Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 28

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

1930  Alvar Gullstrand, Swedish optician (Nobel 1911), dies on August - 28.   

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

1943  On August - 28 boris III, of Saksen-Coburg, King of Bulgaria (1918-43), dies   

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

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

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

1955  On this day in history death of emmett Till, kidnapped & lynched at 14, in Money Mississippi   

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

1978  Bruce Catton, US historian/writer (Civil War), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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

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 August - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

1476  Motonoboe, Japanese painter (Kano-school) was born on this day in history.   

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

1673  On August - 28 birth of conrad Michael Schneider, composer   

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