Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 28

1922  Louis PMFG of Orleans, earl of Eu/Brazil, dies at 80 on August - 28.   

1930  On August - 28 alvar Gullstrand, Swedish optician (Nobel 1911), dies   

1933  On August - 28 death of helen Dunbar, American actress (b. 1863)   

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

1944  On this day in history ernst Thalmann, German communist, dies in Buchenwald   

1947  On this day in history death of manolete, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1917)   

1951  On August - 28 robert Walker, actor/writer (Bataan, Madame Curie), dies at 32   

1955  Death of Emmett Till, kidnapped & lynched at 14, in Money Mississippi on August - 28.   

1958  On this day in history 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 August - 28.   

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

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

1965  Death of Giulio Racah, Israeli physicist (b. 1909) on August - 28.   

1967  On August - 28 charles Darrow, US inventor of Monopoly, dies   

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

1969  On this day in history 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  On this day in history william HAF, Engl prince/grandson of George V, dies in accident at 29   

1975  On this day in history 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 August - 28.   

1981  Death of Béla Guttman, Hungarian footballer (b. 1900) on August - 28.   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1996  On this day in history lynda Carr, educationist, dies at 50   

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

1476  Motonoboe, Japanese painter (Kano-school) was born on August - 28.   

1582  On August - 28 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 this day in history birth of louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721)   

1673  On this day in history birth of conrad Michael Schneider, composer   

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