Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 28

1922  On August - 28 louis PMFG of Orleans, earl of Eu/Brazil, dies at 80   

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

1933  On this day in history death of helen Dunbar, American actress (b. 1863)   

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

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  On August - 28 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  Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

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

1961  On this day in history 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  Charles Darrow, US inventor of Monopoly, dies on August - 28.   

1968  On this day in history john Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1994  On this day in history david Wright, poet, dies at 74   

1995  Agnes Patrick, campaigner, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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

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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  On this day in history birth of george Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/PM (1625-28)   

1612  Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (d. 1653) was born on this day in history.   

1667  Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721) was born on this day in history.   

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

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