Page 7: Historical Events In December - 28

1969  On this day in history henry Oscar, actor (Saint in London), dies at 78   

1970  On this day in history 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   

1970  On this day in history l Mendel Rivers, (Rep-D-SC), dies at 65   

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  More than 5,200 people killed in Pakistan earthquake on this day in history.   

1975  On December - 28 red Army beats New York Rangers 7-3 at MSG   

1975  On December - 28 rob Niedermayer hockey player, was born at Cassiar, British Columbia   

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  On December - 28 amir Elahi, cricketer, 1st Pakistani Test cricketer to die   

1981  Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first US test-tube baby, is born in Norfolk, Virginia on December - 28.   

1982  On December - 28 frederick Douglass Hall, composer, dies at 84   

1983  On December - 28 dennis Wilson, drummer/singer (Beach Boys), drowns at 39   

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  Warring Lebanese Moslem & Christian leaders sign peace agreement on December - 28.   

1986  Andrei Tarkovsky, dies on December - 28.   

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

1987  Charles Malik, Lebanon's 1st delegate to UN, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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

1988  Hal Ashby, academy-award winning director, dies of cancer at 59 on December - 28.   

1989  On December - 28 robert Wickler, dies   

1990  On December - 28 2 die in a NYC subway accident   

1990  On this day in history ed van der Elsken, Dutch photographer (Sweet Life), dies at 65   

1991  Irene the Icon of the Greek Orthodox church returns after being stolen on this day in history.   

1991  Ted Turner is named Time Magazine Man of the Year on December - 28.   

1991  On this day in history cassandra Harris, actress (For Your Eyes Only), dies of cancer at 39   

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

1992  Mort Greene, US songwriter (My Grandfather's Clock), dies at 80 on December - 28.   

1993  Timmins, Ontario country singer Shania Twain marries her producer Robert John "Mutt& Lang on December - 28.   

1993  Howard Caine, dies on this day in history.   

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

1995  On December - 28 harold Francis Collison, trade unionist, dies at 84   

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

1484  Joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen was born on this day in history.   

1522  On this day in history birth of margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583)   

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  On this day in history birth of princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650)   

1655  Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.   

1665  George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716) was born on this day in history.   

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

1367  Death of Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330) on December - 28.   

1446  On this day in history clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies   

1503  Death of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471) on this day in history.   

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  Death of Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618) on this day in history.   

1671  On December - 28 death of johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611)