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

1971  On this day in history maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner, composer, dies at 83   

1973  On December - 28 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  On December - 28 red Army beats New York Rangers 7-3 at MSG   

1975  Rob Niedermayer hockey player, was born at Cassiar, British Columbia on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history freddie King, rocker, dies at 42   

1978  On December - 28 harry Winston, US jeweler for the "rich & famous", dies at 82   

1980  On this day in history amir Elahi, cricketer, 1st Pakistani Test cricketer to die   

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

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

1983  On this day in history dennis Wilson, drummer/singer (Beach Boys), drowns at 39   

1984  On December - 28 tV soap "The Edge of Night" ends 28 year run   

1984  Sam Peckinpah, director, dies of cardiac arrest at 59 on this day in history.   

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  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  Robert Wickler, dies on this day in history.   

1990  2 die in a NYC subway accident on this day in history.   

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

1991  Irene the Icon of the Greek Orthodox church returns after being stolen on December - 28.   

1991  Ted Turner is named Time Magazine Man of the Year on this day in history.   

1991  On December - 28 cassandra Harris, actress (For Your Eyes Only), dies of cancer at 39   

1992  The UN continues to protect the Kurds in Iraq from the Iraqi military on this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history mort Greene, US songwriter (My Grandfather's Clock), dies at 80   

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

1993  On December - 28 howard Caine, dies   

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 December - 28 birth of margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583)   

1619  On December - 28 birth of antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688)   

1631  Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist was born on December - 28.   

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

1655  Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698) was born on December - 28.   

1665  On December - 28 birth of george FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716)   

0300  On December - 28 death of theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria   

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

1446  Clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies on December - 28.   

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

1542  On this day in history albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52   

1622  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

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

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