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January 28 Deaths in History - January 28 Birthdays - January 28 Events
January 28, 2004 Graham Roberts, English Actor
January 28, 2002 Astrid Lindgren, writer, Pippi Longstocking, dies at 94
January 28, 1998 Kerry Thornley, American Philosopher
January 28, 1997 James Colin Ross Welch, journalist, dies at 72
January 28, 1997 Pietro Cavallero, bandit, dies at 68
January 28, 1997 Vivien Signy, nurse, dies at 80
January 28, 1996 Burne Hogarth, strip-cartoon artist, dies at 84
January 28, 1996 Dan Duva, boxing promoter, dies at 44
January 28, 1996 Jerry Siegel, comic book writer (Superman), dies at 81
January 28, 1996 John Mosely, recording expert/entrepreneur, dies at 81
January 28, 1996 Joseph Brodsky, poet, dies at 55
January 28, 1996 Or San Yu, president of Burma in (1981-88), dies
January 28, 1996 U San Yu, soldier/politician, dies at 77
January 28, 1996 Victor "Toby" Neuberg, teacher/writer, dies at 71
January 28, 1995 Barrie Wilson, academic, dies at 59
January 28, 1995 George Woodcock, author, dies at 82
January 28, 1995 James P Grant, U.S. director of UNICEF (1980-95), dies at 72
January 28, 1995 Jim Gilbert, artist, dies at 61
January 28, 1995 Philip H Burton, Welsh producer/Richard Burton's teacher, dies at 80
January 28, 1995 Walter Ernest Allen, writer/critic, dies at 83
January 28, 1994 Hal Smith, actor (Otis Campbell-Andy Griffith Show), dies at 77
January 28, 1994 Hermanus P "Piet" Mulder, Dutch journalist (Het Parool), dies at 79
January 28, 1994 William Levitt, builder (Levittown), dies of kidney failure at 86
January 28, 1993 Aben Kandel, screenwriter (Dinner at 8), dies of heart failure at 96
January 28, 1993 John Steadman, actor (Gator, Fade to Black), dies of lung ailment 83
January 28, 1992 Clark Tippet, dancer/choreographer, dies at 37
January 28, 1992 Nahman Avigad, Isr archaeologist (Discovering Jerusalem), dies at 86
January 28, 1991 Dale Long, hit home runs in 8 consecutive games, dies at 66
January 28, 1991 Harold Grange, American Athlete
January 28, 1986 Christa McAuliffe, astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster
January 28, 1986 Ellison S Onizuka, Hawaii, Mjr USAF/ast, dies in Challenger disaster
January 28, 1986 Francis R Scobee, Wash, USAF/astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster
January 28, 1986 Judith Arlene Resnik, Akron Oh, astr, dies in Challenger disaster
January 28, 1986 Michael J Smith, Beaufort NC, Cmdr USN, astr, dies in Challenger
January 28, 1986 Ronald E McNair, Lake City SC, astr, dies in Challenger disaster
January 28, 1984 John Macvane, newscaster (United or Not), dies at 71
January 28, 1983 Billy Fury, actor (That'll Be the Day), dies at 42 of heart failure
January 28, 1980 Jimmy Durante, New York City, comedian (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 86
January 28, 1977 Burt Mustin, actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show), dies at 92
January 28, 1976 Chris Kenner, rocker (I Like it Like That), dies
January 28, 1975 Antonin Novotny, Czechoslovakian president (1957-68), dies at 70
January 28, 1974 Dino Buzzati, writer, dies at 67
January 28, 1973 John Banner, actor (Schultz-Hogan's Heroes), dies on 62nd birthday
January 28, 1972 Adriaan B "Jaap" Wagemaker, Dutch sculptor, dies at 66
January 28, 1967 Stanley Coen, cricket (2 Tests for S Af, hs 41 not out, avg 50), dies
January 28, 1965 Jef van Durme, composer, dies at 57
January 28, 1965 Johan Fiolet, Dutch actor and director, dies at 63
January 28, 1965 Tich Freeman, cricket (3776 FC wickets leg-spin, 304 in 1928), dies
January 28, 1963 Jean Felix Piccard, swiss explorer, dies on his 79th birthday
January 28, 1960 Jacques de Menasce, composer, dies at 54
January 28, 1960 Zora Neale Hurston, American Dramatist
January 28, 1959 Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israel Knesset (1949-59), dies at 73
January 28, 1959 Viktor Joseph Keldorfer, composer, dies at 85
January 28, 1957 Fred Stein, TV panelist (Live Begins at 80), dies at 88
January 28, 1952 William Morris Hughes, Australian Politician
January 28, 1949 Gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist, composer, dies at 62
January 28, 1949 Hervey Allen, American Author
January 28, 1947 Reynaldo Hahn, composer, dies at 72
January 28, 1947 Morris Raphael Cohen, Russian Philosopher
January 28, 1945 Philip "Felix" Bekkers, actor (We Go on Trip), dies at 37
January 28, 1942 Pablo Luna y Carne, composer, dies at 61
January 28, 1940 Jesse Livermore, American Businessman
January 28, 1939 William Butler Yeats, Irish poet (Nobel), dies in France at 73
January 28, 1938 Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver, dies at 28
January 28, 1935 Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer, dies at 75
January 28, 1933 Theodor Birt [Beatus Rhenanus], German classicist/writer, dies at 80
January 28, 1932 Franz Xavier Arens, composer, dies at 75
January 28, 1930 Clarence Skelton Wimble, cricket (score pair in Test for S Af), dies
January 28, 1924 Simon Abramsz, Dutch writer (Artist book), dies at 56
January 28, 1918 John McCrae, Canadian poet/physician, dies
January 28, 1918 George H. White, American Politician
January 28, 1910 Jose Garcia Robles, composer, dies at 74
January 28, 1903 Augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer, dies at 55
January 28, 1903 Jean Robert Planquette, composer, dies at 54
January 28, 1900 Max Muller, German Educator
January 28, 1900 Max Mueller, German Writer
January 28, 1898 Alexandru Flechtenmacher, composer, dies at 74
January 28, 1896 Joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57
January 28, 1895 Francois Certain de Canrobert, French marshal, dies at 85
January 28, 1874 Gerrit Smith, American Politician
January 28, 1873 Henry Hugo Pierson, composer, dies at 57
January 28, 1869 Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, composer, dies at 72
January 28, 1868 Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62
January 28, 1859 Thomas Babington, British Poet
January 28, 1838 Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33
January 28, 1829 William Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh
January 28, 1817 Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer, dies at 55
January 28, 1813 Jan Joseph Rosler, composer, dies at 41
January 28, 1810 Andrew Hofer, Tyrolian rebel against French and Bavarians, shot dead
January 28, 1806 Charlotte Smith, English Poet
January 28, 1805 Mihaly Csokonai Vitez, Hungarian (stage)poet (Dorottya), dies at 31
January 28, 1782 Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer, dies at 84
January 28, 1768 John Wainwright, composer, dies at 44
January 28, 1754 Ludvig Holberg, Danish lawyer/writer (Hendrig og Pernille), dies at 69
January 28, 1725 Peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia, dies at 52
January 28, 1687 Johannes Hevelius, astronomer (star cataloger), dies on 76th birthday
January 28, 1622 Saint Francis de Sales, Swiss Clergyman
January 28, 1621 Paulus V, [Camillo Borghese], 233rd pope (1605-21), dies at 68
January 28, 1612 Thomas Bodley, diplomat/founder (Bodleian Library), dies
January 28, 1606 Carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar, dies at 85
January 28, 1596 Francis Drake, English Soldier
January 28, 1595 Francis Drake, English pirate (Porto Bello West Indies), dies at 50
January 28, 1560 John a Lasco, [John Laski], Polish nobleman/reformed theologist, dies
January 28, 1549 Elia Levita, German-Yiddish writer (Habachur), dies at about 80
January 28, 1547 Henry VIII, King of England (1509-47), dies at 55
January 28, 1528 Philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies
January 28, 1393 Earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball
January 28, 1256 Willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22
January 28, 1119 Gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies
January 28, 814 Charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71



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