Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 28

1922  Louis PMFG of Orleans, earl of Eu/Brazil, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history alvar Gullstrand, Swedish optician (Nobel 1911), dies   

1933  Death of Helen Dunbar, American actress (b. 1863) on this day in history.   

1943  Boris III, of Saksen-Coburg, King of Bulgaria (1918-43), dies on this day in history.   

1944  Ernst Thalmann, German communist, dies in Buchenwald on August - 28.   

1947  On August - 28 death of manolete, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1917)   

1951  On this day in history robert Walker, actor/writer (Bataan, Madame Curie), dies at 32   

1955  On August - 28 death of emmett Till, kidnapped & lynched at 14, in Money Mississippi   

1958  On this day in history nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov, composer, dies at 67   

1959  Bohuslav Jan Martinu, Czech composer (Hry o Marti), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1960  On August - 28 anton Lajovic, composer, dies at 81   

1961  On August - 28 thomas Connolly, 1st baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies   

1964  Gracie Allen, Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns & Allen), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1965  Death of Giulio Racah, Israeli physicist (b. 1909) on this day in history.   

1967  Charles Darrow, US inventor of Monopoly, dies on August - 28.   

1968  On August - 28 john Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies   

1969  On this day in history clarence R Hennecke, actor (Keystone Kops), dies at 74   

1971  Nathan Leopold, US kidnapper/murderer of Bobby Franks (1924), dies on August - 28.   

1972  William HAF, Engl prince/grandson of George V, dies in accident at 29 on August - 28.   

1975  On August - 28 death of fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907)   

1978  Bruce Catton, US historian/writer (Civil War), dies at 78 on August - 28.   

1979  Simonow, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history death of béla Guttman, Hungarian footballer (b. 1900)   

1982  G W A Chubb, cricketer (5 Tests for South Africa, 21 wickets), dies on August - 28.   

1983  Jan Clayton, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66 on August - 28.   

1985  Ruth Gordon, actress (Big Bus), dies of a stroke in her sleep at 88 on August - 28.   

1987  On August - 28 john Huston, US/Irish actor/director (Maltese Falcon), dies at 81   

1988  On this day in history hazel Dawn, US singer/actress (Under Clover, Margie), dies at 98   

1990  On August - 28 willy Vandersteen, Flemish cartoonist (Suske & Wiske), dies   

1991  On August - 28 christian Anders, actor/composer (Death Stone, Love Cult), dies   

1993  On this day in history rené Ray, English countess/actress (Farewell again), dies at 80   

1994  David Wright, poet, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1995  Agnes Patrick, campaigner, dies at 85 on August - 28.   

1996  Lynda Carr, educationist, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

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1025  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068)   

1476  On August - 28 birth of motonoboe, Japanese painter (Kano-school)   

1582  On this day in history birth of taichang Emperor, of the Ming dynasty of China (d. 1620)   

1592  George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/PM (1625-28) was born on August - 28.   

1612  Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (d. 1653) was born on August - 28.   

1667  On August - 28 birth of louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721)   

1673  Conrad Michael Schneider, composer was born on August - 28.   

1691  On this day in history birth of elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1750)