Famous Deaths Happened In 1928

Jan 06 Alvin C Kraenzlein, track star (Olympic-4 gold-1900), dies at 51 in the year 1928.  

Jan 08 In the year 1928 dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu, composer, dies at 61  

Jan 11 In the year 1928 thomas Hardy, novelist (Maddening Crowd), dies near Dorchester at 87  

Jan 12 Ruth Snyder, 1st woman to die in electric chair died on this day in history.  

Jan 13 Johan Peter Koch, Danish officer/explorer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Jan 21 George Goethals, American army engineer (b. 1858) died in the year 1928.  

Jan 27 Marie Verstraete, actress (Frou-Frou/Nora), dies at 74 in the year 1928.  

Jan 29 Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig/field marshal (WW I), dies at 66 in the year 1928.  

Jan 30 In the year 1928 douglas Haig, Brit fieldmarshal (Sudan/Boer war/WW I), dies at 66  

Feb 01 Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869) died on this day in history.  

Feb 04 In the year 1928 hendrik A Lorentz, physicist (L transformation-Nobel 1902), dies at 74  

Feb 15 Hubert H Asquith, premier Great-Britain (1908-16), dies at 75 in the year 1928.  

Feb 16 On this day in history death of eddie Foy, American singer and dancer (b. 1856)  

Feb 29 In the year 1928 adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist, dies at 65  

Mar 01 Albert Herbert Brewer, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1928.  

Mar 03 Jan [Jean] T Toorop, Dutch graphic artist (3 Brides), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Mar 07 In the year 1928 death of robert Abbe, American surgeon (b. 1851)  

Mar 18 Paul van Ostaijen, Flemish writer (Outlawed), dies at 32 in the year 1928.  

Mar 20 Fred Rogers, childrens show (Mr Rogers Neighborhood) died on this day in history.  

Mar 27 On this day in history leslie Stuart, composer, dies at 64  

Mar 28 Giuseppe Ferrata, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Mar 31 In the year 1928 gustave Ador, president of Austria (1919), dies at 82  

Apr 02 On this day in history theodore Richards, US chemist (atomic weight, Nobel 1914), dies  

Apr 05 Jane Ellen Harrison, scholar/archaeologist, dies in the year 1928.  

Apr 07 On this day in history death of alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher (b. 1873)  

Apr 13 Luis Iruarrizaga Aguirre, composer, dies at 36 in the year 1928.  

Apr 16 Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founder of Henri Birks and Sons (b. 1840) died in the year 1928.  

Apr 18 On this day in history henryk Melcer-Szczawinski, composer, dies at 58  

Apr 24 Ferdinand B Hummel, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1928.  

Apr 25 On this day in history pjotr N Wrangel, Russian baron general, dies at 49  

Apr 29 In the year 1928 henrich Federer, Switz, writer (I Switch Off The Light), dies at 61  

May 04 Barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

May 07 Alexander Afanasii Spendiaryan, composer, dies at 56 in the year 1928.  

May 09 On this day in history constantin Dimitrescu, composer, dies at 81  

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Jan 01 In the year 1928 birth of ernest R Tidyman, Ohio, novelist/screenwriter (French Connection)  

Jan 01 In the year 1928 birth of khan Mohammad, cricketer (Paki fast-med bowler, 54 wkts in 13 Tests)  

Jan 02 In the year 1928 birth of dan Rostenkowski, (Rep-D-Il, -94)  

Jan 02 Gerhard Amanshauser, writer was born in the year 1928.  

Jan 02 On this day in history birth of harry Hyams, English immovable goods owner (Center Point)  

Jan 02 On this day in history birth of howard Caine, Nashville TN, actor (Brushfire)  

Jan 02 Tiberiu Olah, composer was born in the year 1928.  

Jan 02 In the year 1928 birth of vaughn Beals, Cambridge Mass, CEO (Harley Davidson motorcycle)