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 August - 28.   

1943  Boris III, of Saksen-Coburg, King of Bulgaria (1918-43), dies on August - 28.   

1944  Ernst Thalmann, German communist, dies in Buchenwald on this day in history.   

1947  Death of Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1917) on August - 28.   

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 August - 28 nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov, composer, dies at 67   

1959  On August - 28 bohuslav Jan Martinu, Czech composer (Hry o Marti), dies at 68   

1960  Anton Lajovic, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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

1964  On this day in history gracie Allen, Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns & Allen), dies at 62   

1965  On August - 28 death of giulio Racah, Israeli physicist (b. 1909)   

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

1968  John Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies on August - 28.   

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

1971  On August - 28 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 August - 28.   

1975  Death of Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907) on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history bruce Catton, US historian/writer (Civil War), dies at 78   

1979  On August - 28 simonow, writer, dies   

1981  On August - 28 death of béla Guttman, Hungarian footballer (b. 1900)   

1982  G W A Chubb, cricketer (5 Tests for South Africa, 21 wickets), dies on this day in history.   

1983  Jan Clayton, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1985  Ruth Gordon, actress (Big Bus), dies of a stroke in her sleep at 88 on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history john Huston, US/Irish actor/director (Maltese Falcon), dies at 81   

1988  Hazel Dawn, US singer/actress (Under Clover, Margie), dies at 98 on this day in history.   

1990  Willy Vandersteen, Flemish cartoonist (Suske & Wiske), dies on August - 28.   

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 August - 28.   

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

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

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1025  Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068) was born on August - 28.   

1476  On this day in history birth of motonoboe, Japanese painter (Kano-school)   

1582  Taichang Emperor, of the Ming dynasty of China (d. 1620) was born on this day in history.   

1592  On August - 28 birth of george Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/PM (1625-28)   

1612  On August - 28 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 this day in history.   

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

1691  Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1750) was born on August - 28.