort Greene, US songwriter (My Grandfather's Clock), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1993  On December - 28 timmins, Ontario country singer Shania Twain marries her producer Robert John "Mutt& Lang.   

1993  On December - 28 howard Caine, dies   

1994  Julian Belfrage, theatre agent, dies at 60 on December - 28.   

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 December - 28.   

1484  Joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen was born on this day in history.   

1522  Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583) was born on December - 28.   

1619  Antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688) was born on this day in history.   

1631  On December - 28 birth of ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist   

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 December - 28 birth of george FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716)   

0300  Death of Theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria on December - 28.   

1367  Death of Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330) on December - 28.   

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

1503  On December - 28 death of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471)   

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