Page 7: Historical Events In December - 28

1969  Henry Oscar, actor (Saint in London), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1970  Paul Rose, his brother Jacques Rose, and Francis Simard captured at 4;30 am in tunnel under farmhouse near Montreal; suspected FLQ terrorists, kidnappers and murderers of Quebec Labour Minister Pierre Laporte on December - 28.   

1970  L Mendel Rivers, (Rep-D-SC), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1971  On December - 28 maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner, composer, dies at 83   

1973  On this day in history gulag Archipelago, an expose' of the Soviet prison system, is published by Alexander Solzhenitsyn.   

1974  On December - 28 more than 5,200 people killed in Pakistan earthquake   

1975  Red Army beats New York Rangers 7-3 at MSG on this day in history.   

1975  Rob Niedermayer hockey player, was born at Cassiar, British Columbia on December - 28.   

1976  On December - 28 freddie King, rocker, dies at 42   

1978  Harry Winston, US jeweler for the "rich & famous", dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1980  Amir Elahi, cricketer, 1st Pakistani Test cricketer to die on this day in history.   

1981  Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first US test-tube baby, is born in Norfolk, Virginia on this day in history.   

1982  Frederick Douglass Hall, composer, dies at 84 on December - 28.   

1983  Dennis Wilson, drummer/singer (Beach Boys), drowns at 39 on this day in history.   

1984  TV soap "The Edge of Night" ends 28 year run on this day in history.   

1984  On December - 28 sam Peckinpah, director, dies of cardiac arrest at 59   

1985  On December - 28 warring Lebanese Moslem & Christian leaders sign peace agreement   

1986  On this day in history andrei Tarkovsky, dies   

1987  In Arkansas R Gene Simmons kills 16 on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history charles Malik, Lebanon's 1st delegate to UN, dies at 81   

1988  On this day in history uS 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirms Yonkers is guilty of racism   

1988  On this day in history hal Ashby, academy-award winning director, dies of cancer at 59   

1989  On December - 28 robert Wickler, dies   

1990  2 die in a NYC subway accident on December - 28.   

1990  Ed van der Elsken, Dutch photographer (Sweet Life), dies at 65 on December - 28.   

1991  On December - 28 irene the Icon of the Greek Orthodox church returns after being stolen   

1991  On December - 28 ted Turner is named Time Magazine Man of the Year   

1991  Cassandra Harris, actress (For Your Eyes Only), dies of cancer at 39 on December - 28.   

1992  On December - 28 the UN continues to protect the Kurds in Iraq from the Iraqi military   

1992  On December - 28 mort Greene, US songwriter (My Grandfather's Clock), dies at 80   

1993  Timmins, Ontario country singer Shania Twain marries her producer Robert John "Mutt& Lang on this day in history.   

1993  Howard Caine, dies on December - 28.   

1994  Julian Belfrage, theatre agent, dies at 60 on December - 28.   

1995  Harold Francis Collison, trade unionist, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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1164  Emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176) was born on this day in history.   

1484  On December - 28 birth of joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen   

1522  Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583) was born on December - 28.   

1619  Antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688) was born on December - 28.   

1631  On this day in history birth of ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist   

1635  Princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650) was born on December - 28.   

1655  On December - 28 birth of charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698)   

1665  George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716) was born on December - 28.   

0300  Death of Theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria on this day in history.   

1367  On December - 28 death of ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330)   

1446  On December - 28 clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies   

1503  Death of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471) on December - 28.   

1542  Albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52 on December - 28.   

1622  On this day in history francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55   

1663  On this day in history death of francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)   

1671  Death of Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611) on this day in history.