Famous Deaths In 1928

Jan 06 Alvin C Kraenzlein, track star (Olympic-4 gold-1900), dies at 51 in the year 1928.  

Jan 08 In the year 1928 dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu, composer, dies at 61  

Jan 11 In the year 1928 thomas Hardy, novelist (Maddening Crowd), dies near Dorchester at 87  

Jan 12 Ruth Snyder, 1st woman to die in electric chair died in the year 1928.  

Jan 13 Johan Peter Koch, Danish officer/explorer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Jan 21 On this day in history death of george Goethals, American army engineer (b. 1858)  

Jan 27 Marie Verstraete, actress (Frou-Frou/Nora), dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Jan 29 On this day in history douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig/field marshal (WW I), dies at 66  

Jan 30 Douglas Haig, Brit fieldmarshal (Sudan/Boer war/WW I), dies at 66 in the year 1928.  

Feb 01 Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869) died in the year 1928.  

Feb 04 On this day in history hendrik A Lorentz, physicist (L transformation-Nobel 1902), dies at 74  

Feb 15 Hubert H Asquith, premier Great-Britain (1908-16), dies at 75 in the year 1928.  

Feb 16 In the year 1928 death of eddie Foy, American singer and dancer (b. 1856)  

Feb 29 Adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist, dies at 65 in the year 1928.  

Mar 01 Albert Herbert Brewer, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

Mar 03 On this day in history jan [Jean] T Toorop, Dutch graphic artist (3 Brides), dies at 69  

Mar 07 On this day in history death of robert Abbe, American surgeon (b. 1851)  

Mar 18 In the year 1928 paul van Ostaijen, Flemish writer (Outlawed), dies at 32  

Mar 20 In the year 1928 death of fred Rogers, childrens show (Mr Rogers Neighborhood)  

Mar 27 In the year 1928 leslie Stuart, composer, dies at 64  

Mar 28 Giuseppe Ferrata, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Mar 31 On this day in history gustave Ador, president of Austria (1919), dies at 82  

Apr 02 In the year 1928 theodore Richards, US chemist (atomic weight, Nobel 1914), dies  

Apr 05 Jane Ellen Harrison, scholar/archaeologist, dies in the year 1928.  

Apr 07 On this day in history death of alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher (b. 1873)  

Apr 13 Luis Iruarrizaga Aguirre, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.  

Apr 16 Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founder of Henri Birks and Sons (b. 1840) died in the year 1928.  

Apr 18 Henryk Melcer-Szczawinski, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

Apr 24 On this day in history ferdinand B Hummel, composer, dies at 72  

Apr 25 Pjotr N Wrangel, Russian baron general, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

Apr 29 Henrich Federer, Switz, writer (I Switch Off The Light), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

May 04 Barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

May 07 In the year 1928 alexander Afanasii Spendiaryan, composer, dies at 56  

May 09 Constantin Dimitrescu, composer, dies at 81 in the year 1928.  

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Jan 01 Ernest R Tidyman, Ohio, novelist/screenwriter (French Connection) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of khan Mohammad, cricketer (Paki fast-med bowler, 54 wkts in 13 Tests)  

Jan 02 In the year 1928 birth of dan Rostenkowski, (Rep-D-Il, -94)  

Jan 02 On this day in history birth of gerhard Amanshauser, writer  

Jan 02 On this day in history birth of harry Hyams, English immovable goods owner (Center Point)  

Jan 02 In the year 1928 birth of howard Caine, Nashville TN, actor (Brushfire)  

Jan 02 On this day in history birth of tiberiu Olah, composer  

Jan 02 Vaughn Beals, Cambridge Mass, CEO (Harley Davidson motorcycle) was born in the year 1928.