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  L Mendel Rivers, (Rep-D-SC), dies at 65 on December - 28.   

1971  Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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

1974  On December - 28 more than 5,200 people killed in Pakistan earthquake   

1975  On December - 28 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  Freddie King, rocker, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1978  Harry Winston, US jeweler for the "rich & famous", dies at 82 on December - 28.   

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  Dennis Wilson, drummer/singer (Beach Boys), drowns at 39 on December - 28.   

1984  On December - 28 tV soap "The Edge of Night" ends 28 year run   

1984  On December - 28 sam Peckinpah, director, dies of cardiac arrest at 59   

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

1986  On this day in history andrei Tarkovsky, dies   

1987  In Arkansas R Gene Simmons kills 16 on December - 28.   

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 this day in history robert Wickler, dies   

1990  2 die in a NYC subway accident on this day in history.   

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

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  Cassandra Harris, actress (For Your Eyes Only), dies of cancer at 39 on December - 28.   

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 December - 28.   

1993  Howard Caine, dies on this day in history.   

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

1995  On this day in history 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  On December - 28 birth of joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen   

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 December - 28.   

1631  On this day in history birth of ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist   

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

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

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

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