Historical Events In December - 28

1969  On this day in history henry Oscar, actor (Saint in London), dies at 78  

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 this day in history.  

1974  On this day in history more than 5,200 people killed in Pakistan earthquake  

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

1975  On this day in history rob Niedermayer hockey player, was born at Cassiar, British Columbia  

1976  On this day in history 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  On December - 28 elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first US test-tube baby, is born in Norfolk, Virginia.  

1982  On this day in history frederick Douglass Hall, composer, dies at 84  

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

1984  TV soap "The Edge of Night" ends 28 year run on this day in history.  

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 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  On December - 28 uS 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirms Yonkers is guilty of racism  

1988  Hal Ashby, academy-award winning director, dies of cancer at 59 on this day in history.  

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 December - 28.  

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

1991  On this day in history ted Turner is named Time Magazine Man of the Year  

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 December - 28.  

1992  Mort Greene, US songwriter (My Grandfather's Clock), dies at 80 on December - 28.  

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

1993  Howard Caine, dies on December - 28.  

1994  On this day in history julian Belfrage, theatre agent, dies at 60  

1995  Harold Francis Collison, trade unionist, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

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1164  On December - 28 birth of emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176)  

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  On December - 28 birth of antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688)  

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

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

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

1665  On this day in history 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  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  On December - 28 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)