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 this day in history.  

1970  On December - 28 l Mendel Rivers, (Rep-D-SC), dies at 65  

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

1973  On December - 28 gulag Archipelago, an expose' of the Soviet prison system, is published by Alexander Solzhenitsyn.  

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

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 December - 28.  

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 this day in history.  

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  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 December - 28.  

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  Charles Malik, Lebanon's 1st delegate to UN, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1988  On December - 28 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  On December - 28 2 die in a NYC subway accident  

1990  On December - 28 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 December - 28.  

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

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 December - 28.  

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

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

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 December - 28.  

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

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  On this day in history birth of antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688)  

1631  Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist was born on December - 28.  

1635  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

0300  Death of Theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria on this day in history.  

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  Death of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471) on this day in history.  

1542  On this day in history albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52  

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 December - 28.  

1671  On this day in history death of johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611)