Historical Events In December - 28

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

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 this day in history.   

1970  L Mendel Rivers, (Rep-D-SC), dies at 65 on December - 28.   

1971  Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner, composer, dies at 83 on December - 28.   

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

1974  More than 5,200 people killed in Pakistan earthquake on this day in history.   

1975  Red Army beats New York Rangers 7-3 at MSG on December - 28.   

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

1976  Freddie King, rocker, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history harry Winston, US jeweler for the "rich & famous", dies at 82   

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 December - 28.   

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

1983  Dennis Wilson, drummer/singer (Beach Boys), drowns at 39 on December - 28.   

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

1984  On this day in history sam Peckinpah, director, dies of cardiac arrest at 59   

1985  Warring Lebanese Moslem & Christian leaders sign peace agreement on this day in history.   

1986  Andrei Tarkovsky, dies on December - 28.   

1987  In Arkansas R Gene Simmons kills 16 on December - 28.   

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

1988  US 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirms Yonkers is guilty of racism on this day in history.   

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

1989  On this day in history robert Wickler, dies   

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

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

1992  The UN continues to protect the Kurds in Iraq from the Iraqi military on December - 28.   

1992  On December - 28 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  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 December - 28.   

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1164  On this day in history birth of emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176)   

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

1635  Princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 December - 28.   

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 December - 28.   

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

1671  On this day in history death of johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611)