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April 28 Deaths in History - April 28 Birthdays - April 28 Events
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April 28, 2005 Percy Heath, American Musician April 28, 2000 Penelope Fitzgerald, English Poet April 28, 1999 Arthur Schawlow, physicist, co-inventer of the laser, dies at 77 April 28, 1999 Rory Calhoun, actor, dies at 76 April 28, 1999 Roderick Thorp, American Novelist April 28, 1998 Jerome Bixby, screenwriter/writer, Twilight Zone, dies at 75 April 28, 1997 Susan Seddon Boulet, artist, dies of cancer April 28, 1996 Giles Grangier, film director, dies at 84 April 28, 1996 Henry Clarke, fashion photographer, dies at 75 April 28, 1996 Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro, politician, dies at 80 April 28, 1996 William E Colby, director of CIA (1973-76), dies April 28, 1995 Andrew Salkey, author editor/broadcaster, dies at 67 April 28, 1995 Henry C Rogers, press Agent, dies at 81 April 28, 1995 Peaches Roy Davis, baseball pitcher, dies at 89 April 28, 1993 Jim Valvano, basketball coach (North Carolina State), dies of cancer at 47 April 28, 1992 Francis Bacon, Irish/British abstract painter, dies at 82 April 28, 1992 Olivier Messiaen, French composer (St. Francois d'Assise), dies at 83 April 28, 1991 Floyd B McKissick, U.S. founder (CORE), dies April 28, 1991 Ken Curtis, actor (Festus-Gunsmoke), dies at 74 April 28, 1990 Jean Blazer Baney, entertainer, dies April 28, 1989 Olaff J de Landell [JB van Sparwoude], Dutch writer, dies at 77 April 28, 1987 Ben Linder, development worker, murdered by Contras in Nicaragua April 28, 1984 Glen H Taylor, U.S. senator/VP candidate (1948), dies at 80 April 28, 1984 Silvia A Warner, writer, dies April 28, 1982 Bert van Dongen, [Abraham J Cohen], Dutch singer/actor, dies at 66 April 28, 1981 Mickey "Toy Bulldog" Walker, welterweight champ (1922-26) dies at 79 April 28, 1980 Dee Carroll, [Betty Jean Marsh], actress (Mad Bomber, Split), dies April 28, 1980 Tommy Caldwell, rocker (Marshall Tucker Band), dies April 28, 1979 Feliks Roderyk Labunski, composer, dies at 86 April 28, 1978 Mohammed Daud Khan, Afghani Statesman April 28, 1977 Ricardo Cortez, actor and director (Bad Company, Flesh), dies at 87 April 28, 1976 Eugen Roth, writer, dies at 81 April 28, 1975 Jan A de Jonge, Dutch historian, dies at 48 April 28, 1974 Paul Page, actor (Girl from Havanna, Moth), dies at 70 April 28, 1973 Pat Henning, actor (Goodyear TV Playhouse), dies at 62 April 28, 1970 Ed Begley, actor (Mr Koppel-Leave it to Larry), dies at 69 April 28, 1969 Johannes Rontgen, composer, dies at 70 April 28, 1966 Ralph Bunker, actor (Ghost Goes West), dies of a stroke at 77 April 28, 1965 Ferdinand Bordewijk, Dutch lawyer/writer (Character), dies at 80 April 28, 1960 Anton Pancake, astronomer/marxist theorist, dies at 87 April 28, 1955 Lode Cantens, Flemish playwrite (Gnomes of the City), dies at 43 April 28, 1945 Bernito Mussolini, Fascist leader (Italy), tried and shot April 28, 1945 Claretta Petacci, mistress of Mussolini, executed April 28, 1945 Hans Bloesch, writer, dies April 28, 1945 Benito Mussolini, Italian Politician April 28, 1944 Frank Knox, American Public Servant April 28, 1936 Foead I, king of Egypt (1922-36), dies April 28, 1935 Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, Scotish composer, dies at 87 April 28, 1933 Robin Irvine, actor (Easy Virtue), dies at 31 April 28, 1925 Louis F J Bouwmeester, actor (Shakespeare), dies April 28, 1923 Knute Nelson, American Politician April 28, 1896 Heinrich von Treitschke, German historian, dies April 28, 1887 Carl Ferdinand Pohl, composer, dies at 67 April 28, 1873 A Manzoni, writer, dies at 88 April 28, 1860 Isaac da Costa, poet and writer (Reveil, Wachter!), dies at 62 April 28, 1858 Johannes P. Muller, German Scientist April 28, 1853 Ludwig Tieck, writer, dies at 79 April 28, 1843 William Wallace, Scottish mathematician (rights of Wallace), dies April 28, 1804 Hans Gram, composer, dies at 49 April 28, 1799 Francois Giroust, composer, dies at 62 April 28, 1770 Marie AC de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer, dies at 60 April 28, 1109 Hugo van Cluny, 6th abbott of Cluny/saint, dies April 28, 1089 Dirk de Grote, bishop of Verdun/Basel/archbishop of Trier, dies |