Famous Deaths 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 August - 28.   

1943  On this day in history boris III, of Saksen-Coburg, King of Bulgaria (1918-43), dies   

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

1947  Death of Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1917) on this day in history.   

1951  Robert Walker, actor/writer (Bataan, Madame Curie), dies at 32 on this day in history.   

1955  Death of Emmett Till, kidnapped & lynched at 14, in Money Mississippi on this day in history.   

1958  Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov, composer, dies at 67 on August - 28.   

1959  On this day in history bohuslav Jan Martinu, Czech composer (Hry o Marti), dies at 68   

1960  Anton Lajovic, composer, dies at 81 on August - 28.   

1961  Thomas Connolly, 1st baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies on this day in history.   

1964  On August - 28 gracie Allen, Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns & Allen), dies at 62   

1965  On this day in history death of giulio Racah, Israeli physicist (b. 1909)   

1967  On this day in history charles Darrow, US inventor of Monopoly, dies   

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

1969  On August - 28 clarence R Hennecke, actor (Keystone Kops), dies at 74   

1971  On this day in history nathan Leopold, US kidnapper/murderer of Bobby Franks (1924), dies   

1972  William HAF, Engl prince/grandson of George V, dies in accident at 29 on this day in history.   

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

1978  On August - 28 bruce Catton, US historian/writer (Civil War), dies at 78   

1979  Simonow, writer, dies on August - 28.   

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

1982  On August - 28 g W A Chubb, cricketer (5 Tests for South Africa, 21 wickets), dies   

1983  On August - 28 jan Clayton, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66   

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

1987  John Huston, US/Irish actor/director (Maltese Falcon), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1988  Hazel Dawn, US singer/actress (Under Clover, Margie), dies at 98 on August - 28.   

1990  Willy Vandersteen, Flemish cartoonist (Suske & Wiske), dies on this day in history.   

1991  Christian Anders, actor/composer (Death Stone, Love Cult), dies on August - 28.   

1993  René Ray, English countess/actress (Farewell again), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1994  David Wright, poet, dies at 74 on August - 28.   

1995  On this day in history agnes Patrick, campaigner, dies at 85   

1996  Lynda Carr, educationist, dies at 50 on August - 28.   

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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  Taichang Emperor, of the Ming dynasty of China (d. 1620) was born on August - 28.   

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

1612  On this day in history birth of marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (d. 1653)   

1667  Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721) was born on August - 28.   

1673  Conrad Michael Schneider, composer was born on this day in history.   

1691  On August - 28 birth of elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1750)